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A Close-Up Look at Top-Kill Failure

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Want to see what it looked like when the famous “top kill” method didn’t work as planned in recent days? Here’s a visual aid that might make its way into Obama’s nightmares sooner or later, complete with underwater footage.  —KA

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By sicktomysoul, June 2, 2010 at 9:27 am Link to this comment
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Lots of questions….like…why are they not using tankers to suck up the oil like they did for the Saudi oil spill?

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By amunaor, June 1, 2010 at 5:07 pm Link to this comment

How has it failed?

BP’s Operation ‘Top-Kill’ is managing quite well in killing off everything its sought after black liquid comes into contact with ‘Top-Side’!

BP, the MultiNational Oil Vampire, has simply proven that it isn’t capable of stuffing the dragon it has provoked back into a Top-Hat, Hard-Hat, Sombrero or Dunce-Cap.

Peace, Best Wishes and Hope

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By ofersince72, June 1, 2010 at 4:44 pm Link to this comment

I know what I saw when topkill failed,
I saw them pull a ROV with camera all the way to the
surface, I watched the camera show the whole trip from
the BOP to surface, then bob up and down on the surface
until it was retrieved,,,,then they put a camera back
down and it showed

A volcano coming from the ocean floor, nothing attached
to it.,, just a whole, probably the weel head, with
tremendous abounts of hydrocarbons coming out at tremendous pressures.. there was not a damn thing
attached to it.
They haven’t showed this image again since Saturday
night., My explanation is that the BOP was blown off the
well head, and that all they are showing now is something
that was recorded weeds ago.
Until someone can explain the volcano of crude that I
saw with my eyes for several hours Friday night and
Saturday morning….I will believe that the BOP was
blown off the well head…
Did anyone else see this ????

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