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JT Moderator	Message Posted: Jun 6, 2010 12:01:01 AM Ignore JT Report Abuse How long do you think it will take to completely stop the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico? Up to two weeks Two weeks to a month One to three months Three to six months Six months to a year More than a year It will never be stopped completely Post your thoughts about this poll below.

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How long do you think it will take to completely stop the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico?
Up to two weeks
Two weeks to a month
One to three months
Three to six months
Six months to a year
More than a year
It will never be stopped completely

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sonicmustang All-Star Author Alberta Posts:637 Points:149,375 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Jan 21, 2013 2:35:34 AM Ignore sonicmustang Report Abuse More than a year
achung53 Veteran Author Orange County Posts:487 Points:85,225 Joined:Oct 2012	Message Posted: Dec 4, 2012 12:11:03 PM Ignore achung53 Report Abuse Six months to a year
achung53 Veteran Author Orange County Posts:487 Points:85,225 Joined:Oct 2012	Message Posted: Dec 3, 2012 11:08:07 AM Ignore achung53 Report Abuse Six months to a year
googlee Champion Author Montreal Posts:2,894 Points:639,200 Joined:Oct 2010	Message Posted: Nov 7, 2011 6:46:24 AM Ignore googlee Report Abuse Six months to a year
HardeepWA Champion Author Tacoma Posts:1,458 Points:160,460 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Jun 13, 2011 1:44:15 PM Ignore HardeepWA Report Abuse Three to six months.
monty28 Rookie Author Kalamazoo Posts:47 Points:37,590 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Dec 19, 2010 4:35:31 PM Ignore monty28 Report Abuse didnt follow that story much
michigan6804 Rookie Author Grand Rapids Posts:38 Points:6,305 Joined:Sep 2010	Message Posted: Sep 25, 2010 7:32:35 PM Ignore michigan6804 Report Abuse More than a year
HFAJR0034 Champion Author New Mexico Posts:6,448 Points:1,168,735 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Aug 13, 2010 5:03:20 PM Ignore HFAJR0034 Report Abuse 87 days
SAVEITIL Champion Author Chicago Posts:5,379 Points:1,171,290 Joined:May 2009	Message Posted: Aug 6, 2010 6:01:19 AM Ignore SAVEITIL Report Abuse Done
DivaMO Rookie Author Missouri Posts:5 Points:3,195 Joined:Jul 2010	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2010 9:56:17 PM Ignore DivaMO Report Abuse 3 to 6 mo.
bja0030 Champion Author New Mexico Posts:3,194 Points:535,930 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Jul 17, 2010 2:08:01 PM Ignore bja0030 Report Abuse i predict 7/15/10
libman Sophomore Author South Carolina Posts:207 Points:47,165 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Jun 28, 2010 6:45:17 PM Ignore libman Report Abuse prob 6-12months
peedeem Rookie Author Toronto Posts:2 Points:340 Joined:May 2010	Message Posted: Jun 25, 2010 4:22:08 PM Ignore peedeem Report Abuse Nobody knows for sure! Very interesting news clip to watch at: /oilspills/ I don't remember the 1979 spill? /oilspills/ doubleu doubleu doubleu dot wimp dot com backslash oilspills pdm [Edited by: peedeem at 6/25/2010 4:27:27 PM EST]
Susie2e Rookie Author Durham Posts:14 Points:66,220 Joined:Oct 2006	Message Posted: Jun 25, 2010 12:48:19 AM Ignore Susie2e Report Abuse one year
sguerin Champion Author Detroit Posts:5,227 Points:1,016,960 Joined:May 2010	Message Posted: Jun 22, 2010 3:33:07 PM Ignore sguerin Report Abuse I really think that years from now we will find out that our president that far more to do with this then we know now. I think his plan is to bring USA to it's knees and we are closing our eyes to it. I sure hope I am wrong, but the ear marks are there. [Edited by: sguerin at 6/22/2010 3:34:24 PM EST]
homage Rookie Author Charlotte Posts:8 Points:530 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Jun 21, 2010 12:12:34 PM Ignore homage Report Abuse 7'456days
homage Rookie Author Charlotte Posts:8 Points:530 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Jun 21, 2010 12:12:02 PM Ignore homage Report Abuse 258months
homage Rookie Author Charlotte Posts:8 Points:530 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Jun 21, 2010 12:11:37 PM Ignore homage Report Abuse 10yrs
homage Rookie Author Charlotte Posts:8 Points:530 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Jun 21, 2010 12:11:03 PM Ignore homage Report Abuse i really dont think it applies to us at this moment because gas is still the same this is just media hype thats all it is lol!!!!
