[ale] BP knew of problems 11 months before the rig blew -further OT

[Damon L. Chesser]

On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 16:54 -0400, Larry Johnson wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Lightner, Jeff <jlightner at water.com> wrote:
> > The cynic in me at the time of the explosion made me wonder if some
> > eco-terrorist hadn't somehow caused it in reaction to the then recent
> > announcement of expanded offshore drilling by President Obama.
> >
> > I have really seen much discussion of the cause of the explosion - only
> > the ballyhoo over the mess and cleanup.   Your post seems to at least be
> > in the area of cause.
> >
> 
> 
> Given the importance of this event it's been astonishing to me how
> difficult was is to find a decent pool of basic facts about what
> happened, and what the Deepwater Horizon rig actually represents.
> Most of the reporting is politics, noise, and play by play on the
> capping attempts which often read like sportscasting.
> 
> It's an unprecedented operation in a number of ways.  It's the deepest
> oil well in history, for instance (actually kudos to Wikipedia for
> having that near the top of their article ... it's seldom mentioned by
> most of the press).  Given the fact that it's an extreme outlier in
> terms of environmental conditions, the level of cluelessness at both
> BP and within the government shouldn't be surprising.

Which fits my outlook on "accidents" in that they don't just happen,
either it was a short cut or it was "unknown conditions" that caused it.
I will remain open in my opinion until it is resolved and dissected.
 
> 
> Larry
> 
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