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Jun. 1st, 2010
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Jun. 1st, 2010 03:58 pmThe Wall Street Journal reports on the Deepwater explosion:
In the minutes after a cascade of gas explosions crippled the Deepwater Horizon on April 20, confusion reigned on the drilling platform. Flames were spreading rapidly, power was out, and terrified workers were leaping into the dark, oil-coated sea. Capt. Curt Kuchta, the vessel's commander, huddled on the bridge with about 10 other managers and crew members.
Andrea Fleytas, a 23-year-old worker who helped operate the rig's sophisticated navigation machinery, suddenly noticed a glaring oversight: No one had issued a distress signal to the outside world, she recalls in an interview. Ms. Fleytas grabbed the radio and began calling over a signal monitored by the Coast Guard and other vessels.
"Mayday, Mayday. This is Deepwater Horizon. We have an uncontrollable fire."
When Capt. Kuchta realized what she had done, he reprimanded her, she says.
"I didn't give you authority to do that," he said, according to Ms. Fleytas, who says she responded: "I'm sorry."
In the minutes after a cascade of gas explosions crippled the Deepwater Horizon on April 20, confusion reigned on the drilling platform. Flames were spreading rapidly, power was out, and terrified workers were leaping into the dark, oil-coated sea. Capt. Curt Kuchta, the vessel's commander, huddled on the bridge with about 10 other managers and crew members.
Andrea Fleytas, a 23-year-old worker who helped operate the rig's sophisticated navigation machinery, suddenly noticed a glaring oversight: No one had issued a distress signal to the outside world, she recalls in an interview. Ms. Fleytas grabbed the radio and began calling over a signal monitored by the Coast Guard and other vessels.
"Mayday, Mayday. This is Deepwater Horizon. We have an uncontrollable fire."
When Capt. Kuchta realized what she had done, he reprimanded her, she says.
"I didn't give you authority to do that," he said, according to Ms. Fleytas, who says she responded: "I'm sorry."
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Jun. 1st, 2010 06:36 pmOK, so if del Toro isn't going to direct The Hobbit, and Peter Jackson is officially out of the running, then who's left? Tim Burton is probably the most consistently successful fantasy filmmaker (other than Jackson) of modern times... but honestly, that feels like a peanut butter and borscht sandwich here. Sam Raimi was in the running at one point; barring that... Gilliam? Jonze? Thoughts, y'all?
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james_nicoll, Diana Comet's Periodic Table of 75 years' worth of female SF writers. (There's also a YouTube version.)
james_nicoll, Diana Comet's Periodic Table of 75 years' worth of female SF writers. (There's also a YouTube version.)