This teaches us a lesson, that alarms have their uses. Even though they might cause false alarms, their alert will ultimately save lives. Off shore rigs this this and the BP spill has caused some of the worst environmental damages in history. Its time we rethink how we deal with them.

hello. i refuse to read the entire article. explain to me what an alarm does that a seven story rig-shaking, deafening explosion; that rocks people onto the floor- has not already done: except annoy and interfere with rescue coordination? dead fish, dead birds, dead people, oil covering everything; storms beginning to enter the ‘push-oil-ashore’ zones, and we need to distract some blame to insignificant alarms? the Florida Keys are going to get destroyed, and probably the Everglades; but the alarms following catastrophic explosions were inhibited: misdirect, control media. nothing but ridiculous journalism to see here. sanitize the devastation in your mind. the worst environmental catastrophe ever in America, still unfolding: just forget about it. let it go away. storms and nature will clean it all up in a few years. get over it. they are just dead fish and birds, plants and crustaceans- move on. let BP get back to business as usual. the dirty son of a pup inhibited the alarms. there you go. move on now. nothing to see out there. just dead zones. nothing out there. move on. they shoulda had those stinking alarms on. let it go. you are addicted to oil.