Shocking NASA Image: Never-Seen-Before Southeast Oil Slick Arm

This thing keeps getting curiouser and curiouser. No matter what BP's spin (and they will be writing dissertations and books on their PR for years on how not to handle a crisis), the satellite footage is indeed shocking. BP will likely end-up standing for "Billions Paid" - but still, that won't bring back the sealife and the economy that depends on it all along the Gulf Coast - and maybe far beyond!




Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

BTW - For an interesting take on BP's PR - see:

http://wyld-business.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-bp-secretly-buys-pr-daily-beast.html

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Gulf Oil Spill: New Underwater Footage Of Oil Leak With "Insertion Tube" -- Is It Working? (VIDEO)

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Seeing BP's tactics to fight the oil spill have been like watching an episode of "Fawlty Towers" - who knew Basil Fawlty rose through the ranks to become a BP executive. I must say, amazing that in 2010, we (and I'm using that term loosely) don't have better technology to deal with a situation like this - especially given the catastrophic consequences.

Watch the new underwater video to see how much - or little - oil is being captured by BP's mile-long pipe:


and read details at:
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David http://wyld-business.blogspot.com/

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60 Minutes In-depth Story on the Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Gulf Oil Spill

60 Minutes did a great job covering the Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Gulf Oil Spill. A must watch (in two parts below):

Part 1:

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Part 2:

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Plus, an extra first-hand account of the explosions:

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Forward on to your friends - real and virtual...

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