Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal: Screw all y'all, we're building an oil barrer wall - Polidicks

[url=http://abcnews.go.com/WN/article/bp-oil-spill-gov-bobby-jindal-orders-national/story?id=10914348]ABC[/url] [release]Eight weeks into the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of the Mexico, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has told the National Guard that there's no time left to wait for BP, so they're taking matters into their own hands. In Fort Jackson, La., Jindal has ordered the Guard to start building barrier walls right in the middle of the ocean. The barriers, built nine miles off shore, are intended to keep the oil from reaching the coast by filling the gaps between barrier islands. Watch 'World News' for more on this story tonight on your ABC station. Today, huge Blackhawk and Chinook helicopters lined up in the air, dropping sandbags one by one into the sea. "They are lifting up about 7,000 pounds of sandbags," said 1st Lt. James Tyson Gabler.he authorities say they're keeping a tab on the cost of the project and will send a bill to BP, adding to a huge list of claims from the spill zone. Gulf Residents and BP Claims BP says that it has paid out $62 million in claims so far, about half of the 51,000 applications that have been filed. The average amount for a fisherman or a deckhand is $2,500, a fraction of what they would have earned in the eight weeks since the spill started. Today, though, even President Obama acknowledged during his visit to the region that the claims process is not working. People are waiting for checks and struggling with paperwork. "There are still problems with [the claims]," Obama said at a press conference. "We're gathering up facts, stories right now so that we have an absolutely clear understanding about how we can best present to BP the need to make sure that individuals and businesses are dealt with in a fair manner and in a prompt manner." Obama will meet with BP chairman Tony Hayward this week, and he has already asked BP to create an escrow fund to cover claims, monitored by an independent third party. Answering Questions From the Gulf But even as Hayward answers the president's questions, uncertainty flows along the Gulf Coast as freely as the oil. Many Gulf Coast residents and concerned citizens have written ABC News, asking for information. One frequently-asked question: Where do authorities take oil that is skimmed off the water or cleaned up from beaches? The globs of oil scooped off the sand on shore are being hauled by truck to landfills in three states in the south. The 20 million gallons of oily water that's been collected from the Gulf remains stored on barges, and there's no word yet on when they'll try to separate out the oil and take it away. Containing the Leak? At the site of the leak, BP promises that it will be able to corral some 53,000 barrels of oil per day by the end of June, but critics say that won't be enough. They argue that more than 60,000 barrels are leaking out every day, and they believe that the end of June is a pipe dream. As for the relief wells that promise a final solution to the spewing leak? BP says that the wells are on track, already dug 2.7 miles below the sea floor with one more mile to go. The first relief well could come on line at the beginning of August.[/release]

at least they're taking matters into their own hands, but how's this gonna work?

If you want something done right, do it yourself it seems. Go Jindal!

They'll have to, even if they didn't want to. Hurricane season is around the corner, and a big one taking a bad fight path right over the major areas of the spill and making landfall could send oil inland in quantities that will fuck your mind up.

[QUOTE=Aznalt888;22651266]at least they're taking matters into their own hands, but how's this gonna work?[/QUOTE] block out surface oil by making a barrier of sandbags

[QUOTE=Exploits;22651351]They'll have to, even if they didn't want to. Hurricane season is around the corner, and a big one taking a bad fight path right over the major areas of the spill and making landfall could send oil inland in quantities that will fuck your mind up.[/QUOTE] Shit, if a hurricane comes along, I don't think sandbags will be enough to stop the surges.

Not to mention doing damage to a lot of the temporary measures already put in place.

I'm sure they'll beef it up later on, but right now they want to prevent anything from happening with current circumstances

I hope Bobby here also sends the bill to BP. Throw in a foot massage for every resident of the state too

[QUOTE=Exploits;22651351]They'll have to, even if they didn't want to. Hurricane season is around the corner, and a big one taking a bad fight path right over the major areas of the spill and making landfall could send oil inland in quantities that will fuck your mind up.[/QUOTE] hmm? [img]http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/worst_case_scenario.png[/img]

[QUOTE=wonkadonk;22651506]hmm?[/QUOTE] And with Cthulhu.

I love our Governor. He always does awesome things. New Orleans' Mayor, however...

[QUOTE=Funky Pickle;22654367]I love our Governor. He always does awesome things. New Orleans' Mayor, however...[/QUOTE] This is cool and all, but I still dislike Jindal.

[QUOTE=G71tc4;22665866]This is cool and all, but I still dislike Jindal.[/QUOTE] How come? I don't know too much about the guy.

The Great Wall of Louisiana

Isn't that dutch company doing the same thing with sandwalls already?

These walls won't protect them from toxic gazes I afraid. Neither from hurricanes.

Wait, if they're making this wall miles offshore, where the water is most likely 20-40 feet deep... and they're just dropping out sandbags one by one out of helicopters... uh.. won't that just litter the sea floor with sandbags, as opposed to making a wall? I mean, I'd imagine it'd take tens of millions of sandbags to make a wall, and seeing as these helicopters can only carry 3 and a half tons of sandbags per round, wouldn't that be overly expensive and take months?

[QUOTE=Gordy H.;22678296]Wait, if they're making this wall miles offshore, where the water is most likely 20-40 feet deep... and they're just dropping out sandbags one by one out of helicopters... uh.. won't that just litter the sea floor with sandbags, as opposed to making a wall? I mean, I'd imagine it'd take tens of millions of sandbags to make a wall, and seeing as these helicopters can only carry 3 and a half tons of sandbags per round, wouldn't that be overly expensive and take months?[/QUOTE] You obviously underestimate the IQ of the construction workers. They will have done some crazy engineering thing to solve this. [editline]08:48PM[/editline] like use mathematics and girders

Fuck oil, Fuck BP, and Fuck the ocean.