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

[Preston Boyington]

Lightner, Jeff wrote:
> Would that be so bad?  Wouldn't it be nice to have a shorter drive to
> the beach?  If Hartsfield were suddenly beachfront property they could
> take off over the ocean without annoying folks trying to sleep.  :-)

LOL!  well I haven't read the article, but a small (low yield?) nuke 
like the US and other countries have in their arsenal doesn't do quite 
that much damage.  from my understanding it's more of a small city size 
area of impact.

my assumption would be their using small ones like was proposed for 
space shuttle propulsion years ago.

on a different note; I still haven't heard _why_ snipers were deployed 
to neighboring rigs.  I worked on offshore drilling rigs for years (and 
still have family working thereon) and that was a first for me.


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