Almost? Maybe?

The oil spill has now been going on for just shy of a month now and it will be months probably before it stops.  Still the oil continues to 'spew' to the toll of an estimated 210,000 gallons to 4.2 million gallons a day ( a barrel equals 42 US gallons).  It won't be for a few more days until the next attempt to stop the oil spill occurs.  A couple of different procedures are in line to be tried.  One is comprised of shooting 'heavy mud," the top kill method,  into the well to stop the flow of oil.  If the "top kill" fails, they will try the "junk shot."  This entails shoot knotted rope, pieces of tires and golf balls into the blowout preventer (Man is that a misnomer!  I hope they at least castrated the guy(s) who invented that apparatus). 

So now they are planning to use one or possibly both of these methods, with the hope it 'might' stop the blow out.  WTF?  Has anyone considered the out come of using these methods and what further damage can be done from it? Regardless of what works, it may be months before the spill is stopped.   At what cost?  Tar balls washing ashore in Florida, were said not to be coming from the oil spill in the Gulf.  What the hell?  They can't stop it, how do they know where the tar balls are coming from?  They are now analyzing currents and tides to determine where the oil spill might reach.  Let me take a wild guess here, the oil spill is going to end up wherever the hell Mother Nature wants for it too!   Any takers on that one?

Another thing that is really chapping my butt about this, government sanctions are now being called for to prevent similar accidents in the future.  When I was responsible for developing procedures, or reviewing processes there had to be a 'fall back' procedure, first to recover from an accident (sustain business) and prevent waste (a spill)?  Why the hell isn't the industry implementing their own controls, first to protect OUR earth and secondly their profits?  Oh yeah the government can collect more money (fines).

It is rather ironic that this spill is being called the "Obama Spill,"  which is kind of funny but has some 'officials' calling it "inflammatory. "I think it's inflammatory to call it the Obama oil spill, and wrong," Oberstar said.  Come on now, isn't Obama who approved deep ocean drilling continuing the policy of his predecessor?  In my mind, you do not approve something before you fully understand the implications and possibilities, not after wards! 

Some say the spill could have been contained faster, if the Coast Guard and other agencies had better plans.  Why wasn't this planned for before it occurred?  Ah yes, we make the profit and react when a situation occurs.  What a plan!