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Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico

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Patrick:
OK, their talking about the "remote" controls; the Deepwater horizon did have BOP's. That's what the robots have been trying to, albeit unsuccessfully, close.
Thanks for the info!

Ellie:
Kat, thank you for posting this. I was quite shocked when I first heard about the oil spill on the news and the widespread effects. Then again I am shocked at so many events in the world.Will certainly be praying for all involved in the clean up and all affected.God's will be done.
                            Peace.....Ellie......

Phil3:10:
Kat,
This oil spill is certain to be an ecological nightmare. Of course, our GOD is in control, and it is HIS will. My favorite saying when someone mentions the terrible conditions and evils in this present day is simply, "It is going to get worse."  I know that this is not very optimistic, but when I read the scriptures this thought is so very well confirmed. Earthquakes, wars, rumors of wars, that man of sin, the son of perdition., and so many other warnings.
In 2 Thessalonians verse 2, the sufferings, persecutions and tribulations we must each endure is so vividly pointed out. Verse 5 has such a beautiful answer as to the reason for our suffering. (vs 5) Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgement of GOD, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of GOD, for which you also suffer.
I don't think we have seen anything yet when it comes to suffering. With the economic, political, military, and moral condition of this world I shudder to think of what evil we must face.
However, we all know that our answer is not in this world but in HIM who creates all and is full of grace and mercy.
It is only in HIM that we can have any trust for HIS promises are faithful and true.
In HIM,
Phil3:10

judith collier:
I pray for all the people involved in this mess to overcome and keep the faith. I think about all the young people who have begun to see disaster after disaster in our country and pray that they might seek God and have courage and learn. I trust God will be strong in them. judy

Stacey:
Some of you may know that I work on a oil field boat so I wanted to share my two cents worth from my point of view and info and rummors from around the Oil Field Boat World with you all about the terrible accident that has resulted in the awful oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico which is not under control as I speak.

There has been a lot of bad news spread over the air waves and I'm sure that it seems almost impossible to know what is the truth concerning it all. First of all, lets not forget that eleven men lost their lives in this event and that fact should not be swept under the rug. Eleven complete families have been tragically affected by all of this and they should be remembered in our thoughts and prayers.

Moving on now, in a nut shell the truth is the system was designed with a fail safe system in place to prevent a disaster such as the one we have but the fail safe did not work, it failed. The fail safe part of it all is called a BOP = Blow Out Preventer, and is designed to do just that; prevent a blow out. As we all know by now the BOP's did not work for what ever reason; it is unknown to us and may never be known.

High dollar, high tech boats, men and equipment with remote controlled robots are on the seen now trying to shut one of the BOP but have not been able to do so yet. Keep in mind that they are attempting to do remotely what is designed to work automatically in 5000 feet of water. It is not an easy task!

Rest assured, the oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico is The Number One Top Priority getting addressed by the most intelligent individuals and technology available from around the world. To what extent the damage will be to the economy and environment is all speculation at this point. We just don’t know what that will be until after the fact period.

Here is what I believe will happen. Eventually smart people on the seen of the gushing oil will figure a way to stop the spewing oil and that part of the problem will be fixed and then headway can be made with the clean up. The clean up will take time, a lot of time and money. The problem will be addressed with more stringent rules and regulations (as if the industry really needed that. I can tell you we are bogged down now with regulation) and we will move on from all of this, not before those in power over us figure out that this is one of those “never let a good disaster pass you up” moments where they will figure a way to squeeze more out of the little guy with oh maybe 6.00 a gallon gas, new taxes or worse but, that’s just me speculating  :)

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