Gulf Oil Spill More Than 10X Greater Than Thought: Experts

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  leavingwt

  The news from the Gulf just keeps getting worse. . .

  Gulf Oil Spill More Than 10X Greater Than Thought: Experts

  By Frank James and Allison Richards

  NPR has learned that much more oil, 70,000 barrels a day or more than ten times the official estimate, is gushing into the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon pipe, based on scientific analysis of the video released Wednesday.

  That's the equivalent of one Exxon Valdez tanker full every four days.

  The U.S. Coast Guard has estimated that oil was gushing into the ocean at the rate of 5,000 barrels a day. But, again, NPR has been told that estimate is very low.

  We'll link in a bit to a segment on All Things Considered that explains more.

  http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/05/gulf_oil_spill_more_than_10x_g.html
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  shamus100

  YEEK!

  What else can be said?
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  glenster

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill
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  beksbks

  Take the danged bus?
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  shamus100

  Bekers,

  Sell me your SUV! Mine is getting old - it's one year now. I like to throw them out every year - I need to look cool.

  Kiss me!
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  beksbks

  Sorry Monkey, if you want one of my Hummers I might think about letting one go. It's hard to park it at the grocery store up the street.
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  Think About It

  Sorry Monkey, if you want one of my Hummers I might think about letting one go.

  This could be interesting.

  Think About It
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  SacrificialLoon

  Some redneck just wanted to turn the entire gulf into a big fryer.

  We could always use the Soviet method.
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  beksbks

  Things that make you go............OH MY GOD!!!!
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  restrangled

  Hey fellow JWN'rs.....order your fresh caught seafood quickly! Fresh shrimp from the gulf will soon be non-existant. You'll soon be eating the frozen crap from Taiwan and China.....out of their man made ponds.

  Have you ever eaten fresh Shrimp from the Gulf when you've visited Florida? It's incredible! or Fresh blue crab, oysters, clams, etc?

  They may soon no longer exsist.