Is It Raining Oil in Louisiana? (Video)

Source: YouTube (102196543)

Was MMS Offshore Inspection Program Being Conducted on BP's Deepwater Horizon on April 20, 2010 as Alleged by Zac Zimmerman?

I cannot confirm the truth of Mr. Zimmerman's words in the above video, but an MMS inspection program does exist for Gulf of Mexico oil platforms. The MMS even runs drills where the MMS tests a company's ability to handle an oil spill.

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http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/offshore/egom/special.html

U.S. Department of the Interior
Minerals Management Service
Gulf of Mexico OCS Region
Offshore Inspection Program
Ensures Safe Operations

The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has an extensive, detailed inspection program to ensure the safety of offshore oil and gas operations. This program places MMS inspectors offshore on drilling rigs and production platforms on a daily basis to check operator compliance with extensive safety and environmental protection requirements.

The MMS inspection program in the Gulf of Mexico is directed by a Regional Office located in New Orleans, and 6 local offices, which provide closer day-to-day review and inspection of drilling plans. These offices are located in Corpus Christi and Lake Jackson, Texas, and Lake Charles, Lafayette, Houma, and New Orleans, Louisiana.

Types of Inspections — The Gulf of Mexico Region of MMS conducts several types of inspection. Individual oil and gas companies (operators) have their drilling rig inspected before it begins drilling and at least once a month while it is drilling. Production operations are inspected before production begins, within two months after production begins, and at least once annually. Unannounced inspections are conducted to foster a climate of safe operations, to maintain an MMS presence, to focus on operators with a poor performance record, and to re-inspect after a safety feature was previously found defective. The MMS also inspects well-workover and completion operations, pipeline installation, and platform and well abandonment. In addition, MMS certifies the content of all the training courses that industry's offshore personnel are required to attend and ensures that personnel on drilling rigs have had the necessary training.

The MMS also inspects the stockpiles of industry's equipment to contain and clean up oil spills. Stockpiles are located at nine strategic sites along the Gulf coast. The MMS has instituted a program to land unannounced at an operator's facility to conduct a surprise drill to test the company's ability to deal with an oil spill. These drills have even been conducted at night.

Scope of Inspection Effort — The MMS has 49 inspectors who go offshore every day using 12 leased helicopters. This $12 million effort places inspectors on rigs and production platforms with great regularity. Drilling inspections, for example, are conducted to ensure that the proper equipment is used, proper procedure is followed, approved drilling plans are followed, sufficient supplies are on location, and proper techniques are followed to maintain control of the well and to prevent blowouts, spills, and other accidents. During FY 95, the Gulf of Mexico Region conducted 1,253 drilling inspections, 4,096 production inspections, and 2,005 pipeline inspections, and 2,993 measurement inspections.

Penalties — If an operator is found in violation of a safety or environmental requirement, a citation is issued requiring that it be fixed within 7 days. On a drilling rig, for example, 160 items are checked. If important enough, the violation may call for the particular well component or the entire complex to be shut in. The MMS has routinely ordered shut-ins of industry operations. If the violation is serious enough and is found to be a "knowing and willful" violation, MMS refers it to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution. For more information, please write or call:

Office of Public Affairs
Minerals Management Service
U.S. Department of the Interior
1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard
New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394
(504) 736-2595

Public Information Office
1-800-200-GULF

April 1996

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Man Reportedly Finds Oil in Oysters at North Carolina Restaurant

If the oil is already making to people's dinner plates, then the true impact of the Gulf disaster is just beginning and enjoy seafood while you can.

A man says he found oil inside his oysters while eating at a restaurant located north of Charlotte this weekend.

Matthew Robertson is fascinated at the thought that an oyster from the Gulf Coast that was possibly soaked in oil made it onto his dinner plate.

Source: WBTV

Joint Functional Component Command Space Tracks Japanese Hayabusa Spacecraft Capsule During Re-entry in Australian Woomera Prohibited Area

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USSTRATCOM unit tracks Hayabusa capsule, furthers international SSA sharing

U.S. Strategic Command Public Affairs, 6/15/2010

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - The Joint Functional Component Command Space (JFCC Space) at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., a component of United States Strategic Command, collaborated with Air Force Space Command personnel to provide Space Surveillance Network (SSN) support while tracking a Sample Return Capsule (SRC) from the Japanese Hayabusa spacecraft during its successful re-entry in the Australian Woomera Prohibited Area June 13.

