GULF OIL SPILL HAPPENED BEFORE! - SEE HOW THEY RESOLVED IT!

Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible platform, Sedco 135F in the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico, about 100 km (62 mi) northwest of Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche in waters 50 m (160 ft) deep.[1] On 3 June 1979, the well suffered a blowout and is recognized as the second largest oil spill and the largest accidental spill in history.

In the next nine months, experts and divers including Red Adair were brought in to contain and cap the oil well.[6] Approximately an average of ten thousand to thirty thousand barrels per day were discharged into the Gulf until it was finally capped on 23 March 1980, nearly 10 months later.[7] Prevailing currents carried the oil towards the Texas coastline. The US government had two months to prepare booms to protect major inlets. Eventually, in the US, 162 miles (261 km) of beaches and 1421 birds were affected by 3,000,000 barrels (480,000 m3) of oil.[7] Pemex spent $100 million to clean up the spill and avoided paying compensation by asserting sovereign immunity.[8]

The oil slick surrounded Rancho Nuevo, in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, which is one of the few nesting sites for Kemp's Ridley sea turtles. Thousands of baby sea turtles were airlifted to a clean portion of the Gulf of Mexico to help save the rare species.

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[loriandnickyaggie]

is it  toxic.

[lennyvasbinder]

@aranelinya - Rachel "Madcow" Maddow is a bleeding heart tree hugging liberal and ends her comparison by saying that the oil companies have decided to drill in deep water as if it's something they wanted to do... which is utter nonsense.  It's her and her comrades in Washington, DC that have forced companies to drill in deep water by making it illegal to drill in easy land areas, like ANWR, Alaska, which probably has 10X more oil than the Gulf Of Mexico.

[hightechjunkieva]

Rachel or as I like to call her "Robert" is just like every other liberal. They all prey on emotions instead of facts. Ever wonder why almost NONE of these liberal anchors/media pundtis/hosts have ratings anywhere near Fox News? Simple...they all forget that the core of America consist of hard working, middle class folks that can see through their emotion-driven spin on anything news worthy. At leats Obama will be gone in November!

[bradchesney11]

Mother Nature wins. Humans lose. That will be the final score.

[40timesthecharm]

It's so obvious that in over thirty years nothing has changed, so how can anyone watch this clip and still say it's mostly the presidents fault? Shouldn't the oil companies,have learned a lesson? 1979-present and all they did was change the name from operation sombrero to operation top hat. The actual reason why this kinda stuff happens is so deep that no one person is responsible. period.

[imax1971]

@MiracleMileV8 Stick to muscle cars. What you have said is idiotic.... Corporate fascists??? Get a life asshole. You sound like one gigantic jackass!

[MiracleMileV8]

@imax1971: LOL, I wish..........but unlike the 'KGB takeover'{read: Red Scare} or 'Marxist Obama' fantasies, what I have said actually has some truth to it.

[imax1971]

@MiracleMileV8 Corporate fascists??? You're a fucking idiot..

[MiracleMileV8]

@imax1971: LOL............I'm no environmentalist, but the oil companies really were mostly to blame...........but of course, the super-corporate fascists don't want us to think for ourselves. =)

[BenjtheMan]

she looks like an ellen degeneres of news, and she also kicks ass!

[EddieBear631]

Just goes to show that the more things change, the more they stay the same. What didn't work then won't work now; and likely not in the future. Profits will always come before precaution in the corporate world. So you know another disaster is just waiting to happen. This video should be an awakening for future generations.

[loriandnickyaggie]

THE OIL SPILL IS STUIPED