fuel1971 Rookie Author San Antonio Posts:73 Points:29,510 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Jun 20, 2010 11:57:37 PM Ignore fuel1971 Report Abuse Three to six months
rjr54 Champion Author Winnipeg Posts:1,110 Points:394,395 Joined:Feb 2005	Message Posted: Jun 20, 2010 4:26:41 PM Ignore rjr54 Report Abuse I suppose we should listen to the people from 2010 22 forum "Drill baby drill!!!" Wouldn't it be great to drill more wells in places where we can't control the consequences (like this) just so we can feed our oil addiction? NOT! I suggest a better way would be to cut our consumption. I did- a Dodge Ram to a Toyota Corolla 20 mpg to 50 mpg. I hope everybody does.
Cheepo Champion Author Tampa Posts:9,889 Points:3,128,005 Joined:Apr 2003	Message Posted: Jun 17, 2010 9:20:41 PM Ignore Cheepo Report Abuse Not in this administrations existence!!!!!
bja0030 Champion Author New Mexico Posts:3,194 Points:535,930 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Jun 17, 2010 7:33:06 PM Ignore bja0030 Report Abuse OCT
HFAJR0034 Champion Author New Mexico Posts:6,448 Points:1,168,735 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Jun 17, 2010 2:28:29 PM Ignore HFAJR0034 Report Abuse TILL SEPT.
BIGBOOTYJUDY Rookie Author St. Louis Posts:40 Points:5,670 Joined:Apr 2010	Message Posted: Jun 16, 2010 12:59:57 PM Ignore BIGBOOTYJUDY Report Abuse MORE THAN A YEAR
HiGramma Champion Author Michigan Posts:1,815 Points:445,690 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Jun 15, 2010 12:12:31 AM Ignore HiGramma Report Abuse Well, now we know there's been an oil leak in the Gulf since about 2004, when another company's well went out of control. That one doesn't put out near as much as BP's, so if they're having a hard time keeping that one contained, it's unlikely the BP well will be plugged within the decade.
djtdi Champion Author San Jose Posts:2,840 Points:711,200 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Jun 14, 2010 11:13:44 PM Ignore djtdi Report Abuse more than a year if any
99dakota Champion Author Providence Posts:8,122 Points:2,174,950 Joined:Oct 2006	Message Posted: Jun 14, 2010 6:07:38 AM Ignore 99dakota Report Abuse When Obama stops playing golf and starts working on a solution.
MikeNE Rookie Author Nebraska Posts:84 Points:23,715 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Jun 14, 2010 5:49:16 AM Ignore MikeNE Report Abuse Three to six months but I hope that it is stopped ASAP.
CrackedLCD Champion Author Alabama Posts:9,041 Points:1,756,775 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Jun 14, 2010 3:00:43 AM Ignore CrackedLCD Report Abuse A year if we're lucky, but more than likely we'll be seeing a 'slow burn' fallout for a decade or more.
haddeby Rookie Author San Antonio Posts:89 Points:1,009,880 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Jun 13, 2010 3:47:28 AM Ignore haddeby Report Abuse this may take a lpng time, perhaps a year.
tobasco Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:7,351 Points:2,110,810 Joined:Mar 2004	Message Posted: Jun 13, 2010 2:14:02 AM Ignore tobasco Report Abuse 6 months
MrBally Veteran Author Detroit Posts:464 Points:1,949,730 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Jun 12, 2010 10:52:08 PM Ignore MrBally Report Abuse Ollie to Kukla: Let's ask Fran!
