The GULF OIL SPILL

Hi All,

I know this is not the fun, light, and lovely messages I usually write about, but I am truly concerned about the world we are leaving to our precious grandchildren so this oil spill in the Gulf is a disaster too horrid for us to ignore. And, after reading the item in bold below, please keep this disaster in your prayers - our fragile ecosystem needs all the help it can get, and at this point, the Big Guy Above needs to send us a miracle.


I just read this comment (below in bold) about the oil spill in Yahoo. If this doesn’t scare the beejesus out of everyone I don’t know what will. Every disaster movie that was ever made would pale in comparison if this holocaust did happen. The person who wrote this sure sounds like someone who knows what he is talking about. God help us all.



"A lot of people here are missing the jist of what is happening there under the sea.


BP has not capped the well because they are terrified of a problem they have not yet discussed in public. Namely that the rig explosion cracked and damaged the sea floor around the well head, and that besides the broken pipe there are other, more fragile leaks of oil coming up from the sea floor itself.


This is why they are so cagey with information, and why they are keeping everyone not directly involved with the repair out of the area.


They have not capped the well because they are afraid if that if they totally capped the pipe closed, the pressure would back up into the damaged well bore and cause a blow out of the damaged sea floor around the well head.


This would be a much, much, MUCH bigger disaster than what is happening now; with little or no hope of us being able to control it. They are purposely letting the leak run in order to keep the pressure low in the well and minimize any further pressure damage to the well bore. A 20 inch pipe leaking into a containment cap is much better than a 75 foot wide crack or hole in the sea floor rocketing an enormous unstoppable geyser of oil into the Gulf. If that happens, it's goodbye Charlie. The Gulf would be overwhelmed in a short period. They have to do this, no matter how frustrating it is. This is also why they are capping it in increments, so they can carefully observe what each change in well pressure does to the damaged area.


This is why it was unacceptable when the first cap iced over, because it was blocking the oil flow, and again the pressure would back up into the well and might cause a catastrophic sea floor blow out.


When viewed in this context, what they are doing makes sense. They are trying their best to avoid the worst case scenario, and it definitely can get worse than what is happening now. They are not letting the pipe leak just for their health or negligence, or for financial gain.


Barack Obama did not cause this, and he is trying as much as possible to stay out of their way so that they can think and work without government hassle in order to try and get this extremely dangerous situation under control.


The US government is not an oil company and does not have the expertise to handle this, although it's obvious BP doesn't really have it either.


There is a distinct possibility that if the government shoved their hand in there to get things going, it would end up making it far worse. What is happening now is a disaster. If the sea floor blew out at 5,000 feet, it would be a holocaust."