Photo of the Japanese Hayabusa spacecraft after successful re-entry in the Australian Woomera Prohibited Area

A 26-person Joint team contributed to the re-entry operation, which occurred without incident. The Capsule reentered at 8:52 CDT and was subsequently recovered by Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency personnel after landing with the use of a parachute.

The role of JFCC Space in this event was to augment the RAAF's tracking efforts should the Capsule have maneuvered outside the range of Austrailian and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency radar coverage. The RAAF used redundant tracking methods to ensure the Capsule was visible throughout its journey home, to include Direction Finding Stations, the Woomera Test Range tracking radar, optical observation posts, and a NASA DC-8 aircraft.

Additionally, JFCC Space was asked to provide conjunction assessment to ensure safety of flight for the Hayabusa spacecraft and the other approximately 1,000 active satellites in Earth orbit. The SRC constitutes the first attempt to return sample material from an asteroid (Itokawa) to Earth.

"The event created dynamic tactics, techniques and procedures, and lessons learned to use for future operations," said Capt Casey Beard, Chief of SSA Operations at JFCC Space's Joint Space Operations Center. Additionally, Capt Beard noted that this event helped further international Space Situational Awareness (SSA) Sharing and showed that cooperation in the space domain ensured the spacecraft reentered without incident. Cooperation here included direct liaison between the Woomera Test Range, the Australian Liaison Officer in USSTRATCOM, NASA, JFCC Space and the Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD).

USSTRATCOM is one of ten U.S. unified commands under the Department of Defense (DOD). The command, including components, employs more than 2,700 people representing all four services including DOD civilians and contractors who oversee the command's operationally focused global strategic mission.

California May Get Digital Electronic License Plates (DELP) to Track, Trace & Database All Vehicles in Real Time

If this bill passes, then every car in California will be tracked, traced and databased in real time. California will also be selling advertisements on these license plates, so your vehicle will be a mobile billboard on behalf of the State of California. You can read SB1453 by clicking here.

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SENATOR PRICE’S SB 1453 TO REQUIRE THE DMV TO INVESTIGATE THE UTILIZATION OF ELECTRONIC DIGITAL LICENSE PLATES IN THE STATE PASSES OUT OF SENATE

For Immediate Release

Contact: Fahizah Alim (916) 651-4026

Sacramento - SB 1453, authored by Senator Curren D. Price Jr., gives the Department of Motor Vehicles the authority to investigate the emerging Digital Electronic License Plate (DELP) technology to understand its functionality, safety and administrative applications. The bill passed out of the Senate on May 28, 2010 on a vote of 25-0.

“This legislation provides a unique opportunity for California to work in partnership with some of the state’s most innovative enterprises to rethink how we can use our most basic assets to achieve greater efficiencies and cost savings, while generating new revenues for the state,” said Senator Price.

The bill authorizes the DMV to partner with innovation companies for the purpose of researching, developing, and implementing new technology at no additional costs to the DMV or State.

It directs the DMV to submit an interim and final report to the Legislature on of the utilization of digital electronic license plates with specified areas of discussion and to conduct “real world” trials to gather data on the ability for DELP technology to deliver cost savings, workflow efficiencies and revenue generation.

“State governments are facing unprecedented budget shortfalls, and are actively rethinking the use of existing state assets to create new ongoing revenue opportunities,” said Senator Price.

Adoption of this emerging technology could potentially bring significant benefits to the State of California and its taxpayers by realizing significant cost savings by using digital electronic license plate technology to streamline distribution, activation, and registration of license plates.

“Finally,” said Senator Price, “having digital electronic license plate technology developed and engineered in California, would create new jobs in technology, sales/marketing and service fields. These jobs could employ people having a broad range of educational and vocational skill levels. “

Senator Price also noted that with this new technology, critical real-time traffic and public safety information such as Amber alerts and emergency traffic updates can be broadcast to the plates during exigent situations.

Having digital electronic license plate technology developed and engineered in California, would also create new jobs in technology, sales/marketing and service fields. These jobs could employ people having a broad range of educational and vocational skill levels.

Lakehurst Section of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey Currently on Lockdown Due to 'Several Simultaneous Incidents'

***UPDATE #2 - The lockdown has been lifted.

***UPDATE - One report says that the lockdown is due to 'several simultaneous incidents'

Senior Airman David Carbajal said "several simultaneous incidents" prompted the lockdown at 9:15 a.m. He said he did not know what those incidents were.

