Just How Big Is The BP Oil Spill?

**moving-target** · 05-13-10, 11:27 AM

maybe its an estimate of what it will be ?

**rock_lobster** · 05-13-10, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by Veovis

Jason, where did you get that image from? What does it represent? I'm confused.

I was kitesurfing in Galveston Bay yesterday... still no oil there... yet.

I think the picture shows exactly how big the oil spill is by showing you how big of an area it covers. I think looking at that same picture with the oil over water wouldn't give you as good of an idea as it would showing that it covers entire cities and almost an entire state.

**-Sauso-** · 05-13-10, 11:44 AM

Yeah just for scale purposes .. Showed on our news the same sorta thing for this area.

**jmw_man** · 05-13-10, 11:47 AM

Most people commenting at that link Quick posted are idiots.

**QuickLightning** · 05-13-10, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by jmw_man

Most people commenting at that link Quick posted are idiots.

I try to avoid comments sections on anything. I've ready too many youtube comments of cats playing piano turning into political flame wars. :3

**rock_lobster** · 05-13-10, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by jmw_man

Most people commenting at that link Quick posted are idiots.

I agree.

**deathgodusmc** · 05-13-10, 07:35 PM

Originally Posted by jmw_man

Why can't they detonate the site of the leak to close up the opening? How about covering the leak with concrete fill?

An exsplosion over a oil and natural gas site is a bad idea and concrete would freeze before it got to the pipe. I heard one lady on the radio today say just bend the pipe over and crimp it but that wont work either. The pipe will simply break.

I submitted my idea to bp. Might work might not. Take a pipe that is big enough to slip over the other pipe and long enough to divert the crude and gas from the immediate area. Have a shut off valve on the new pipe but leave it open. If nessecary cut a horzontal slit in the pipe and put a sheet of metal in the slit to slow the flow. Then place the new pipe in place and remove the sheet from the slit. Slide the new pipe as far down as possible and weld it in place once its safe enough to weld. Then close the valve.

The problem is the depth. We can only dive to like 2700 ft in a suit. So everything has to be done by a sub. So the pipe can at least be lowered by the boat and positioned by the sub. I think its going to be a while before this one even gets close to being solved.