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04 Sep 2010 21:19

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U.S.: Thad Allen: The Macondo oil well is no longer in danger of leaking

  • I’m very pleased to announce that with the new blowout preventer on this well, and the cement that was previously put in … that this well does not constitute a threat to the Gulf of Mexico at this point.
  • Thad “I don’t get paid enough for this #(&@” Allen • Claiming that BP’s leaky well is no longer a threat of breaking anymore. There’s a lot of stuff blocking the Macondo well, like a 5,000-foot column of cement. And it’s only going to become more secure soon enough – the bottom kill still needs to be done. At which point work will focus on the relief well and abandoning the old well. So, that’s something. source
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19 Jul 2010 11:05

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U.S.: BP convinces the U.S. that the oil seep is nothing, at least for now

  • So the cap remains another day. Real problem or naturally-occurring? That’s the crux of the situation with any seeps from the recently-sealed oil well, which BP is putting though an integrity test. But after Thad Allen’s people talked to BP about the potential risks, their concerns were alleviated. At least for another day. “I authorized BP to continue the integrity test for another 24 hours and I restated our firm position that this test will only continue if they continue to meet their obligations to rigorously monitor for any signs that this test could worsen the overall situation,” Allen said. source
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17 Jul 2010 11:32

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U.S.: FYI: We want there to be high pressure in the capped oil well

  • 6,745 pounds per square inch of pressure in the oil well
  • two number of pounds this level is increasing per hour source
  • » Why this is good: Simply put, if there’s high pressure in the well, it means the cap can hold up without sporting a new leak. Point guy Thad Allen says that if the level were to get above 7,500 pounds per square inch, it’s would show the cap his high integrity, but if it were to go down, it would suggest that a leak sprung up somewhere.
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04 Jul 2010 12:16

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Politics: Anderson Cooper on oil spill media zones: He sounds angry

  • Know what’s been missing from CNN all these months? Stuff like this. The network’s real problem is not that it doesn’t have yakkers, but its model has become tired and unemotional. And you can hear it in Cooper’s voice here. He’s super-emotional, in a “mad as hell and can’t take it anymore” sorta way. Give us a reason to care, CNN, and we’ll come back.
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07 Jun 2010 20:50

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U.S.: Oil Spill: Thad Allen says it’s been spreading out, scattering

  • We’re no longer dealing with a large, monolithic spill. We’re dealing with an aggregation of hundreds of thousands of patches of oil that are going a lot of different directions.
  • Thad “the good guy” Allen • Discussing the latest status of the oil spill. In explaining further, Allen said that while tackling the surface oil issues will take a couple of months, “long-term issues of restoring the environment and the habitats … will be years.”Not only are we not out of the woods, but the woods just keeps growing, and we have to see the forest for the trees. source
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06 Jun 2010 22:58

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Politics: Max Headroom: We just played “We Didn’t Start the Fire” backwards


  • Thad Allen just scared usWant to feel something hit the pit of your stomach? Watch this clip, where Thad “this oil spill needs a hero” Allen says in very plain terms that the spill is going to be with us well into the fall. Let’s hope a hurricane doesn’t plow through in the meantime. *fingers crossed*

  • Obama the GOP’s “Enemy”? On “Fox News Sunday,” Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, who has a reasonable beef with Obama over the response to the oil spill, compared him to a Napoleon quote about watching your enemy self-destruct. The key phrase there is not “self-destruct.” It’s “enemy.”

  • He only wrote the lyricsWhether or not the news cycle has just gotten faster or what, comedian Bruce Fine was able to take Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire” and focus it on everything that’s happened during the Obama administration. The Joel version covered 50 years. Whoa.
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02 Jun 2010 11:22

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Tech: Thad Allen: Because the oil spill needs a freaking hero, right?

Dude’s like THE MAN when it comes to crisis management. But will he have met his match with this gulf oil spill? It’s not looking good. source
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