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Has BP Duped The Entire World? Check this out...
Originally posted by JotaPlata
Great thread.
The spill(s) has caused a great risk of a methane eruption that will produce an absolute catastrophe in the gulf and beyond.
Time to look critically at this situation and evacuate if you are anywhere near this.
this is fearmongering. you make positive, affirmative statements as if you 'know' even though you clearly do no know for certain.
[edit on 8-8-2010 by justadood]
Originally posted by Mr Tranny
I hate to burst your bubble, but ……..
Coordinates are listed as degrees, minutes, seconds.
Degrees are big steps.
Minutes are smaller steps.
Seconds are really small steps.
The distance between the two wells is in the seconds range. From my rough calculations, the actual distance between the two well heads is probably less than 100 feet.
When the first well failed, they stepped over about 100 feet and plunked another well down.
If the footage was of the first well dressed up to look like the second well, you would still be able to see the second well billowing oil in the background.
The stack currently connected to the well is probably taller than the distance between the two well heads. You would see the other one in the background..
Originally posted by Mr Tranny
Ow, you also have to remember something. The GPS signal sucks down there. So they are not using radio based GPS to deliver that reading. They use something called an inertial navigation system. It uses gyroscopes and accelerometers to produce tracking information. It has to be “homed”. Or basically calibrated against known landmarks. The longer the distance traveled since last calibration will mean a greater margin for error. I would say that after dropping 5000 feet, the inertial navigation system is probably in need of a calibration. It’s reading may be off by 100 or so feet.
Weapons system accuracy is further enhanced by velocity derived from both gyroscopes and secure correlation velocity sonar techniques to give a direct measure of the submarine ground speed