Why there is so little Oil on the Beaches

[BeFree]

They are placing a chemical dispersant directly on the leaks 5,000 feet deep.

They are spraying dispersants from the air.

The surface slick is being minimized.

Oil and water don't mix. But if you put soap into the mix it mixes quite easily. What they are doing is putting soap in the water and the oil is not floating anymore. It is being mixed into the Gulf waters.

Out of sight, out of mind, they hope.

The shore life may yet be saved.

But now we have a very large amount of deadly toxic waters just sitting there.

[ixion]

1. give it time

it will be there.

[BeFree]

2. Mississippi River

Fresh water floats on top of saltwater.

They are releasing huge amounts of the river into the Gulf and it is pushing the surface oil away from shore.

The rains over the weekend are going to help them continue releasing huge amounts of water through the Mississippi Delta, driving back the surface sheen.

The coastal rivers eastward from LA to the Florida Panhandle are also swelling and emptying huge amounts of fresh water.

Looks like Mother Nature is working to protect as much as it can? I mean, if ya think it has any consciousness, that is.

[BeFree]

3. Link to dispersants news

Kpete posted this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8270762&mesg_id=8270762

[BeFree]

4. ABC news, tonight

Pretty much repeated what I wrote about the 'soap'.
Seems BP is gonna stop using it under water, according to ABC.

Hopefully, what they used at the leak spot, 5,000 feet deep, settles to the bottom. I guess they are still doing aerial dumps?

[DCBob]

5. Winds have been calm.... but thats about to change..

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/05/1615269/dome-arrives-at-spewing-oil-well.html

[BeFree]

6. DU links to details on dispersants used

Am adding these so that I can keep them all in one thread for later

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8280064&mesg_id=8280064

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8280112&mesg_id=8280112

Documentation link:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8276210&mesg_id=8276210