BP's Plan B: Golf balls and shredded tires

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BILOXI, Miss. -- Golf balls and shredded tires may be the latest solution to stop a leak spewing crude into the Gulf, a top Coast Guard official said Sunday morning.

"The next tactic is going to be something they call a junk shot,'' U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen said on Face the Nation,.

"They're actually going to take a bunch of debris, shredded up tires, golf balls and things like that and under very high pressure shoot it into the preventer itself and see if they can clog it up and stop the leak,'' Allen said. The concept is not as ``exotic'' and Allen cautioned there were difficulties with that plan as well.


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[Nbadan]

I kinda was liking the nuke idea....

[LnGrrrR]

And I thought Biloxi sucked BEFORE this... yeesh.

So glad I'm in Hawaii.

[Winehole23]

The fishery could be ed. Louisiana supplies, like, 20% of the domestic seafood market. It could hurt Texas too. Economically, this could end up being much worse than Katrina in the long run.

In Hawaii, you're fine LNGR, but in Texas I might be ed.

[Winehole23]

In Louisiana, they're definitely ed.

[Drachen]

... heh heh .... junk shot.

[Wild Cobra]

Seems stupid to me. If they can get inside the pipe with any reliability, I would thing they could make a proper plug to fit. Once inserted, expands.

[Wild Cobra]

I kinda was liking the nuke idea....

If they could drop a small nuke set off to go at maybe 7,000 feet, it could be a winner.

[Wild Cobra]

And I thought Biloxi sucked BEFORE this... yeesh.

So glad I'm in Hawaii.

What's it like being on the tallest mountain range in the world?

[LnGrrrR]

The fishery could be ed. Louisiana supplies, like, 20% of the domestic seafood market. It could hurt Texas too. Economically, this could end up being much worse than Katrina in the long run.

In Hawaii, you're fine LNGR, but in Texas I might be ed.

Maybe you should think about moving here? It's quite nice.

It may be much worse economically, but emotionally nothing will top Katrina.

[LnGrrrR]

What's it like being on the tallest mountain range in the world?

It'a AMAZING WC.

Growing up in Massachusetts/NH, I was used to having mountains nearby. I love hiking. Not so much of that down south, of course.

Every morning here I wake up, the weather is great, I get picturesque views of the mountains in the background... I can't quite describe how nice it is.

I feel blessed (in the secular sense) to get stationed here, really. Life has been good to me.