Oil Spill in the Gulf

Matt Simmons was on Bloomberg earlier (video below), adding some additional perspective to his original appearance on the station, in which he initially endorsed the nuclear option as the only viable way to resolve the oil spill. Simmons refutes even the latest oil spill estimate of 45,000-60,000 barrels per day; and in quoting research by the Thomas Jefferson research vessel which was compiled late on Sunday, quantifies the leak at 120,000 bpd. What is scarier is that, according to the Jefferson, the oil lake underneath the surface of the water could be covering up to 40% of the entire Gulf of Mexico. Simmons also says that, as the leak has no casing, a relief well will not work; and the only possible resolution, as he said previously, is to use a small nuclear explosion to convert the rock to glass. Simmons concludes that as punishment for BP's arrogance and stupidity, the government "will take all their cash." Now if only our own administration could tell us the truth about what is really happening in the gulf. - Zero Hedge, Matt Simmons Revises Leak Estimate to 120,000 Barrels Per Day, Believes Oil Covers 40% of Gulf Beneath the Surface, June 15, 2010



A bolt of lightning struck the ship capturing oil from a blown-out BP well in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, igniting a fire that halted containment efforts in another setback for the embattled company in its nearly two-month struggle to stop the spill, the company said. The fire was quickly extinguished and no one was injured. BP said it hopes to resume containing oil from the well sometime Tuesday afternoon. The fire occurred on the Discoverer Enterprise, where engineers are siphoning about 630,000 gallons of oil a day through a cap on top of the well.... The company hopes to soon start a second containment system — a burner on a semi-submersible drilling rig that could incinerate up to 420,000 gallons of oil a day. The company had hoped to start the system as early as Tuesday. Scientists have estimated that anywhere between about 40 million gallons to more than 100 million gallons of oil have spewed into the Gulf since a drilling rig exploded April 20, killing 11 workers. Though the latest cap installed the well has been capturing oil, large quantities are still spilling into the sea. - Associated Press, BP: Ship Fire Halts Oil Capture from Well in Gulf, June 15, 2010

Oil Spill Evacuation in the Gulf

May 21, 2010

David Eells - From the time BP started spraying the dispersant on the oil in the Gulf, I was uneasy and told others I felt that this would drop the oil from the top of the water, where it was a more limited threat, down into the water to destroy undersea life. A little later came the news that the EPA, which approved of the use of the dispersant, demanded BP find a “less toxic” replacement. BP responded that there was nothing better to do the job. Yesterday the national news reported that the dispersant was of a kind that would be deadly to fish and undersea life when mixed with the crude and was likely another ecological catastrophe in the making.

Ongoing Destruction of Sealife and Cover-up Excerpts from this article:

In an exclusive for Oilprice.com, the Wayne Madsen Report (WMR) has learned from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sources that U.S. Navy submarines deployed to the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast have detected what amounts to a frozen oil blob from the oil geyser at the destroyed Deep Horizon off-shore oil rig south of Louisiana. The Navy submarines have trained video cameras on the moving blob, which remains frozen at depths of between 3,000 to 4,000 feet.

WMR sources also report that the oil mass has resulted in dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico that have cut off oxygen and killed massive numbers of marine creatures and plant life. Seafood wholesalers from the Gulf Coast to New Jersey and New York have been told that the supply of shrimp, oysters, and other seafood from the Gulf is severely in short supply and that they can expect a possible total cut-off as the situation worsens. The shortage will also affect the supply of seafood, especially shrimp, to national seafood restaurant chains like Red Lobster and Long John Silver's.

... Here is another report (audio) [from May 17, 2010] in which Stewart Best and a speaker [Larry Taylor] both chuckle about their Chicken-Little (the sky is falling) conspiracy reputation, but speak of the Gulf oil spill. Also, in Stewart’s audio, he speaks of the real estate industry on the Gulf being destroyed, and old revelations given to them from years ago of people fleeing the Gulf area about the time of the Iceland volcanoes erupting with a great catastrophe to the earth -- the first has blown and Katla is expected by many to blow any time. [Editor's Note: This is a fascinating discussion (also available on YouTube, part 1 below), which I highly recommend.]

In this report, the EPA had tested the air quality along the southeast Louisiana coast, because of the toxic-smelling fumes coming ashore there and burning eyes and lungs. They found that airborne levels of toxic chemicals like hydrogen sulfide and volatile organic compounds like benzene, for instance, now far exceed safety standards for human exposure.

When I was working in an oil refinery, we were very careful not to come in contact with benzene because it was absorbed easily through the skin and was a deadly carcinogenic. We were also familiar with hydrogen sulfide, which 0.1% in the atmosphere would very quickly deaden your sense of smell and you would be dead moments later. We used Scott air packs to work on any equipment that had hydrogen sulfide in it. Methane also was present, which is a fire hazard. All of these are byproducts of crude oil. Evacuations are planned in some areas.

