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Will the BP Oil Spill Set Off A Supersonic Tsunami? by David DeGraw

Posted on June 19, 2010 by dandelionsalad

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by David DeGraw
http://daviddegraw.org
June 18, 2010

A frame grab of a live video stream of operations to stop the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is seen on June 18, 2010. The Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion that caused a massive oil spill and killed 11 workers continues to spill oil into the Gulf Coast. UPI/BP Photo via Newscom

I was sent an article yesterday that described a worst case scenario in the BP Gulf oil spill which described a possibility that sounded too horrifying to be true. The report said the BP drill site is directly over a massive underground reservoir of methane that could result in a huge explosion that would create “a supersonic tsunami” that “would literally sweep away everything from Miami to the panhandle in a matter of minutes. Loss of human life would be virtually instantaneous and measured in the millions.”

Sounded like fear mongering to me, until I saw this report from AP today:

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via Will the BP Oil Spill Set Off A Supersonic Tsunami? | David DeGraw

see also

Overlooked BP oil spill problem: Well gushes vast amounts of methane, could create Gulf ‘dead zones’ | al.com

h/t: Sparrows

see

Danger Deep In The Gulf (debunking the tsunami risk)

What if the BP Gusher in the Gulf is Unstoppable? by Dennis Kucinich

An Exclusive (Somewhat Apocryphal) Interview With Stephen Hawking On The BP Gulf Oil Spill Event – Horizon By Gary Corseri

Barack Obama’s Oval Office Address on BP Oil Spill and Energy + transcript

Amy Goodman on Gaza attack, BP oil spill catastrophe and Obama’s wars

Shedding light on the dark hole in the Gulf By Jerry Mazza

http://vodpod.com/dandelionsalad/tag/oil%20spill

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14 Responses

  1. In Deep Water: A Way of Life in Peril « Dandelion Salad, on February 26, 2011 at 9:31 PM said:

    [...] Will the BP Oil Spill Set Off A Supersonic Tsunami? by David DeGraw [...]

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  2. Danger Deep In The Gulf « Dandelion Salad, on June 23, 2010 at 11:59 PM said:

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  3. Vera Gottlieb, on June 21, 2010 at 10:37 AM said:

    And where is BP’s CEO? In England, on a yacht race. His concerns are really heart-warming. Bastards!

    Reply
  4. A Day in the Gulf by Cindy Sheehan « Dandelion Salad, on June 21, 2010 at 2:49 AM said:

    [...] Will the BP Oil Spill Set Off A Supersonic Tsunami? by David DeGraw [...]

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  6. flyingcuttlefish, on June 20, 2010 at 3:04 PM said:

    OMFG!!!!
    I do think something is way worse about the gulf ‘event’ than we are being told. Gov. hesitation may be they have to study methane problem and can’t admit it.

    Reply
  7. Gulf oil spill: A hole in the world by Naomi Klein « Dandelion Salad, on June 20, 2010 at 12:14 AM said:

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  8. The Bush-Cheney Gulf Coast Oil Spill of 2010 by Rodrigue Tremblay « Dandelion Salad, on June 19, 2010 at 11:40 PM said:

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  9. MagicStarER, on June 19, 2010 at 6:23 PM said:

    I hope you won’t mind if I share these articles. This is very frightening, and my gut feeling is that it is certainly possible.

    Reply
  10. The Rising Tide of the American Left, Part 1 By Timothy V. Gatto « Dandelion Salad, on June 19, 2010 at 5:49 PM said:

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  11. libhomo, on June 19, 2010 at 12:37 PM said:

    I certainly hope that is in error. Yikes!

    Reply
  12. Your Active Role in Life: Next Comes Genesis by Ariel Ky « Dandelion Salad, on June 19, 2010 at 4:45 AM said:

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