What you are missing is that the explosion did trigger a series of fail-safes..all of which failed as well. Also missing is the fact that the driller on the rig told the executive in charge that problems existed, and they should stop, and was overridden by that executive. Fail-safes only matter if they work. Also, no safety precautions are going to work unless you use them, and "the man" on the rig was obviously more concerned about money than safety. And guess what? BP removed their CEO as a scapegoat, but left the people who actually made these pathetic decisions on the job. Why isn't anyone bitching about that?
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Medic <hofme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > My thoughts are that the explosion should have automatically activated a > series of fail-safes that closed the well. The amount of oil that should be > acceptable to spill should be the amount in the pipe from the base of the > well to rig. Failing the automatic measure there should be a manual series > of valves that can be closed by submersible robot within hours (or at most > days) of a disaster. > > Having an operation like this without numerous redundant safety measures as > well as a rapid response plan (a REAL plan) on how to handle a disaster is > completely and utterly unforgivable. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:324408 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
