At three and a half football fields long and ten stories high a massive ship, dubbed “The Whale” has come down here to join the fight against the spill.
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On Fourth of July tourists typically pack the beach along Gulfport, Mississippi to swim. This year, there’s fewer tourists but they’re coming to see oil, tar balls and lots of clean up crews. They’ve come from as far as Boston to Atlanta, more than 11-hundred workers are trying to keep the beach along Gulfport, Mississippi clean as they search for oil and tar balls. Clean up worker, Thomas Stevens says “There’s 26-miles of beach. These probably washed up last night at high tide. We’ll work this beach and 20-minutes later we have to work it again.” BP Spokesperson, Richard Judy says “It’s very weathered material it’s not particularly toxic and it can be picked up fairly easily. We’re also finding what we call tar patties which are larger and they pick those up as well.” On occasion workers may miss a tar ball because some are the size of a dime. Charles Murphy drove in from Bruce, Mississippi hoping to cool off in the water. He got more than he bargained for. Charles Murphy says “Just swimming on the beach and put my hand down and this was on it.” BP Spokesperson, Richard Judy says as oil continues to wash up ashore here in Gulfport, Mississippi they’re warning beach goers to swim at their own risk. Richard Judy says “Just use your judgement if you see an area where it looks like there’s material that hasn’t been cleaned stay away.” Thomas Stevens says “its a public beach you can’t keep people off of it, and people are curious they want to see.” But if you do get oil on …
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Some facts about A Whale. It’s truely an International Effort!
1. Owned by Taiwanese shipping tycoon, Nobu Su.
2. Su was raised and educated in Japan.
3. Flying the flag of Monrovia, Liberia.
4. Built in South Korea by Hynndai for oil cargo supertanker originally.
5. Retrofitted in Portugal 2 months ago for oil skimming purpose.
I guess they (TMT) didn’t pack along the cocain and hookers…..whoops.
Not to worry Regulators….it’s been FedEx’d.
Things like this move us closer to civil war.
Instead of EPA testing clean water emitted from “A Whale” why don’t they test the oil concentration emitted from the BP leak. Then EPA could stop BP from emitting oil into the water at higher then the EPA water quality standards. Then EPA could fine BP and order a stop to the leak. BP and the US government is not really interested in stopping the leak. Just a lots of talk talk talk.
To hell with the government red tape. Get the damn thing out there and see if it works. they worried about the water it puts back in the gulf, it can’t be no worse than it takes out at this time.The government needs to get out of the way and let people get this mess cleaned up. This is what “WE THE PEOPLE” want.
day 73 and they will not allow this giant oil skimmer into the gulf, I am soooo mad at our bloated government and I begin to believe that our president IS trying to destroy America, cut all that “red tape”, accept all offers of help, get that oil out of the water and if we must defy the Coast Guard then do it, they are part of the problem, folks must defy rules and regulations and save the gulf .
WTF? I expect red tape in Australia. But THIS is fukn ridiculous. The old saying, calamity brings out the best ..well.. so far I’m thinking Americans can’t take a shit without permission. And have been shown to be fucked over by FEDs every time. Act local, fuck the FEDs! FFS!
Another question is the technology used to seperate oil from water based off of kevin costner brothers designe and is he going to get paid royalties.
ONE MAN cuased this entire incident from BP he went in there and said lets alter the way we do things and cuased a massive oil spill this person should be behind bars end story. Why is this person not investigated for serious sabotage of the us economy. He is a enemy of the state and should have full FBI investigation on him and who he networks with. lets waite second let alot of oil then profit.
There is no such thing as honest nice people and no one cuts up a 500 million dollar ship for no reason. Free oil is hell of alot more money that just shipping it from point A to point B. Bull crap this is first class sabotage to profit off of it. Similar to war profitering.
THEY TAKE OWNER SHIP OF FREE OIL WHICH WILL NET THEM MILLIONS PLUS A MILLION DOLLAR CHECK THEY WILL GET PAID FOR DOING IT. SO THAT ENTIRE SHIP WILL BE PAID OFF IN ONE OIL SPILL. QUESTION DID THIS ALL OF A SUDDEN JUST HAPPEN OR WAS IT A SERIES OF NETWORKS OF INTERNAL SOCIAL NETWORKIN. HOW TO FIGURE IT OUT WHEN DID THIS SHIP ACTUALY COME TO BE.
WHAT IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL.. MONEY TAWAIN IS GOING TO TAKE OWNER SHIP OF THE WHALE ONCE ITS RECOVERED.
Hurry up already!!!
intresting no everyone is honest and good hearted. Who OWNS THE OIL ONCE ITS IN THE SHIP
What the hell is wrong with those people? Why on earth would any sane person “drive down” to swim in that toxic soup? They didn’t know about this RECORD BREAKING oil catastrophe? I’m at a complete loss here.
Not particully toxic? Average age of death of Valdeese cleanup workers was 51.
They need Pooper Scoopers not shovels.