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On the Radar: Oil cap attempt, gays in military vote possible
An underwater view shows the oil gusher during BP's "top kill" procedure.
Gulf oil spill - BP officials may know by Thursday afternoon whether the oil company's latest attempt to cap the runaway leak in the Gulf of Mexico is yielding results. The "top kill" operation that began Wednesday afternoon was going according to plan, an official said, with drilling mud being applied to the well at a rate of up to 65 barrels per minute. For more on the latest in the oil spill, check out a glossary of terms you need to know, a look at why the oil is still gushing and why earlier strategies didn't work, or check out CNN's full coverage of the oil spill.
National security strategy - The Obama administration unveils its National Security Strategy on Thursday, and it will be the first time a president explicitly recognizes the threat posed to the country by radicalized individuals at home, the president's chief counterterrorism adviser said. Just weeks after the failed car bombing in New York's Times Square, the Department of Homeland Security says, "The number and pace of attempted attacks against the United States over the past nine months have surpassed the number of attempts during any other previous one-year period."
Gays in the military - Initial votes on a proposal to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" policy could occur Thursday in the Senate Armed Services Committee and the House of Representatives. CNN's reporters will follow the possible vote count Thursday. Meanwhile, we also explain what it would be mean if the bill passes.
Relations between North and South Korea - North Korea has suspended an agreement with South Korea that was meant to prevent accidents at sea, the North said Thursday. And early Thursday, North Korea reacted to a South Korean anti-submarine exercise by saying it would meet "confrontation with confrontation" and war with "all-out war," according to North Korean state-run media.
Casualties: "Home and Away" - No matter how you may feel about the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, a list of the thousands of casualties is a vivid reminder of the sacrifices made by these soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines, and a glimpse of the grief felt by the family and friends they left behind. CNN.com has created a special report called "Home and Away" that will allow you to look at all the troops who were killed in service, where they were from, where and how they died and leave memorials. CNN.com hopes it continues to be a way to honor the memory of those who, in the words of Abraham Lincoln, “gave the last full measure of devotion.”
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DON'T LET BP CUT THE PIPE ABOVE THE BLOW OUT PREVENTER (AMERICA WILL BE DOOMED)! INSTEAD, CRIMP THE PIPE LIKE BENDING A DRINKING STRAW IN SEVERAL PLACES(AFTER THE BOP BUT BEFORE THE FIRST LEAK!!!!!! ALSO, THE MUD/CONCRETE SLURRY WON'T WORK BECAUSE THE FLOW VELOCITY (SPEED) OF THE MIXTURE IS TOO FAST OUT OF THE LEAKS TO SET UP AND HARDEN! I HAVE A CRIMP DESIGN THAT WILL WORK!:: PICTURE A BOX THAT IS CLAMPED TO THE PIPE AND INSIDE THIS BOX IS A PINCHPOINT GATE VALVE THAT BENDS/CRIMPS THE PIPE CLOSED. DO THIS IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. ASKS YOURSELF, WHEN WILL THEY RUN OUT OF MUD AND CAN CONCRETE REALLY SETUP IN A FRACTION OF A SECOND IF ITS FLOWING?? BP IS RUN MY IDIOTS WHO REFUSE TO HIRE TALENTED PEOPLE!!!! AMERICA IS FULL OF COMPANIES LIKE THIS AND IS RUN BY TOO MANY ACCOUNTANTS IN TECHNICAL POSITIONS!! THEY CAN ONLY COVER-UP ISSUES BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT TECHNICAL ENOUGH TO SOLVE PROBLEMS!!! I CAN NAME A FEW OTHERS COMPANIES!
i absolutely believand respect every word you said!!!.
This attempt to do this so called "Top Kill" is a fraud. Static seal will work in low pressure but i see no possibility of them stoping the upward pressure without putting some sort of resistance on the top end or the riser end of the pipe. Pumping mud into the upward flow with an open hole at the end is useless yes the mud is higher in density then water but that in no means will make it flow down against the upward pressure of oil and gas. I also want to note they droped the camera from the riser pipe as they began this "Top Kill" and were only showing certain cameras many of which didnt show any flow at all. The only camera they currently have up showing flow is the one on the BOP or where the BOP meets the riser this flow has been virtually unchanged and i would also like to point out that the flow has always been lighter in color then the flow at the end of the riser pipe. If yoou look back at footage from weeks ago it looks virtually unchanged! Yet currently it has been reported they have stoped the hydrocarbons or (oil and gas). This seems to be part of the "Cone of silence" full transparency until we start slowly limiting the transparency by droping cameras and limiting the information released about how many animals have been killed by it ect... sounds to me like they have done exactally what they have been doing all along accept for the week in which they took alot of heat about not wanting to release the rov footage. That caused them to do a release of info to avoid more pr problems once that was satisfied they could cut info back again to limit the damage. Lets see the end of the riser pipe you know the 2 foot hole where the black oil plume was comeing from that would be the true messure of how much effect this "Top Kill" is haveing.
Last i would like to add that president Obama is failing! He is just not a take control and get it done type of guy. He is good at makeing comittees though hes made one to investigate the spill one to oversee the clean up one to study inviormental impact one for investigateing MMS but all i wana know is where is the comittee that actually does a little of whats needed most right now WORK!
they need to insert a tube into this pipe at least a quarter of a mile deep and pump liquid nitrate into this flow it will freeze this flow to a stand still then pump a fast setting waterproof concreate,If this does not work then lets think in terms of the straw effect lift this pipe out of the hole this well will then colapse inword thus closing the hole.Then seal it.
Simplicity – Set two huge ankors on either side of the leak, attach chains with a winch from one ankor to the other, have the chains go right over the leak, weld a curved steel plate to the chains right over the leak, attach a thick flexible fabric material to the steel plate – winch the assembly down pulling the steel backed fabric down over the leak.
Lets all Hope and Pray that they get it Right this time.
Zolicon