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_____________________________________________________________________________________________ With Bonnie threat gone, critical equipment has already returned to Gulf oil well site – Times Picayune Dudley Set to Succeed Hayward at BP – Wall Street Journal Dam fails in eastern Iowa, causing massive flooding – CNN White House sends 2012 rescue team to Florida – Politico US Troops Captured in Afghanistan: Report – HuffingtonPost Germany Love Parade Tragedy: Death Toll Rises After … Continue reading Headlines…Gulf Coast and Beyond

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Rigs, ships moving away from Gulf Oil Spill Site as tropical Storm Bonnie Approaches…well cap stays on?

Following Federal orders on Thursday night, crews began disconnecting the rigs drilling the relief wells in anticipation of Tropical Storm Bonnie’s arrival. This will delay the effort to plug the Macondo well by up to two weeks. BP and government officials also said Thursday that the cap now sealing the well and preventing oil from flowing into the sea will remain in place during a … Continue reading Rigs, ships moving away from Gulf Oil Spill Site as tropical Storm Bonnie Approaches…well cap stays on?

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PSI…BP and the Feds Grading the Pressure Readings On the Curve…Yeah! Everybody Passes!

Last night I threw out a message, observing how it seemed every time we turned around either someone from British Petroleum or the Feds were changing the rules on this well cap. When all this began last week, when BP put the new containment riser onto the Macondo well and stopped the flow of oil from entering the gulf we were all told that the … Continue reading PSI…BP and the Feds Grading the Pressure Readings On the Curve…Yeah! Everybody Passes!

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Update: Oil seeping from Gulf floor near well, but Coast Guard allows cap to stay in place another 24 hours

Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen on Sunday evening agreed to allow a cap to continue to block the flow of oil from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead, despite the discovery of oil or natural gas seeping from the floor of the Gulf of Mexico at a location away from the well. But Allen ordered BP to report any discoveries of future seeps within four hours … Continue reading Update: Oil seeping from Gulf floor near well, but Coast Guard allows cap to stay in place another 24 hours

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Bobby Jindal – Jesus Christ Oil-Spill-Star…

Gov. Bobby Jindal gives a crisp salute to the Louisiana National Guard soldiers standing outside the Governor’s Mansion as he climbs aboard a Blackhawk helicopter for another trip to the Gulf of Mexico. Today’s mission: a tour of the E-4 sand berm under construction in the Chandeleur Islands, one of six artificial barriers authorized by the Army Corps of Engineers and a linchpin in the … Continue reading Bobby Jindal – Jesus Christ Oil-Spill-Star…

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Headlines from the Gulf Coast…

Gulf Oil Spill Stopped? Oil plugged, but for how long? – HuffingtonPost Widespread Oyster Deaths Found on Louisiana Reefs – AP Authority Overuse of Dispersants Debated – Times Picayune Giant Oil Skimmer – A Whale Deemed a Bust in Gulf of Mexico Spill – Times Picayune Oil Spill’s Threat to Fowl Not Always Obvious – Daily Comet Nearly Five Years Later Still No Levee Commission … Continue reading Headlines from the Gulf Coast…

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British Petroleum, Coast Guard, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Oil Spill, Thad Allen

BP, when you live by the lie, you die by the lie…

So British Petroleum stopped the oil flow from the well… “It’s a (expletive) lie,” shouted Stephon LaFrance, one of several oil-stained oyster harvesters standing around Delta Marina in marshy Plaquemines Parish. “I don’t believe they stopped that leak. BP’s trying to make their self look good.” “It doesn’t mean anything,” Craig St. Amant said as he tried to sell tours to passers-by on Bourbon Street … Continue reading BP, when you live by the lie, you die by the lie…

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Update: Pressure inside the well at 6700 and rising says BP

Ed Note: Since that initial score, the well pressure has not gone above 7000 psi, though the scientists analyzing data say this might not be caused by leaks and could be a result of generalized pressure loss in the well…analysis will continue for the next 24 hours… From the Times Picayune: Pressure inside the blown out Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico is at about … Continue reading Update: Pressure inside the well at 6700 and rising says BP

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Update: Oil Well is Closed, Integrity Test Begins

From the Times -Picayune: There was no oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico this afternoon after BP crews managed to shut in the leaking Macondo well. The company is now conducting a “well integrity test” to determine if the well can remain closed until it can be permanently shut with cement next month. The test will last anywhere from 6 to 48 hours, during which time scientists … Continue reading Update: Oil Well is Closed, Integrity Test Begins

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Headlines for the day…

Please click on the following, collection of news stories from various sites around the web: More cops taken into custody today in Danziger Bridge Shootings, cover-up – Times Picayune Federal government’s stance on dispersants questioned – Times Picayune Public Confidence Hits New Low For President Obama – Huffington Post Gingrich Says He’s seriously Considering White House Run – Chicago Tribune Meet the Man Who Made … Continue reading Headlines for the day…

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