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Until the missing Afghan soldiers with U.S. military security clearances are accounted for, I am going to be posting any information relating to potential security breaches at military bases. Currently, the Lakehurst section of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is on lockdown this morning, base officials said. No one is saying why the base is on lockdown, so it could be anything. I'll update this story if there is indeed a security issue here.

The Lakehurst section of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is on lockdown this morning, base officials said.

The lockdown went into effect at about 9:15 a.m., Senior Airman David Carbajal said. The lockdown means no one is allowed to leave or enter the military base.

Source: APP.com

Does "Petroleum, Petroleum" by Gustav Meyrink from 1903 Predict the Current BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Disaster? (English Translation)

Petroleum, Petroleum by Gustav Meyrink (German to English Translation)

I claim no copyright into this story by Gustav Meyrink, but being that the Petroleum, Petroleum story was created in 1903, the story is likely in the public domain. Even if it is not in the public domain, there is fair use in the analysis of the prophecy story in the light of the recent Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

In this short story, a gigantic oil spill pollutes the Gulf of Mexico: a terrorist act against humanity. After several months all oceans are covered with an oil film... and there is no more rain.

Source: GodLikeProductions ; Google Translate

Note: This is a Google (German to English) translation of Gustav Meyrink's "Petroleum, Petroleum" short story. Therefore, I cannot guarantee the accuracy of the translated words. If you want to read an official translation, the story is found for sale in the book The Opal (and Other Stories) by Gustav Meyrink. I have no affiliation with Amazon or this book publisher.

The original German short story can be read at Spiegel.

BP's Deepwater Horizon Disaster Could Kill Millions in Gulf States if Methane Bubble Ruptures Seabed in Worst Case Scenario

Oil is a toxic substance, but man knows how to clean up a traditional oil spill. The Deepwater Horizon is anything but a traditional oil spill. In fact, this deepwater disaster may rival some of man's worst disasters of all-time if it has not already reached that point. And it's not necessary the oil that is the problem. The methane gas bubble sitting under the Mississippi Canyon 252 might cause more devastation than the oil when it is all said and done.

With the emerging evidence of fissures, the quiet fear now is the methane bubble rupturing the seabed and exploding into the Gulf waters. If the bubble escapes, every ship, drilling rig and structure within the region of the bubble will instantaneously sink. All the workers, engineers, Coast Guard personnel and marine biologists measuring the oil plumes' advance will instantly perish.

As horrible as that is, what would follow is an event so potentially horrific that it equals in its fury the Indonesian tsunami that killed more than 600,000, or the destruction of Pompeii by Mt. Vesuvius.

Source: Helium

FLASHBACK: Deepwater Gulf of Mexico 2009: Interim Report of 2008 Highlights by MMS (Including Statistics for Oil & Gas Production Volumes & Rates)

Deepwater Gulf of Mexico 2009: Interim Report of 2008 Highlights

Here's another good one from the MMS archives.

The Deepwater Gulf of Mexico 2009 report is a condensed and updated edition of the biennial deepwater report published by the Minerals Management Service (MMS) (Richardson et al., 2008). The 2009 report provides an up-to-date review of activities in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM), including highlights from 2008. All statistics in this report are gleaned from data as of the end of December 2008, except production volumes and rates, which were compiled through the end of December 2007 (the most recent calendar year of complete production data available at the time of this publication).

FLASHBACK: MMS Announces Release of Latest Gulf of Mexico Energy Forecast and Deepwater Report (2009-2018)

Gulf of Mexico Oil & Gas Production Forecast 2009-2018 (MMS Report - May, 2009)

MMS Announces Release of Latest Gulf of Mexico Energy Forecast and Deepwater Report (Press Release)

Fifty (50) Mile Oil Patch Just South of Florida Keys by June 19, 2010

FLASHBACK: BP Gets Permission to Dump Mercury into Lake Michigan in Indiana

The below quoted story provides some background reading on BP's past actions to pollute America's waterways. Before BP poisoned the Gulf of Mexico, BP was poisoning Lake Michigan with toxic mercury. If you are unfamiliar with mercury's toxicity, check out this video to see the effects of mercury on brain cells. What body of water will BP target next?

