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Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster...

Rich, you wondered what the temperature of the oil was last week. It must not be very warm. Generally when something is compressed and then the pressure is released it causes a drop in temperature. That is the fundamental principal that a refrigerator works on. If they are pumping warm water to prevent ice, the oil itself must not be very warm.

Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said an underwater robot bumped into the venting system. That sent gas rising through vent that carries warm water down to prevent ice-like crystals from forming in the
cap.
 
Oh yeah, and as for the bright coloration of that oil column being from the lighting, please tell me, what sort of light would you use to shine on a BLACK column of oil to make it appear yellow and orange? What exactly IS that that is coming out of that pipe?

I don't think all crude oil is black.
 
Now this isn't good..... :nope:


All I have to say is that if people think I am angry now just wait and see how mad I will be if I end up with afternoon oil rain in my garden. I work way to hard in the hot FL sun for all my veggies and berries to be spoiled:angry01:.
Theoretically oil rain isn't possible because oil doesn't evaporate when exposed to normal temperatures....right? Thats at least what I remember from like 5th grade science fair, but I suppose with dispersant's and pressure, and all of the burning something could be up, some googling I guess is in order.
 
The rain is what I have been concerned about. If a tropical cyclone gets into the Gulf over the oil I think the turbulence of the wind and choppy seas will atomize the oil and pick it up into the storm. If it falls in a heavy enough concentration it could kill vegetation. The potential damage to agriculture is very frightening with this scenario not to mention a seemingly endless list of other effects.
 
Im not sure if I believe that video. Yeah we got some pretty heavy rains here today but nothing that I saw that looked like that video. And I was out in this rain on and off all day. That almost looks like runoff from someone spilling motor oil in their driveway. I am worried that eventually the rain will end up with something in it from all this but im not to sure this was it.
 
I wondered if the oily looking stuff was maybe from the burning of the oil. I can see how that might combine with rain and give an oily look.
 
Im not sure if I believe that video. Yeah we got some pretty heavy rains here today but nothing that I saw that looked like that video. And I was out in this rain on and off all day. That almost looks like runoff from someone spilling motor oil in their driveway. I am worried that eventually the rain will end up with something in it from all this but im not to sure this was it.

Yeah, I can't argue with that. There are definitely some whackos trying to get their 15 minutes of online fame using this event as their vehicle. So everything needs to be taken with a large helping of salt.
 
There are three types of crude oil

1. Heavy crude which is dark, thick and sticky
2. Light crude which is a light golden color and flows easily
3. Medium crude


from: http://thomko.squarespace.com/what-is-crude-oil/

Does this help, Rich? I couldn't find any pictures I could copy over, but I did find several similar descriptions. This site shows a picture of oil from the North Sea offshore field:

http://resources.schoolscience.co.uk/SPE/knowl/4/2index.htm?crude.html

Yeah, it does help. Thanks! "Caramel" colored pretty much describes what is coming up...
 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/24/bp-oil-dotting-gulf-coast_n_624400.html

People please listen to me very carefully I love the ocean I can understand wanting to enjoy what is left of it, but it is too late now, that ship has laready sailed. Please stop letting your kids swim in the gulf. We were just int he Keys for Fathers day I can understand seeing the ocean and wanting to interact with it. My kids wanted to touch the ocean too but really be sensible and resist the temptation. This is not a good year for ocean fun so join the Y or see if your town has any public pools, but please don't put your kids in the gulf.
 
Looks like health issues are beginning to escape the apparent blackout...

 
This video is about health concerns from the oil spill. Maybe it's just my ears playing tricks on me, but does the reporter REALLY say that "Those who have the higher risk of getting KILLED...." at the 1:40 time point?

 
She says "Those who have a higher risk of getting TILT" Which is what they call the disease. It does sound like killed though.
 
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