I think the riser on top of the BOP just had a blowout.

[Webster Green]

That's what it looks like. There's a lot of busy ROVs down there too.

[marylanddem]

1. yes - something did happen...

it seems...

[tekisui]

2. Something happened.

[kirby]

3. I agree...

Looking at the feed. I believe the feed that shows 3 plumes was a piece of weaken riser pipe they were worried about. It looks like it may have burst.

This is total speculation on my part based on video observation, so take it with a grain of salt for now.

[Webster Green]

6. There's also a lot of ROV activity going on

Maybe one of them just stirred up some stuff. I hope so.

CNN has six screens going, if you aren't getting the views of the ROVs and other stuff going on, go here:

http://edition.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=1

Link is on the right side of the page.

[CountAllVotes]

9. all links I have show nothing

nothing at all - nothing ... :scared:

[Webster Green]

11. My CNN link is still up.

The BOP cam view is all clouded over, but the others are more or less clear.

http://edition.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=1

[KansasVoter]

4. Based on what???? Let the experts decide.

[Webster Green]

8. Why?

I'm really into it. Doesn't this message board take comments anymore? :rofl:

[tekisui]

10. Plus the experts are proven liars.

[Moochy]

13. No DU is just a secret front for Scolds Anonymous

silly...

[MissDeeds]

20. Oh please

We should let "the experts" spoon feed us their spin on what's really going on? That's been working so well. :eyes:

[KansasVoter]

28. CNN experts Einstein!

[Webster Green]

31. CNN experts? Lol!

Here's where the experts are:

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6511

I've been reading their comments for a couple of days. You can learn a lot there.

[KansasVoter]

29. Like you know what a blow out would look like. LOL!

[Webster Green]

32. You hijack this thread one more time Francis....

....I'll top kill 'ya. :rofl:

[KansasVoter]

40. Francis...LOL......Stripes! I love it!

[MissDeeds]

35. Never said I do

But I'm not ready to buy anything that the so called "experts" spew out. Sorry about you.

[MissDeeds]

36. Dupe

[C_U_L8R]

5. looks like a mess

no visibility... it doesn't seem like a good thing

[NYC_SKP]

7. No, No, No. If there was even a hint of a problem, CNN would be all over it.

Even if there wasn't and they COULD get all excited, they'd be there.

I think things change, camera views, currents, etc.

I'm not seeing a problem.

:shrug:

[readmoreoften]

12. Maybe it's winning. And this is what victory looks like? I hope? All pushed down?

:shrug:

[Webster Green]

17. Actually, deterioration of the riser isn't too surprising.

They expected this could happen with all the additional pressure and material being forced through the holes in the damaged riser.

They'll just keep pumping mud in to try to overwhelm the damn thing.

[HughMoran]

14. shit, I hope not

All I see is cloud now

[Gowi]

15. No fan of big oil

but I sure hope they can get this beast under control. From what I read today, it looks like the BP company man proposed a well shut down process that the Transocean reps did not like. They apparently got overruled and within 12 hours the well blew out.

[tammywammy]

19. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[Webster Green]

24. Yep. Did you watch the 60 minutes interview?

That alone was very damaging to anything BP can say. One of the roughnecks who got out alive pretty much fried BPs ass on national TeeVee.

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[Urban Prairie]

16. I saw it too....

Maybe they added junk to the mud and plugged up one or two holes of the four? in the BOP.

[spanone]

18. that doesn't look good, but i don't know jack

[ShortnFiery]

21. Could you spare a web link to this site?

I lost mine. :blush:

On Edit: Nevermind, just saw #11.

[Urban Prairie]

25. Multiple ROV view stream on CNN

http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=/3

[ShortnFiery]

30. Thank-you! eom

[tammywammy]

22. At least someone around here admits to that

I don't know anything either. :)

[tallahasseedem]

34. LOL!

:thumbsup:

[supernova]

23. Just tuned in. Can only see dirty water

and I guess the occasional shrimp floating by. :crazy:

[SeattleVet]

26. Anyone else notice the timestamp difference between BP & CNN?

Both are supposed to be a 'live' feed, but it looks like the feed on the BP site is about 8 minutes behind the CNN version of the same video.

BP's 8-minute delayed 'live' feed:
http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/homepage/STAGING/local_assets/bp_homepage/html/rov_stream.html

CNN's live feed:
http://edition.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=1

[ShortnFiery]

33. CNN seems to be 2 minutes short of real time Sync. Maybe that's close enough to real time.

:shrug:

[Junkdrawer]

27. We were speculation on this earlier. Hopefully, it's just the riser...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8425437&mesg_id=8425823

[doublethink]

37. You Tube Video ..... of what just happened .....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZFD_Ay6F9s

damn they get this stuff up on you tube quick now-a-days. speculate as you want ... about 1:12 of the video .. seems an ocean current just blows everything blurry to me .... who knows. :shrug: :beer:

[csziggy]

38. Video of what happened - but no explanation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZFD_Ay6F9s&playnext_from=TL&videos=UG6iTiJzNqg

Watch on the left - something may have blown out there.

[HughMoran]

39. It's clearing up

may have just been a current change - happened last night too

[readmoreoften]

41. Looks like it might've been just a change in ocean currents. According to The Oil Drum posters.

Woo Hoo! There's still hope!

[NYC_SKP]

42. Yes, the water is murky. There has not been a new blowout. I'm sure it's fine.

Because, at times, the water clears enough to see that the tan-colored plumes are still much the same.

The mud is heavier than water, but is blowing in an upward direction.

All these thousands of gallons are accumulating and loitering around in the waters in the neighborhood.

Eventually, some of the material has sunken and blended with the otherwise more clear seawater.

And this muddied water finally crept back in around the BOP from all sides, more from the left, and is obscuring our view.

That's what I think we are seeing.

:patriot: