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Fisher described the soft and hard coral they found seven miles southwest of the well as an underwater graveyard. He said oil probably passed over the coral and killed it.
The coral has "been dying for months," he said. "What we are looking at is a combination of dead gooey tissues and sediment. Gunk is a good word for what it is."
The researchers found the evidence at a site 4,600 feet deep.
"Ninety percent of 40 large corals were heavily affected and showed dead and dying parts and discoloration," the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in a statement. NOAA sponsored the cruise. "Another site 400 meters (1,200 feet) away had a colony of stony coral similarly affected and partially covered with a similar brown substance."
Dead coral near BP spill called 'smoking gun' - U.S. news - Environment - msnbc.com
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No evidence was found that a conscious decision was made to sacrifice safety in order to save money, the presidential Gulf oil spill panel said in preliminary findings released Monday, but BP incurred "additional risk" and teams of workers — both BP and contractors — made poor judgments ahead of the April 20 well blowout and rig explosion.
Why Am I not surprised at all? It is after all the Presidential Investigative Panel.
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#1 - Mon Nov 8, 2010 8:08 PM ESTFred Bartlit, Jr., the panel's chief investigator, said in his presentation to the seven-member oil spill commission that he agreed with about 90 percent of BP's findings, although the company left out some critical details and there were other areas where the panel's probe will conflict.
Why waste money on all these useless probes and investigation?
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#2 - Mon Nov 8, 2010 8:10 PM EST"We see no instance where a decision-making person or group of people sat there aware of safety risks, aware of costs and opted to give up safety for costs," Bartlit said. "We do not say everything done was perfectly safe. ... We studied the hell out of this. We welcome anybody who gives us something we missed."
REALLY? Borehead, LArry, steve, eth can you believe this guy?
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#3 - Mon Nov 8, 2010 8:13 PM ESTBK is it possible that you can 'give them something they missed'????????
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FW, I have sent several articles to them but none had replied or acknowledged. He is very smart. He put on record that he had not missed anything. How could he have missed the testimonies of Williams and Pascal (EPA) of BP's gross negligence and misconducts. He puts on record that the panel agreed 90%. Yeah that means the panel is either "blind" or the same side of a coin.
His decision is not unexpected. My evidences are put here also for the record. A few more months or a year down the line, we will present all these to refresh their memories. Same as in the other blowouts I have investigated. But I can understand his position. He was put there to placate the public just as I was placed on the vessel not to QC but to legitimize their crimes.
But I did not know better, I did my job conscientiously.
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I gotcha BK. Thanks a bunch. I am so impressed with your honesty and knowledge and sharing of that knowledge.
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These are white collar crimes of mass destruction - very profitable and it can be done in plain full view without fear of prosecution. All you need is for all the QC in place to turn a "blind eye". Then in the investigation you need to buy up the investigator. Those who cannot be bought are eliminated and silenced. Does this make sense? You bet it does because I am speaking from experience. There are many who never had their chances to speak. Accidental deaths are very convenient.
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Holy OMG! Its like that bad bad movie again. They really need to be publically scorned everywhere.
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#4 - Tue Nov 9, 2010 2:28 PM ESTYes, FW. If you want to know where the fishing industry is heading (in terms of the crime making money) just see the the dirty tricks in the oil industry. It has been going on for years but hidden from public view. This BP disaster has blasted it wide open but it is still invisible to the public. The criminals are not prosecuted because no crime enforcement unit anywhere in the world has ever seriously probe the commercial crimes committed in the industry, not necessarily the oil companies alone but the contractors as well.
We need to correct the incorrigible profiteering in the industry if we are going to have a safe marine environment for your fishing industry to strive. For years (in many countries as well) the depletion of fishes in the ocean has been blamed on overfishing. But the oil industry is also a party to the destruction of the marine environment and thus all our livelihood.
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Of course they usually blame it on someone else. Unfortunately since the fishermen share the same environment, the blame goes to them. Who would blame the high and mighty PhD holders (Sounds familiar? ) of mass destruction?
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"The Gulf of Mexico is a special place, providing the nation with food, jobs, and a unique way of life," he added. "Measuring its full impact will take years, and fully restoring the Gulf will take decades."
Or more. I can't even believe they are questioning that these tragedies are related to the oil spill. The investigative panel is a joke, and as you say, a waste of money. Any investigative panel is worthless when it is composed of those who have something to hide.
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#5 - Mon Nov 15, 2010 11:27 AM ESTmakes me wail like a baby and I'm not one to cry for much---well I must tell you that our national anthem makes me teary!
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If one does not cry at these "sick jokes" then one has to be either dead or cold-heartedly inhumane. I do too. You are not alone FW.
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