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Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico
aqrinc:
This is interesting i think, or am i just repeating old news?
U.S. Navy Evacuates Gulf of Mexico! 46 US Warships Plus 7,000 US Marines On Route To Costa Rica?
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=hts&oq=&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GZEF_enUS351US351&q=U.S.+Navy+Evacuates+Gulf+of+Mexico%21+46+US+Warships+Plus+7%2c000+US+Marines+On+Route+To+Costa+Rica%3f
george ???.
Dave in Tenn:
It may not be news at all, George. In following the link, all I saw were reposts of an article in a fair number of dubious 'news' sources. I didn't see any info from any news organization such as AP. I didn't see a 'source' given for the article in any of the sites where it was reposted. I saw several different headlines used which mostly drew conclusions from this (possibly?) manuever/deployment. I didn't see anything on the USN official website about a deployment, though it's possible they don't archive news for days. I don't watch news 24/7, but I haven't heard anything either about the manuever/deployment or any whisper of what many of these websites in the search are inferring about it--that it has something to do with the GULF and not to do with the MISSION, assuming the mission actually mentioned in the article exists.
What am I to think? Either the whole story is a hoax, or it's been appropriated by people who either have fears (or wish to propogate fears) concerning the Gulf. Isn't there enough true bad news without that? Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.
arion:
At least a couple of the ships referenced in that story and stories like it that are supposed to be involved were actually in their home port and not even deployed. At this point I only believe about 10% of what I read on the internet without multiple confirmations from unrelated sources.....anyone can have a blog and 'report' a story. There are a bunch of 'woo-woo' people out there quoting unnamed 'sources' that a North Korea submarine torpedoed the drilling rig and others that BP sabotaged the rig themselves. Although the logic escapes me as the only ones who could sabotage it are the workers on the rig that ended up losing their lives and then trying to reconcile why BP would engender a disaster that could well likely bankrupt them. I never consider the conspiracy angle until all other explanations have been reasonably exhausted.
Dennis Vogel:
--- Quote from: John from Kentucky on August 04, 2010, 03:12:32 PM ---Looks like God is cleaning up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The New York Times is reporting that the US Government is having a hard time finding the oil spill; 3/4ths seem to have gone and the remaining 1/4th is going quickly. God is so intelligent and powerful. Man cannot screw up His creation. Puny man can only go so far as He allows.
--- End quote ---
The reason is BP pumped millions of gallons of dispersant (soap) into the stream, and now millions of gallons of oil are now dissolved in the Gulf.
The PPM (parts per million) of oil near the LA coast is much higher than normal.
But in time even that will be digested.
cjwood:
i just wanted to slip in here for a minute to ask for prayer on behalf of my husband, george. my request is pertinent to the topic of this thread, and to this section of the forum. if it be God's will, george is scheduled to go back to work, as a mud engineer, on a deep water oil rig off the coast of tanzania in africa. the type of rig he will be working on is a 6th generation deep water rig. the deep water horizon rig in the gulf of mexico which was destroyed be the explosion was a 4th generation deep water rig. 4th generation vs 6th generation is kind of like getting an upgrade on fries (ya, i eat them sometimes). but, a really nice and fancy upgrade. i know in the bowels of my being that God the Father is in control of ALL. i experience His sovereignty daily and am reaching the stark reality of what that truly means. 2 of those killed on the rig in the gulf were mud engineers, as my george is. so, this is way longer of a post than i expected to write, but, well...please keep george and me in your prayers.
claudia
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