A BP (BP) refinery in Indiana will be allowed to continue to dump mercury into Lake Michigan under a permit issued by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.

The permit exempts the BP plant at Whiting, Ind., 3 miles southeast of Chicago, from a 1995 federal regulation limiting mercury discharges into the Great Lakes to 1.3 ounces per year.

Source: USA Today

Transocean Will Make $270 Million Profit on Deepwater Horizon's Insurance Policy

This is completely outrageous, but it is business as usual in the USA, Inc. Someone always seems to profit handsomely every time there is a major disaster in this country.

Transocean according to the letter, also says it will make a $270 million profit on the insurance policy for the rig.

Source: Politico

Secrets of Cold War Technology - Project HAARP and Beyond (Book About Tesla Technologies by Gerry Vassilatos)

Gerry Vassilatos - Secrets of Cold War Technology

I will definitely be checking out this book, because it focuses on the HAARP project in Alaska and other secret government technologies.

In Secrets of Cold War Technology, Gerry Vassilatos reveals that "Death Ray" technology has been secretly researched and developed since the turn of the century. Included are chapters on H. C. Vion, the developer of auroral energy receivers; Dr. Selim Lemstrom's pre-Tesla experiments; the early beam weapons of Grindell-Mathews; John Hettenger and his early beam power systems; Ulivi Turpain and others.

Learn about Project Argus, Project Teak and Project Orange; EMP experiments back in the '60s; why the Air Force directed the construction of a huge ionospheric "backscatter" telemetry system across the Pacific just after World War II; why Raytheon has collected every patent relevant to HAARP over the past few years; and much more pertinent information on hidden Cold War technology.

Source: Amazon.com

Department of Transportation Installing Gates on All Wisconsin Highway On-Ramps

Are we about to see a restriction on travel in this country? The "right to travel" is not expressly stated in the Constitution, but the right is presumed.

The presumed right to travel, however, is firmly established in U.S. law and precedent. In U.S. v Guest, 383 U.S. 745 (1966), the Court noted, "It is a right that has been firmly established and repeatedly recognized."

Source: U.S. Constitution Online

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill - Selected Issues for Congress (Congressional Research Service)

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill - Selected Issues for Congress (CRS Report)

Here is a report meant for Congress that summarizes the government's Deepwater Horizon response.

President Obama Declares Gulf of Mexico Seafood is Safe to Eat!

I don't recall the day President Obama received a science or biology degree, but nevertheless, the President has declared that seafood from the Gulf of Mexico is safe to eat. I guess people shouldn't be worried about the oil, gases and Corexit 9500 / 9527, but I think I will pass. There is no way I will be eating Gulf seafood from contaminated waters any time soon.

In a newly optimistic tone, President Barack Obama promised Monday that "things are going to return to normal" along the stricken Gulf Coast and the region's fouled waters will be in even better shape than before the catastrophic BP oil spill.

He declared Gulf seafood safe to eat and said his administration is redoubling inspections and monitoring to make sure it stays that way.

Source: Yahoo

Who Owns the Deepwater Horizon & Macondo Oil Exploration Prospect Located on Mississippi Canyon Block 252?

According to the MOEX website, the owners of the prospect are:

・BP Exploration and Production Inc.* 65%
・Anadarko E&P Company LP 22.5%
・Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 2.5%
・MOEX Offshore 2007 LLC 10%

Here is a link from SubSeaIQ that states substantially similar ownership interests of the Deepwater Horizon | Macondo | Mississippi 252 oil prospect:

The Macondo prospect is located on Mississippi Canyon Block 252 in the Gulf of Mexico in a water depth of 4,993 feet (1,522 meters). BP serves as the operator, holding a 65% interest in the prospect; Anadarko holds 25%; and MOEX 2007 holds the remaining 10%.

BP's Initial Exploration Plan for Deepwater Horizon at Mississippi Canyon Block 252 (Dated, February 2009)

BP's Initial Exploration Plan for Mississippi Canyon Block 252 (Dated, February 2009)

BP's ROV Records Oil & Gas Leaks Coming from Rock Cracks on Seafloor

From the GodlikeProductions forum:

Location of the sea floor crack leaking:
N:10431633.05
E: 1202852.27

My calculations indicate:

The ROV is 19.11 feet north and 55.75 feet west of the leak point.
The ROV is 58.93 feet away from the leak point.