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Key oil spill evidence raised to Gulf's surface

AP -- A crane hoisted a key piece of oil spill evidence to the surface of the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, giving investigators their first chance to personally scrutinize the blowout preventer, the massive piece of equipment that failed stop the gusher four months ago.

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Submitted Sep 04, 2010 By: NekoSJG

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POLELANE Champion Author Ohio Posts:7,148 Points:828,370 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Sep 5, 2010 2:38:07 PM Ignore POLELANE Report Abuse Potential evidence; it may have been bypassed like the other safety devices such as alarms that awakened the workers.
Night Owl Champion Author Toronto Posts:5,260 Points:1,332,650 Joined:Jul 2004	Message Posted: Sep 5, 2010 11:12:19 AM Ignore Night Owl Report Abuse Good. Hopefully, the investigators will make something of this.
ENORMS Champion Author Colorado Posts:3,014 Points:1,171,335 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Sep 5, 2010 9:41:30 AM Ignore ENORMS Report Abuse Now the truth will be told!
Lugi1967 Champion Author Ohio Posts:2,585 Points:543,445 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Sep 5, 2010 6:14:38 AM Ignore Lugi1967 Report Abuse Nothing is fail proof unfortunately
MidNJ Champion Author New Jersey Posts:4,623 Points:738,520 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Sep 5, 2010 5:22:20 AM Ignore MidNJ Report Abuse Very interesting and in depth article. Unfortunately only one newspaper reporter and photographer were there when it was raised. It will be a long time before the truth gets out (if ever).
Martinman Champion Author Mississippi Posts:11,745 Points:1,658,215 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Sep 5, 2010 4:26:19 AM Ignore Martinman Report Abuse Key Word - EVIDENCE
JimTee Champion Author Tampa Posts:2,322 Points:1,189,725 Joined:Apr 2006	Message Posted: Sep 5, 2010 4:05:32 AM Ignore JimTee Report Abuse Investigating the equipment will only be part of the answer.
ArmydudeNC Champion Author North Carolina Posts:5,781 Points:911,400 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Sep 5, 2010 1:56:12 AM Ignore ArmydudeNC Report Abuse Great, here comes more suggestions as to what went wrong.
alterman156 Champion Author New York Posts:5,080 Points:1,089,025 Joined:Dec 2008	Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 10:49:20 PM Ignore alterman156 Report Abuse Let's see if the blowout preventor is to blame.
DonKofAK All-Star Author Anchorage Posts:869 Points:591,185 Joined:Jun 2009	Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 10:10:34 PM Ignore DonKofAK Report Abuse It's better to have good evidence properly analyzed; we've been relying on a lot of hearsay lately. “If you don't read the newspaper, you are uninformed; if you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed.” - Mark Twain
BMW2014 Champion Author Toronto Posts:1,794 Points:364,300 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 8:26:41 PM Ignore BMW2014 Report Abuse Let's analyze that.
granitestater Champion Author New Hampshire Posts:6,309 Points:1,017,395 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 8:10:21 PM Ignore granitestater Report Abuse This won't tell much. The drilling rig sank and twisted off the top of the blowout preventer. It's like breaking off the cork in a champagne bottle and wondering why it's leaking.
northeast2 Champion Author New York Posts:2,666 Points:750,305 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 6:42:49 PM Ignore northeast2 Report Abuse Hope it tells us something...
runout9 Champion Author New Jersey Posts:3,139 Points:957,625 Joined:Dec 2008	Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 6:00:57 PM Ignore runout9 Report Abuse the size & weight of these massive blowout preventers is unfathomable. hopefully the answer will be found for the failure.
NekoSJG Champion Author San Jose Posts:3,225 Points:569,730 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 5:28:56 PM Ignore NekoSJG Report Abuse Probably a repost - how can you ever be sure? It has pictures anyway.http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/slideshow/ALeqM5gIXWYBTpLtSayJtg41LKXpxSxVPAD9I1ENK80?index=0 [Edited by: NekoSJG at 9/4/2010 9:30:00 PM EST]