Links for 12/27/10

But this was a disaster with two distinct parts — first a blowout, then the destruction of the Horizon. The second part, which killed 11 people and injured dozens, has escaped intense scrutiny, as if it were an inevitable casualty of the blowout.

It was not.

read more here about Deep Water Horizon’s final hours

Florida Spill Claimants

New Data on BP Oil Spill Damage

Read what scientists say about the latest results concerning the oil spill in the gulf of Mexico earlier this year.

Despite claims by BP and the EPA that Corexit, the chemical dispersant BP used to sink the oil was ‘as harmless as dish soap.’, on June 23, 2010, the US Coast Guard confirmed the death of two members of the cleanup crew who had been overcome by exposure to BP’s chemical dispersant.

Aging Equipment Cause of Oil Accidents

On June 10, 1947, Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. won an auction for the right to drill for oil on a plot seven miles off the Louisiana coast. The company built a spindly steel platform and drilled a well in shallow waters. It struck oil, and in 1950, Stanolind sold its first Louisiana sweet crude for 2.02€ a barrel.
More than 60 years later, the West Cameron 45-A platform is, according to government records, the oldest functioning platform in federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico. One of more than 100 structures built in the 1940s and 1950s still in operation, the platform has survived seven Category 2 hurricanes and a major fire.

read more about the aging rigs at The Wallstreet Journal

Sea Shepherd website auf Deutsch!

Sea Shepherd auf Deutsch

Volunteers in Germany rallied again in 1998, when the ruptured freighter Pallas caught fire, ran aground, and heavy oil flowed from the ship’s tanks into the North Sea. While the authorities debated and pondered, the Sea Shepherd volunteers in Germany immediately responded to the first news of the disaster. The efforts of hundreds of volunteers from both Sea Shepherd and the Föhr animal protection group resulted in great success: Thousands of birds were rescued and cleaned, transported in large cushioned boxes, tagged and set free, far from the oiled waters.

Links for 12/16/10

Vintage Surfboards by Phil Longboard Surfboard – eBay

WikiLeaks cables: BP suffered blowout on Azerbaijan gas platform

David de Rothschild Reflects on Plastiki

BBC – Radio 1 – The Official Chart Update with Greg James – The Official UK Singles Chart Update Surfin’ Bird by The Trashmane on the british charts 12/2010

Government Sues BP For Gulf Oil Spill: U.S. Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Nine Companies 

1964 Fender Stratocaster Custom Color guitar on eBay

1964 Fender Jaguar Custom Color guitar on eBay

1966 Martin GT-70 Thinline Electric Guitar on eBay

RARE Martin GT-75 Electric Guitar 1966 w/ Original Case on eBay

Justice Department to Join Civil Lawsuits Tied to Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

Concert instru 60’s

Links for 12/14/10

Surfing China’s Silver Dragon

Skeleton Sea Ausstellung in Valencia. Wellenreiten, Surfen an Nordsee und Ostsee

A Classy Christmas Cocktail

Breaking: Honolulu Symphony Orchestra Ending After 110 Years

Vintage Hagstrom Viking II- 1960’s ES-335 Style- CLEAN!

1965 Vintage Magnatone electric guitar tornado x-15

Vintage 1965 Vox Phantom XII 12-string guitar

Fender Stratocaster Vintage Reissue

Vintage Wurlitzer Electric Guitar

Clean Vintage 1967 Fender Coronado XII 12-String Guitar – eBay

1956 1957 Gretsch country club, great condition vintage

Damage to the Deep Sea Ecosystem? – Stephen Fry and the Great American Oil Spill

Save as WWF, Save a Tree : Home

Links for 12/12/10

Oilspillhub.org

Happy Birthday ‘Fanciulla’ — Puccini’s Spaghetti Western Turns 100 : Deceptive Cadence

The Ventures’ Christmas Album LP

Tiki Wonderland

BP claims frustration prompts call to FBI – New Orleans News