“Anyone with Merchant Marine experience knows that the supply boats sank the rig with their water cannons. Water can not put out that type fire. They filled it up and sank it. It would of sat there and burned until they could control it. In an enclosed space the steam from water could put out an oil fire. The key is not to put too much water just enough to create steam and not sin the ship. Dump ass paniced supply boat Captains blew it.”
8 posted on Friday, April 30, 2010 5:00:53 PM by screaminsunshine (e)
It was going to sink in any case. These things can stay afloat unmanned because it's all automatic, but the blowout and fire likely took out the controllers and the generators and without them, it will capsize and sink within days on the rigs I am familiar with. I understand this one was state of the art.