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There has been no shortage of tragedy and heartbreak attached to what may already be the greatest environmental catastrophe in U.S. history. But elements of strangeness and irony have also been part of the story. Here, nine facts in that vein about the spill:
9 strange facts about the BP oil spill
Seeded on Fri May 28, 2010 4:59 PM EDT
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Yep a movie for sure.
I am not sure why we have not asked for help from Norway/Russia, they sure have had alot more experience then use with this kind of thing.
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#2 - Fri May 28, 2010 5:16 PM EDTFor sure Tedd. If anybody has has more spills, mishaps and disasters than us, it's got to be the Russians. And the Norwegians, I suspect they are just plain competent. The Gulf of Mexico has to seem like a millpond compared to the North Sea.
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http://www.shrimp-petrofest.org/home.htm
The 75th Annual Shrimp and Petroleum Festival - "The Diamond Jubilee!"
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#3 - Fri May 28, 2010 5:49 PM EDTBP lists walruses as one of the "Sensitive Biological Resources" in the Gulf. As most average second-graders know, the blubbery mammals reside exclusively in the Arctic
LMAO Did they even pass 2nd grade?
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#4 - Fri May 28, 2010 5:50 PM EDTNo doubt a document reused from Alaska oil fields. I'm almost positive nobody thinks there are Walrii (Odobenus rosmarus) in the Gulf.
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Maybe they were just thinking ahead CT, for when they get to have their way in the Arctic. I am sure they will have the chance to endanger many species up there.
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Hey, you folks on the Gulf Coast, take a bunch of Union Jacks (British flags) to the coast, soak up some ‘Deep Water Horizon” oil for the slimy limys, and mail: c/o David Cameron, Prime Minister of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 10 Downing Street, London, SW1A 2AA. Who says “the sun never sets on The British Empire“? Didn’t Rome say something like that as well?
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