Considering the things that Father has said are going to come against the Gulf Coast, this evacuation may well be His mercy to get many out of harm's way.

My theory is that the dispersant thinned the crude oil out so it could more easily be evaporated into the atmosphere and pushed by the winds onshore. Any hurricane coming into the Gulf could take this lighter emulsion and spread it all over the effected area. Living on the Gulf, I have seen several times the grass brown-out after a hurricane, due to the fact of saltwater being sprayed on it. I have seen some pine trees die, too. In the same area of Louisiana, people found that water left outside, like in a dog bowl, discolored to a dark color even after changing it again. Some are leaving the area ...

Gulf Coast Evacuation Scenario Summer/Fall 2010

Infowars' Note: There is no definitive evidence the government plans mass evacuation at this point. In fact, the government refuses to admit gases in the Gulf exist or pose a health issue. All of this may change as the problem worsens.


BP-Hired Mercenaries Keep Reporters From Interviewing Workers
The video above shows a BP-hired mercenary working for "Talon Security" trying to keep WDSU-New Orleans reporter Scott Walker from talking to cleanup crews on a public beach. Contacted by Yahoo! News for comment, BP spokesman Mark Proegler said, "we can't force our contractors to work with media if they choose not to."
Rumor: Troops 'Invade' Grand Isle Louisiana - First Step in Coastal Evacuation?

June 13, 2010

SCMLA - SoCal Martial Law Alerts (SCMLA) has been in existence for a year and a half and this is our first MARTIAL LAW ALERT.

We have withheld putting out information on the Gulf oil spill for a variety of reasons, but there is now enough evidence for us to put together a fairly clear picture of what really happened, what may result and to warn people who live in the area.

THE SITUATION:

Due to toxic gases from the fractured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, the possible off-gassing of the highly-toxic Corexit 9500 (the chemical dispersant used by BP in the oil spill clean-up), acid rain and various as-yet-unknown forms of environmental damage, we believe that the government will have no choice but to relocate millions of people away from the Gulf Coast. Those living in Florida are presently at the highest risk, but the danger also appears likely to spread to all Gulf Coast states east of Louisiana and possibly even to the entire Eastern half of the United States once hurricane season begins.

Greg Evensen, a retired Kansas Highway Patrolman, estimates that 30-40 million people would need to be evacuated away from the Gulf’s coastline (i.e. at least 200 miles inland). In order to accomplish this gargantuan feat, the federal government (through FEMA and other agencies) would most likely seek first to control and manage the transportation system and then operate relocation centers to manage evacuees. Toward this end, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has already declared the airspace over the oil spill site to be a no-fly zone until further notice. Various sources have indicated that local police, highway patrol, National Guard, US military and foreign troops may be involved in an operation to evacuate the Gulf Coast. In fact, the Governor of Louisiana has already requested evacuation assistance (i.e. National Guard) for his state from the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Those living inland may also be at risk, since the movement of vast numbers of evacuees would cause a significant strain on local resources. In other words, inlanders should not expect life to continue “as normal,” since, under a martial law scenario, the government would have the power and the motivation to seize everyday necessities, such as: food, water, fuel, housing, etc. Some have also suggested that if a hurricane were to occur over the oil spill area itself, lightning might possibly ignite volatile organic compounds, not to mention the acid rain clouds that could form and be carried inland (i.e. acid rain could pollute the water table, destroy crops, kill wildlife and pose significant health risks to humans in the southern and eastern states.)

Lastly, Lindsay Williams, a former Alaskan pipeline chaplain with high-level oil industry connections, has suggested that BP, in conjunction with the federal government, might try to cap the well by using a nuclear explosion – the environmental consequences of which are currently unknown.

OUR RECOMMENDATION:

If you live, or if you know people who live on, or within 200 miles of the Gulf Coast area, we recommend that they immediately relocate to at least 200 miles inland (i.e. the farther away, the better). If people living within this 200-mile zone do not relocate voluntarily (i.e. on their own initiative), it appears likely that a forced evacuation through a martial-law scenario may occur within the coming weeks and (possibly) months.

Our country has been in a state of national emergency since September 11, 2001, which means that martial law (i.e. military rule) can be declared by the President at any time, for any reason – large, or small. If martial law is implemented, evacuees will lose their ability to determine when and where they will move and for how long, since the normal protections of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights will have been suspended. To put it bluntly, a scenario in which evacuees are forced to live in relocation centers for an unspecified length of time is not unlikely.

Oil Disaster Will Be End of Life As We Know It

June 14, 2010

John Doty Jr - ... Hydrogen Sulfide, Benzene, Methylene Chloride, and other toxic gases are also spewing out along with the oil. In concentrations hundreds and thousands of times greater than what is considered safe for humans. Lethal levels. When the hurricanes come they will absorb this toxic seawater and drop it as rain. Literally toxic rain. Let me guess, toxic rain doesn’t scare you. The biggest threat is already actualized with the chemicals entering the atmosphere and being carried around by the wind ....