Maybe use two rows so the second would catch what the first didn’t? I would not have waited for BP.
First of all, BP was not forthcoming with correct info. They tried to downplay the whole thing.
Second, enough boom was not readily available. Louisiana’s shoreline is extremely irregular, with numerous inlets and bays. Boom had to be brought in from around the globe, and more had to be made.
The booms are not enough to keep the oil away. Wave action forces the oily water over the booms,and a lot of the oil is below the surface, and just passes under the booms.
All the bureaucracy and the withheld information are horrible. This whole mess makes me cry.
Well, it is a good idea, just the wrong collection technique.
What you need to do is buy one of Kevin Costner’s centrifuges (which sucks it all in, separates and reclaims the oil, and spits the water back out).
This way… if you have a boat that has room for one of these centrifuges, and 6 or so barrels of crude (they are 40 gallon barrels by the way, not 55) then, at the current price of crude, you could make yourself about $100 a barrel…
In fact, I am very surprised there aren’t an army of out of work shrimpers doing this already…
Costner’s company sold BP 32 of those machines last week. If I was an out of work fisherman with a good size vessel, I for sure would have bought at least one of Costner’s machines, and I would be out there now sucking that oil up for resale.
The government should of bought a few hundred of those machines (they are about the size of dish washing machines) and offered to boaters willing to go out there and start making some money sucking up that crude.
John
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/miles-of-oil-containment-boom-sit-in-warehouse-waiting-for-bp-or-u-s-to-use/?singlepage=true
Obama’s plan B, save the boom for a rainy day. Never know when you might need some to clean up a really bad oil spill.
I’m a little confused as to what the difference is between the crane and the flare boom-____- I’m thinking that the flare boom is what they use to burn off oil I there’s a fire, but is that right? And what does the crane do?
The flare boom is just that, a stationary boom that supports the flare line. It is not a crane, those are completely separate and usually on the side of the platform away from the flare boom. The flare has to be set out from the platform so the radiant heat from the flame doesn’t harm the people on board or the equipment. Yes there is normally a standing pilot and there will be a flame if there is a need to burn off the natural gas during an upset or emergency.
Yet another failure of the 0bama regime.
The federal plan to control oil spills involves surrounding the oil with fire-booms and setting it on fire. Yet, the federal Government did not even have 1 fire-boom, they had to buy it after the fact and then barrow some from other countries… what a joke our Government has become.
I want them to do the fu**ing job they SAID they would do.
I don’t think Obama has even bothered to fly over it. He’s too busy pigging out on booze and $150 steaks at the White House.
I was listening to the President talk about the oil spill saying they should have had "booms" in place. What is that?
This website has images of booms:
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/05/gulf_of_mexico_oil_spill_anima.html
I keep seeing that ‘x amount of boom material has been spread to contain the oil’. What is that?
Its like an elongated menstrual pad, it is dropped off the stern of a ship and payed out to collect the surface oil, it has a buoy at one end, the end you have dropped off, and the ship steams round in a circle, picks the buoy up and hauls the oil soaked boom inboard.
I know that auto shutoff thing should have been there, but didn’t the rig sink on top of that whole mess? I doubt even Obama and Napolitano (hate them both) in this case could have gotten anything more done.
I think that the biggest issue we faced was recognising the scope of the emergency in the first place. IMO, BP, the Coast Guard and everybody else who responded were too focused on the initial response that they failed to plan for the ‘what ifs.’ They deployed to fight a fire but did not start mobilizing for a possible oil spill at the same time.
I suspect that the ‘lesson learned’ from this is that during the initial stages of an emergency you beging mobilizing on the assumption of a ‘worst case’ scenario then standing down assets once you have a better idea of the scope of the problem and what is and is not needed.
I have a 60′ boat and am willing to take it with my crew to assist in placing booms for the oil clean up. I have called the hot-line number for fisherman to sign up but no one answers! Anyone know how to get a hold of them??
here are some organizations to contact
The Louisiana Seafood Promotion & Marketing Board is connecting BP with fisherman looking to aid in the cleanup effort. If interested, call 281-366-5511 or e-mail, HorizonSupport@OEGLLC.com
The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana is looking for volunteers to “fill a variety of needs.” Pre-veterinary students, veterinary technicians, and anyone with HAZWOPER training (Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard) are “strongly encouraged” to register.
The National Audubon Society is recruiting volunteers in the fight to save “ecologically sensitive areas.” Visit their website to fill out a volunteer registration form.
OilSpillVolunteers.com also provides the opportunity sign up and assist with the cleanup.
While their website says volunteers are not yet needed, Mobile Baykeeper is urging anyone who is interested to call their office at 251-433-4229 or e-mail info@mobilebaykeeper.org.
http://fieldnotes.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/05/01/2291388.aspx
more volunteer links
http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/gulf_oil_spill/wala-oil-spill-volunteer-opps-lr
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/army-of-volunteers-needed-for-gulf-oil-spill-cleanup
hope this helps