Hurricane Could Cause Evacuation of Gulf Coast

• Hiccup wrote on 2010-07-22 23:22
  2 YEARS EARLY!
• Piko wrote on 2010-07-22 23:23

  Quote from Beginner;101834:

  Oil -> Land + Fire = 2012..? :O!!!

  
  
  That would be both terrible and awesome.
• Chockeh wrote on 2010-07-22 23:23

  Quote from bradstrt;101837:

  2 YEARS EARLY!

  
  10 Years late.
• Juno wrote on 2010-07-22 23:32
  It's not like anyone has stopped going to BP gas stations or anything ._.
  
  Should be interesting, if it's as bad as they're making it out to be someone had better be locked up for it.
• Beginner wrote on 2010-07-22 23:34
  It's possible that there might be more affected by this...if it happens...
  Oil -> Land + Fire = (Pollution + Human activity pollution) + Atmosphere = Drastic temperature rise = +Global warming = +Natural Disasters = Affected by everyone = Possibility the end of humanity?
  Super dominoes affect?
  I am so optimistic ^^
• Tomates wrote on 2010-07-22 23:38

  Quote from Juno;101853:

  It's not like anyone has stopped going to BP gas stations or anything ._.
  
  Should be interesting, if it's as bad as they're making it out to be someone had better be locked up for it.

  
  That's true. I learned that this one kids father worked at BP when he said on facebook "DON'T STOP GOING TO BP! I'M A GROWING BOY WHO NEEDS CLOTHES!"
• Serathx wrote on 2010-07-22 23:41
  Nuke the hurricane. D:
  Poor land animals...and people too.
  Well, it's a good day to be in California.
• Tomates wrote on 2010-07-22 23:43
  Good day being in Michigan too even though the economy sucks.
• User495 wrote on 2010-07-23 23:40
  [video=youtube;M-PwQDXtsPY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-PwQDXtsPY&videos=Im-eO-g5BNA[/video]
  
  thought this would be kinda related
  
  
  actually I don't really know the impact oil has on land, so I might have to look that up (time to google)
• Sloth wrote on 2010-07-24 00:02
  I'm glad I also live in Michigan :D
  
  We just had a bad storm though T.T'
  
  We are getting more tornado warnings then normal this year
  
  Oil on the land will be super bad D:
• Shironi wrote on 2010-07-24 00:16
  Yay for completely unaffected NZ.
  
  Feel sorry for those guys, though ._.
• Felix wrote on 2010-07-24 00:23
  At first, I was thinking that the evacuation was just because of the hurricane, which I thought was bull, because Ive stayed in my trailer for a cat5 hurricane, so I was like "Lol, im not leaving!"
  
  ...Then I realized it could rain down toxic rain over the coast... :worry2:
  
  Thanks BP. Not only have you ruined businesses here, but now you plan on killing them, literally. Nice.
  
  I find it ironic that on the day it blew up, there where the BP executives celebrating their safety record on the rig, LOL. Spoke to soon.
• Hiccup wrote on 2010-07-25 05:17

  Quote from Sevian;103219:

  actually I don't really know the impact oil has on land, so I might have to look that up (time to google)

  
  
  Animals. Covered in oil restricts movement and eyesight, food destroyed, habitat destroyed.
  Water Supply. People get their water from wells. Water trickles down the soil and will eventually hit water aka the water table. (Rivers, streams are the top of the water table, so you get a jest of where it is).
  Plants, being covered in oil can block out much needed sunlight/keeps bugs from pollinating.
  Now you have to clean your house, wipe the windows/cars/streets/etc I mean you name it
• Spartaaaaa wrote on 2010-07-25 12:29
  Good news guys, the hurricane has died down and will not hit the Gulf Coast!
  
  

  BP Resuming Oil Spill Work as Storm Fizzles
  
  Reuters [1]
  July 25, 2010
  
  HOUSTON (Reuters) – Ships and workers moved back into BP Plc’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill site on Sunday as seas calmed, and BP could begin pumping mud into the blown-out well later this week in a bid to plug the gusher.
  
  The spill has seriously damaged the reputation of the energy giant and sources familiar with the matter said BP’s board would discuss Chief Executive Tony Hayward’s departure when it meets on Monday.
  
  As remnants of Tropical Depression Bonnie dissipated over the Gulf on Saturday, retired Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, head of the U.S. spill response, said a “static kill” operation to plug the well by pumping in heavy drilling mud and possibly cement could start in three to five days.
  
  “The static kill could go very quickly,” Allen said.

  
  
  Link to article: BP Resuming Oil Spill Work as Storm Fizzles
• Hiccup wrote on 2010-07-26 00:45
  Lets just hope it wont be another flop