It ’s been two months since BP ’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig started spewing perniciousness into the Gulf of Mexico . And we ’re just now learning how the rig ’s last line of defense lawyers give out to prevent one modern history’sbiggest bionomical disasters .
https://gizmodo.com/the-worst-oil-disaster-in-us-history-how-you-can-help-5560565
The video above , from theNY Times , outlines how Deepwater Horizon ’s blowout preventer — and more specifically , the “ blind shear ram ” designed to exclude down the well in consequence of a blowout — was supposed to work , and why it did n’t .
BP workers did attempt to deploy the blind shear wad by tally the exigency push button , but the system , designed with too few computer backup measures , did not do as design . Today , at least , it ’s impossible to know on the button why that is , but there ’s plenty of grounds showing that romp preventers are n’t the unfailing failsafe they ’re advertised to be .
It ’s a fascinating read , and part of the NYT ’s comprehensive overview of all aspects of the oil disaster , from aspill trackerto a detailedtimeline of failed fixes . And , of class , an array oflive video feedsto prompt you how speculative it continues to be .
terrifying insurance coverage , to be sure indisputable . But allow ’s hope it ’s not too foresightful before they do n’t have to update it anymore . [ NY Times ]
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