RxHugh Champion Author Greensboro Posts:7,617 Points:1,576,885 Joined:Feb 2003	Message Posted: Jun 12, 2010 10:42:33 PM Ignore RxHugh Report Abuse More than a year
d10205 Rookie Author Louisville Posts:17 Points:225,590 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Jun 12, 2010 9:11:19 PM Ignore d10205 Report Abuse MORE THAN 6 MONTHS from the date of event. The Blow-out happened to a BRITISH company drilling in INTERNATIONAL waters regulated by the US BECAUSE OF A LACK IN MAINTENANCE OF DRILLING SAFEGUARDS. HOW DOES THE PRESIDENT OF THE United States put the burden on US by saying "I" TAKE RESPONSIBILITY !!! Is OBAMA going to pay for it with his own money?? I THINK NOT !!! [Edited by: d10205 at 6/12/2010 9:12:58 PM EST]
keo Champion Author Colorado Posts:10,266 Points:2,036,790 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Jun 12, 2010 8:26:43 PM Ignore keo Report Abuse I don't know Ollie, what do you think?
arcee Sophomore Author Denver Posts:159 Points:1,441,780 Joined:Dec 2004	Message Posted: Jun 12, 2010 7:55:28 PM Ignore arcee Report Abuse Whether 3 mo., 6 mo. or a year -- too long. Read "How failure became an option" in the NY Times yesterday. {excerpt} "Watching BP’s hapless attempts to contain the nation’s worst oil spill — from blind reliance on a faulty blowout preventer to deployment of a useless 280,000-pound container dome to the bizarre top kill of golf balls and mud — I wondered what happened to American ingenuity. Yes, I know, they’re Brits. But it’s our spill, in our waters, from a well that was cemented by Halliburton, the Texas company that Dick Cheney ran before Big Oil moved into the White House. Here, this cancer is killing a vast and diverse marine ecosystem, and the best petroleum engineers of the day seem helpless. As “Apollo 13” showed, we don’t do helpless. But with this spill, we are helpless — by deliberate design. The drilling operation in the Gulf of Mexico was supposed to represent some of the most advanced technology on the planet. It was so advanced that BP and other big oil companies were exempted in 2008 from filing a plan on how they would clean up a major spill. They had no fire department because, well, there would never be a fire, silly. The reasoning was, BP was too big, too advanced, to fail. Plus, voluntary regulation, the oil companies claimed, was working fine. If that sounds familiar, it was the same argument heard just before the financial crisis. The derivatives and collateralized debt obligations that Wall Street used to make unprecedented profits and then nearly bring down the economy were too big, too advanced for anyone to understand. But, in both cases, the stage was set for catastrophic failure, and, in both cases, you can pinpoint two likely causes." http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/how-failure-became-an-option/?scp=1&sq=How%20failure%20became%20an%20option&st=cse
havingfun1 Rookie Author South Bend Posts:1 Points:770 Joined:Oct 2009	Message Posted: Jun 12, 2010 4:56:07 PM Ignore havingfun1 Report Abuse maybe 6 months but who knows if BP is telling and will tell the truth.
pkhdonovan Champion Author Maine Posts:12,016 Points:2,706,780 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Jun 12, 2010 4:11:10 PM Ignore pkhdonovan Report Abuse six months or more
chui Champion Author Dallas Posts:2,906 Points:2,368,635 Joined:Sep 2004	Message Posted: Jun 12, 2010 2:30:09 PM Ignore chui Report Abuse a long time ( six or more months.
IndplsGuy Rookie Author Indianapolis Posts:34 Points:207,960 Joined:Dec 2004	Message Posted: Jun 12, 2010 1:14:24 PM Ignore IndplsGuy Report Abuse This Oil Disaster is far worse than people suspect. Read the following information and tell as many people as you can. ************* What The US Scientists are FORBIDDEN to tell the Public About The BP Oil Disaster in The Gulf. By: Dr. James P. Wickstrom What you are about to read, is what the scientists in the United States are not allowed to tell you in great fear of the Obama administration. They are under the threat of severe repercussions to the max.. Scientists confirming these findings cannot be named due to the above, but what they believe, they want to be known by all. Take a U. S. map, lay it flat and measure inland just the minimum 50 miles of total destruction all around the Gulf of Mexico as to what you will read below. The carnage to the United States is so staggering, it will take your breathe away. Should what the scientists, who are trying to warn everyone about, is even close to be true... all of Florida will be completely destroyed and everyone and everything on it. You decide!! Everyone has the right to read what I have just written in this article, as well as to what is written below by the scientists who the Obama administration and BP are trying to shut up. Please share with as many as you can. Dr. James P. Wickstromhttp://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/05/05/learning/oilslickLN/oilslickLN-blogSpan.jpgSUMMARY