39,261 [HINON] Lert Alpha Tester 27,721 posts 26,569 battles Report post #1 Posted July 2, 2021 Time to grab your big stompy robits, fellas. That there is a portal to another galaxy through which giant kaiju will come. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
12,714 [PSP] Snargfargle [PSP] Members 19,325 posts Report post #2 Posted July 2, 2021 Just now, Lert said: Throw some water on it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
39,261 [HINON] Lert Alpha Tester 27,721 posts 26,569 battles Report post #3 Posted July 2, 2021 Just now, Snargfargle said: Throw some water on it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
12,714 [PSP] Snargfargle [PSP] Members 19,325 posts Report post #4 Posted July 2, 2021 1 minute ago, Lert said: Throw some nitrogen on it. That's what they did. It's out now. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/fire-offshore-pemex-platform-gulf-mexico-under-control-2021-07-02/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
39,261 [HINON] Lert Alpha Tester 27,721 posts 26,569 battles Report post #5 Posted July 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, Snargfargle said: That's what they did. It's out now. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/fire-offshore-pemex-platform-gulf-mexico-under-control-2021-07-02/ That's good news at least. Ah well, I'll get to use my Destroid Monster Mk II (my giant stompy robit of choice) some other time I s'pose. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
637 [V_V_V] Charon2018 Members 1,509 posts 20,771 battles Report post #6 Posted July 2, 2021 Quick, consult Emergency Procedures Manual. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
388 surratus Members 1,060 posts 4,636 battles Report post #7 Posted July 3, 2021 Okay, just imagine what this looks like to someone, who's forum pages, for some reason, don't show anything but blankness? Thank goodness, @Snargfargle included a link. With the weather we've all been having I was worried. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,009 [PQUOD] Capt_Ahab1776 [PQUOD] Members 5,512 posts 26,854 battles Report post #8 Posted July 3, 2021 (edited) Wonder what part of the Gulf that is at? Found it, here is the story Video shows massive, underwater fire in Gulf of Mexico after pipeline ruptures | WGN-TV (wgntv.com) Edited July 3, 2021 by Capt_Ahab1776 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
637 [V_V_V] Charon2018 Members 1,509 posts 20,771 battles Report post #9 Posted July 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Lert said: Time to grab your big stompy robits, fellas. That there is a portal to another galaxy through which giant kaiju will come. I found a picture of one of the fireboats. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
554 [FOXEH] HowitzerBlitzer [FOXEH] Members 1,982 posts 3,253 battles Report post #10 Posted July 3, 2021 That's just what every forum thread I make looks like Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,891 [CO-OP] HamptonRoads Members 5,197 posts 43,292 battles Report post #11 Posted July 3, 2021 (edited) Reminds me of the stories of the Cuyahoga River (so polluted it caught fire over a dozen times.) Edited July 3, 2021 by HamptonRoads Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
7,156 [WOLFG] DrHolmes52 Members 17,114 posts 20,488 battles Report post #12 Posted July 3, 2021 16 minutes ago, HamptonRoads said: Reminds me of the stories of the Cuyahoga River (so polluted it caught fire over a dozen times.) Ah, the town of my birth. You know you're big time when your river catches fire. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,555 [GWG] AVR_Project Members 8,018 posts 15,874 battles Report post #13 Posted July 3, 2021 The oil in the Gulf comes up to the surface, where it can be skimmed away. On the other hand, the 'Keystone Pipeline' Bakaan Crude is heavy and will sink to the bottom. It won't catch on fire, but it makes cleanup impossible with the bottoms of waterways becoming a sticky, gooey mess. This is why there are so many protesters in the mid-west US who have seen these spills off the smaller Keystone pipeline. And they are trying to run the new lines in a short-cut across major aquifers. If one of the new larger pipelines under construction breaks, it'll sink straight down through the soil and render thousands of square miles uninhabitable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
7,521 [HINON] RipNuN2 Members 14,340 posts Report post #14 Posted July 3, 2021 50 minutes ago, AVR_Project said: The oil in the Gulf comes up to the surface, where it can be skimmed away. Pretty sure this was a gas leak and not an oil leak. Pemek has a terrible safety record so this isnt surprising. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,772 [SR-_-] SteelRain_Rifleman Members 5,505 posts 53,137 battles Report post #15 Posted July 3, 2021 6 hours ago, Capt_Ahab1776 said: Wonder what part of the Gulf that is at? Found it, here is the story Video shows massive, underwater fire in Gulf of Mexico after pipeline ruptures | WGN-TV (wgntv.com) Are they sure it was a pipeline rupture and not a whale farting underwater? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
