30 July 2010, 4:32 am
Where is all the oil? Nearly two weeks after BP finally capped the biggest oil spill in U.S. history, the oil slicks that once spread across thousands of miles of the Gulf of Mexico have largely disappeared. Nor has much oil washed up on the sandy beaches and marshes along the Louisiana coast ref : http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews_excl/ynews_excl_sc3270 BP Oil Spill: Clean-Up Crews Can't Find Crude in the Gulf... "[It's] mother nature doing her job," said Ed Overton, a professor of environmental studies at Louisiana State University. ref link : http://abcnews.go.com/WN/bp-oil-spill-crude-mother-nature-breaks-slick/story?id=11254252 Deepwater Horizon alarms were switched off 'to help workers sleep Williams took the matter with a TRANSOCEAN supervisor, Mark Hay, who eventually rejected concerns. Hay responded: "Damn thing been in bypass for five years. Matter of fact, the entire [Transocean] fleet runs them in bypass. Williams further revealed that a crucial safety device, designed to shut down the drill shack in the case of dangerous gas levels being detected, had been SWITCHED OFF ! Deepwater Horizon alarms were switched off 'to help WORKERS SLEEP!! ref link : http://www.timesnewsline.com/news/Deepwater-Horizon-alarms-were-switched-off-to-help-workers-sleep-1279931596/... Read More »