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re: Pics - Offshore Rig
Posted on 4/22/10 at 3:42 pm to SoonerBorn
Posted on 4/22/10 at 3:42 pm to SoonerBorn
quote:yea really
That water is unbelievably calm
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Posted on 4/22/10 at 3:45 pm to Slickback
quote:Huh?
Hell of a story. This may go down as the worst rig fire in American History.
Posted on 4/22/10 at 3:45 pm to tigertoe
That looks like something out of a Mad Max movie. I wonder if Red Adair is still in business.
Posted on 4/22/10 at 3:48 pm to SloMeaux
From Twitter:
A 1-by-5 mile sheen of crude oil is spread over the Gulf of Mexico from a now-sunken oil rig.
Oil Spill from the Sunken Oil Rig
A 1-by-5 mile sheen of crude oil is spread over the Gulf of Mexico from a now-sunken oil rig.
Oil Spill from the Sunken Oil Rig
Posted on 4/22/10 at 3:58 pm to SloMeaux
quote:
That looks like something out of a Mad Max movie.
My "recipe for disaster" in those images:
1 Part Mad Max
2 Parts Waterworld
1/2 Part Terminator Salvation
and just a pinch of the future in 12 Monkeys
By the way...
What exactly is this thing?
It's definitely HUGE but it's only visible from that one angle. Although it's obviously part of the rig, it looks oddly similar to that rescue boat or whatever in the foreground.
ETA:
Sunken Rig = no bueno
Nobody's gonna be fishing there for a while.
HAPPY EARTH DAY!!!!!!
This post was edited on 4/22/10 at 4:00 pm
Posted on 4/22/10 at 3:59 pm to yurintroubl
Taking an uninformed guess, I'd say it's the derrick, but fallen over?
Posted on 4/22/10 at 4:00 pm to Schwartz
Edited:
Probably the flare boom.
Probably the flare boom.
This post was edited on 4/22/10 at 4:04 pm
Posted on 4/22/10 at 4:01 pm to Schwartz
quote:
Taking an uninformed guess, I'd say it's the derrick, but fallen over?
There's a similar structure on the opposite side... ETA:
Revoking "thank you" until object is correctly identified.
This post was edited on 4/22/10 at 4:04 pm
Posted on 4/22/10 at 4:01 pm to lsugradman
Oh no sorry. That circled thing looks like the flare boom. The folded over structure in the foreground is the derrick upside down.
Posted on 4/22/10 at 4:02 pm to Schwartz
Pretty sure it's not the derrick. Flare, maybe.
Posted on 4/22/10 at 4:02 pm to yurintroubl
I have some pics that haven't been on here to my knowledge but don't have a way of posting them without throwing them on facebook.
Posted on 4/22/10 at 4:02 pm to bayoudude
Can you e-mail them to me?
SchwartzTD@gmail.com
SchwartzTD@gmail.com
Posted on 4/22/10 at 4:03 pm to Mister Completely
Those are some of the most horrific pictures I've seen.
The people involved and the friends and family of those will all continue to be in my prayers.
The people involved and the friends and family of those will all continue to be in my prayers.
Posted on 4/22/10 at 4:05 pm to bayoudude
quote:
I still can't believe that the heat hasn't caused the deck to give and the rig implode on itself.
Rosie O'Donnell says that steel doesn't melt.
Posted on 4/22/10 at 4:06 pm to yurintroubl
here are some of the rig going down if you havent seen it.
Posted on 4/22/10 at 4:13 pm to TheEnglishman
Man that is just nuts
Posted on 4/22/10 at 4:17 pm to Schwartz
Scwartz YGM
Posted on 4/22/10 at 4:21 pm to bayoudude
Pics courtesy of bayoudude:
This shite is really getting to me...I'm usually pretty numb to tragedy type stuff, but this is really messing with me. Guess because it's so close to home. I've been thinking non stop about the guys that are still (hopefully) out there.
This shite is really getting to me...I'm usually pretty numb to tragedy type stuff, but this is really messing with me. Guess because it's so close to home. I've been thinking non stop about the guys that are still (hopefully) out there.
Posted on 4/22/10 at 4:22 pm to lsugradman
how far out is this rig?
Posted on 4/22/10 at 4:23 pm to Schwartz
I should have some more pics coming soon taken from a crew boat in the area.
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