The Well Cap is a diversion, and it worked. A Coast Guard overflight spotted heavy, emulsified oil on Sunday that appeared to be heading on a collision course with the island. It came within eight miles of the shore on Monday, before the Coast Guard said skimmers intercepted it. “We did send a fleet of skimmers out to that oil and they were able, as soon as they arrived on scene, the oil actually broke up and it broke into small particles,” said US Coast Guard Rear Adm. Paul Zunkunft, the oil spill’s federal on-scene coordinator. What the skimmers were able to capture was an oily water mix that eventually added up to just one barrel of recoverable oil. Yet, while the latest threat of oil may have avoided Grand Isle, there are worries about what may be happening underneath the surface of the water. “I’m not worried what’s on top no more,” said Grand Isle Mayor David Camardelle. “I’m worried about what’s on the bottom and I still can’t get a clear answer for that. Camardelle’s fears center on so-called “oil plumes,” possibly lurking off the coast, underwater in the Gulf of Mexico. They can be hard to see from the air. The mayor said he would like to find a way to track them, using some of the vessels out on the water for the oil spill response. “We’re looking to see if we can drag some type of nets and check the bottoms — and that’s one of the things we want to check out — on the bottoms,” Camardelle said. “Because, gradually, BP’s going to pull out of here and say, ‘we …
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They need to cap it off, permanently, and leave the gulf and go screw their own country up. As for Obama, he needs to take some math classes, take the 205 million gallons of oil that have leaked out, multiply it by 20 for the years it will take for Floridians to safely eat seafood again, then 2.5 again for the average price of gasoline, and send the bill to the U.K. Problem solved.
Yeah…where are the fucken 10 holes in the pipe…lets see the mud stop the flow then!
What if the tube has a huge hole?
wheres the simulation of intense presure of the ocean and the intense p.s.i. of the well?
@Roonskii Jindal’s only agenda is for the GOP and the rich, he doesn’t care about the people of his state. He’s pretending to be on their side, when he’s really not. He so stupid he thinks he can trick people, we all know what’s he is doing with the stimulus dollars.
@Pellegrino80 He preaches delusional talking points and has done nothing but lie. If he cared about the the people in his state he would not be holding back stimulus dollars and preventing the NG to help in the cleanup of corporate greed on American shores and in the world’s seas.
@Roonskii Jindal is all talk, and keeps talking out of his ass…
bobby jindal is a republican therefor he does not care about America, nor the Gulf.
Do not trust bobby jindal! He is on the side of bp.
If this CNN piece is right fine, but if something dosen’t go right they are going to face a huge backlash against CNN forever!