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Forum: Current Events 06-08-2010, 08:15 AM
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Posted By GunMaster357
Thanks for the correction. Though I'm familiar...

Thanks for the correction. Though I'm familiar with US/UK units from my reading, I don't use them on a regular basis.




I'll say that if BP says 5000 barrels a day, you can probably add...
Forum: Current Events 06-08-2010, 07:54 AM
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Posted By GunMaster357
Here in France, the news channel speak of...

Here in France, the news channel speak of 'barrels' of oil, yet when I read news in english the amount of oil is sometimes expressed in gallons.

I know the difference between the two: 55 gallons...
Forum: Current Events 06-01-2010, 10:57 AM
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Posted By GunMaster357
However, every it happens, you can expect the...

However, every it happens, you can expect the usual SNAFU during the first few days since the spill comes from a boat and impacts directly on the coast.

I'm a bit surprised that it's not better...
Forum: Current Events 06-01-2010, 10:00 AM
Replies: 417
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Posted By GunMaster357
And we have an enormous advantage: a big rocky...

And we have an enormous advantage: a big rocky coast.

Rocks are a lot easier to clean than marshes, mangroves, etc...

We also have very powerful tides with waves that wash the rocks where we...
Forum: Current Events 06-01-2010, 08:56 AM
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Posted By GunMaster357
At home, in Brittany, when a super tanker goes to...

At home, in Brittany, when a super tanker goes to the coast, whoever wants to lend a hand is welcome.

The only thing asked is that you wear protective gear (boots, gloves, etc...), but nothing...
Forum: Current Events 05-05-2010, 09:31 AM
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Posted By GunMaster357
Let us hope it'll work.

Let us hope it'll work.
Forum: Current Events 05-05-2010, 07:12 AM
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Posted By GunMaster357
Cofferdams and pumps ? May be But how long...

Cofferdams and pumps ? May be

But how long will they be pumping ?
Will they continue theirs attemps at closing that damned thing ?
Forum: Current Events 05-04-2010, 07:39 AM
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Posted By GunMaster357
Reminds me of the bad days at home of Amoco...

Reminds me of the bad days at home of Amoco Cadiz, Erika, Torrey Canyon that went to shore with full shipments of oil...

At the end of 1999, I went to help collecting oil from the Erika on the...
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