OF WHAT IS HAPPENING The estimated super high pressure release of oil from under the earth's crust is between 80,000 to 100,000 barrels per day. The flow of oil and toxic gases is bringing up with it... rocks and sand which causes the flow to create a sandblasting effect on the remaining well head device currently somewhat restricting the flow, as well as the drilled hole itself. As the well head becomes worn it enlarges the passageway allowing an ever-increasing flow. Even if some device could be placed onto the existing wellhead, it would not be able to shut off the flow, because what remains of the existing wellhead would not be able to contain the pressure. The well head piping is originally about 2 inches thick. It is now likely to be less than 1 inch thick, and thinning by each passing moment. The oil has now reached the Gulf Stream and is entering the Oceanic current which is at least four times stronger than the current in the Gulf, which will carry it throughout the world within 18 months.. The oil along with the gasses, including benzene and many other toxins, is deleting the oxygen in the water. This is killing all life in the ocean. Along with the oil along the shores, there will be many dead fish, etc. that will have to be gathered and disposed of.SUMMARY OF EXPECTATIONS At some point the drilled hole in the earth will enlarge itself beneath the wellhead to weaken the area the wellhead rests upon. The intense pressure will then push the wellhead off the hole allowing a direct unrestricted flow of oil, etc.. The hole will continue to increase in size allowing more and more oil to rise into the Gulf. After several billion barrels of oil have been released, the pressure within the massive cavity five miles beneath the ocean floor will begin to normalize. This will allow the water, under the intense pressure at 1 mile deep, to be forced into the hole and the cavity where the oil was. The temperature at that depth is near 400 degrees, possibly more. The water will be vaporized and turned into steam, creating an enormous amount of force, lifting the Gulf floor. It is difficult to know how much water will go down to the core and therefore, its not possible to fully calculate the rise of the floor. The tsunami wave this will create will be anywhere from 20 to 80 feet high, possibly more. Then the floor will fall into the now vacant chamber. This is how nature will seal the hole. Depending on the height of the tsunami, the ocean debris, oil, and existing structures that will be washed away on shore and inland, will leave the area from 50 to 200 miles inland devoid of life. Even if the debris is cleaned up, the contaminants that will be in the ground and water supply will prohibit re-population of these areas for an unknown number of years. [End of scientists information release] http://doctorjamespwickstrom.blogspot.com/2010/06/what-us-scientists-are-forbidden-to.html
jjgrm Rookie Author Detroit Posts:8 Points:684,185 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Jun 12, 2010 1:04:50 PM Ignore jjgrm Report Abuse When they deceide to stop it,it will be stopped.
N9HVP Champion Author Indiana Posts:11,723 Points:2,473,565 Joined:Sep 2004	Message Posted: Jun 12, 2010 1:01:13 PM Ignore N9HVP Report Abuse One to three months.
OKRifle Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:10,424 Points:1,813,210 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Jun 12, 2010 11:53:22 AM Ignore OKRifle Report Abuse It is taking too long!
Pizzaslut Champion Author Baltimore Posts:4,354 Points:751,390 Joined:Apr 2010	Message Posted: Jun 12, 2010 10:39:44 AM Ignore Pizzaslut Report Abuse Too long already.
Lengas Champion Author Gary Posts:13,561 Points:2,719,725 Joined:Nov 2004	Message Posted: Jun 12, 2010 10:09:22 AM Ignore Lengas Report Abuse A year and maybe never.
Foxt Champion Author Minnesota Posts:5,270 Points:2,022,280 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Jun 12, 2010 9:18:06 AM Ignore Foxt Report Abuse I think they are failing (not that they aren't trying) miserably and their constant PR lies PRoves it. What they are doing seems to be to slow the leak down so that it can be plugged from below. And that was estimated at some where between three to six moths. So I say six months to a year. (by the way, that leaves them with a second well. Hmmmmmm...might as well pump some oil as long as we are here!)
Bonanza Champion Author Boston Posts:12,099 Points:2,552,955 Joined:Jun 2004	Message Posted: Jun 12, 2010 8:40:36 AM Ignore Bonanza Report Abuse One to three months
99dakota Champion Author Providence Posts:8,122 Points:2,174,950 Joined:Oct 2006	Message Posted: Jun 12, 2010 7:49:35 AM Ignore 99dakota Report Abuse no way to tell
zacksnanny Champion Author New Brunswick Posts:1,637 Points:2,204,430 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Jun 12, 2010 5:47:46 AM Ignore zacksnanny Report Abuse It will never be completely cleaned up.