Oh, it can get worse, and very quickly. The entire well head could blow out, meaning that they would have to secure a new one in place while a much larger outlet was open, or the crimped pipe could fail because of all of the abrasive grit in the oil that is pouring out. There are a lot of ways this can get worse.

We are coming into hurricane season, and if they don’t have it sealed, a storm could sweep away all of the temporary checks on the flow.

I live on the northern Gulf Coast, so this is self preservation. No one I know, and I know a lot of people who voted for the Shrubbery twice, wants drilling anywhere near us because of exactly what has happened.

The only reason it’s not worse (could it be worse?) is that they hadn’t thought of how to make it worse – yet.

Give them time.

Thanks for covering this, friends!

S

The only reason it isn’t worse is because the pipe was crimped when the drilling platform sank.

Government by the unconcerned (for anything except their short-term profits).

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