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07-30-2010, 08:19 PM
According to this article the Coast Gaurd may have failed to coordinate fire fighting efforts and mishandled the explosion from the get go.
However, most of the damage and the main source of the spill came from the collapse and sinking of the DH platform rather than the initial explosion.
The Coast Guard has gathered evidence it failed to follow its own firefighting policy during the Deepwater Horizon disaster and is investigating whether the chaotic spraying of tons of salt water by private boats contributed to sinking the ill-fated oil rig, according to interviews and documents.
Coast Guard officials told the Center for Public Integrity that the service does not have the expertise to fight an oil rig fire and that its response to the April 20 explosion may have broken the serviceâs own rules by failing to ensure a firefighting expert supervised the half-dozen private boats that answered the Deepwater Horizonâs distress call to fight the blaze.
An official maritime investigation led by Coast Guard Capt. **** M. Nguyen in New Orleans is examining whether the salt water that was sprayed across the burning platform overran the ballast system that kept the rig upright, changing its weight distribution, and causing it to list.
Kevin Robb, a civilian Coast Guard search and rescue specialist who acted as the first watch commander the night of the accident, testified that there was no attempt by the Coast Guard Command Center in New Orleans to designate a fire marshal to take charge.
âDid you, sir, make any efforts on that first night when you responded to the Command Center to identify a certified fire marshal to oversee the firefighting efforts?â Robb was asked at the hearing on May 11, according to a transcript reviewed by the Center.
âNo, sir, I did not,â he answered.
âAre you aware of anyone else at the Coast Guard Command Center that made such an effort?
âNo, sir, not to my knowledge.â
âDo you know, if at any point, over the next several days there was ever any designation of an authority, a governmental authority to oversee or coordinate the firefighting effort for this rig?â Robb was asked.
âNo, sir, I donât,â replied Robb.
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/30/di...ulf-spill/
However, most of the damage and the main source of the spill came from the collapse and sinking of the DH platform rather than the initial explosion.
The Coast Guard has gathered evidence it failed to follow its own firefighting policy during the Deepwater Horizon disaster and is investigating whether the chaotic spraying of tons of salt water by private boats contributed to sinking the ill-fated oil rig, according to interviews and documents.
Coast Guard officials told the Center for Public Integrity that the service does not have the expertise to fight an oil rig fire and that its response to the April 20 explosion may have broken the serviceâs own rules by failing to ensure a firefighting expert supervised the half-dozen private boats that answered the Deepwater Horizonâs distress call to fight the blaze.
An official maritime investigation led by Coast Guard Capt. **** M. Nguyen in New Orleans is examining whether the salt water that was sprayed across the burning platform overran the ballast system that kept the rig upright, changing its weight distribution, and causing it to list.
Kevin Robb, a civilian Coast Guard search and rescue specialist who acted as the first watch commander the night of the accident, testified that there was no attempt by the Coast Guard Command Center in New Orleans to designate a fire marshal to take charge.
âDid you, sir, make any efforts on that first night when you responded to the Command Center to identify a certified fire marshal to oversee the firefighting efforts?â Robb was asked at the hearing on May 11, according to a transcript reviewed by the Center.
âNo, sir, I did not,â he answered.
âAre you aware of anyone else at the Coast Guard Command Center that made such an effort?
âNo, sir, not to my knowledge.â
âDo you know, if at any point, over the next several days there was ever any designation of an authority, a governmental authority to oversee or coordinate the firefighting effort for this rig?â Robb was asked.
âNo, sir, I donât,â replied Robb.
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/30/di...ulf-spill/
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08-03-2010, 12:45 AM
BillyB Wrote:The precipitating factor was the explosion and fire, not the efforts to contain the blaze. The fault lies with the owner and/or operator.
My cousin told me Bush did it. I believe him.
08-03-2010, 01:23 PM
^ Really? Blame It!
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