by David DeGraw
http://daviddegraw.org
June 18, 2010
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
From the archives:
Danger Deep In The Gulf (debunking the tsunami risk)
What if the BP Gusher in the Gulf is Unstoppable? by Dennis Kucinich
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
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And where is BP’s CEO? In England, on a yacht race. His concerns are really heart-warming. Bastards!
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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.
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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.
Sure, just keep all the links intact, please.
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I certainly hope that is in error. Yikes!
Me, too, libhomo.
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