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PD Moderator	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:14:00 AM Ignore PD Report Abuse Well, if a picture is worth 1000 words, what is video worth? If one video is worth 10,000 words, then this blog post will be way too long! For today's post, we'll send you to a website that has most of BP's ROV cams on one screen, so I hope you have a decent sized monitor! Even if you don't have a big monitor, you should be able to see a glimpse into what BP engineers watch around the clock. A few minutes watching this doesn't get too boring, but I can't imagine being the one to watch these cameras on 12 hour shifts! To see the ROV cameras on one screen, head over to this website. Note- you'll be leaving GasBuddy, and we aren't responsible for any content on that site. Having said that, there are quite a few video feeds... Visit GasBuddy Blog for full article

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Well, if a picture is worth 1000 words, what is video worth? If one video is worth 10,000 words, then this blog post will be way too long!

For today's post, we'll send you to a website that has most of BP's ROV cams on one screen, so I hope you have a decent sized monitor! Even if you don't have a big monitor, you should be able to see a glimpse into what BP engineers watch around the clock. A few minutes watching this doesn't get too boring, but I can't imagine being the one to watch these cameras on 12 hour shifts!

To see the ROV cameras on one screen, head over to this website. Note- you'll be leaving GasBuddy, and we aren't responsible for any content on that site. Having said that, there are quite a few video feeds...

Visit GasBuddy Blog for full article

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OHMS Champion Author Orange County Posts:13,696 Points:1,687,875 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2010 5:12:32 PM Ignore OHMS Report Abuse you can invite other people who don't have a live to watch with you. Bet on the replays.
grandpadon28110 Champion Author Charlotte Posts:4,696 Points:1,138,310 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2010 5:09:25 PM Ignore grandpadon28110 Report Abuse I am happy they are there.
honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,580 Points:1,605,520 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Aug 1, 2010 12:53:47 PM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse as for me, it's enough to know that some of the feeds were photoshopped - and caught. Another Big Pretender lie and nothing they feed up at this point is taking at face value here.
honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,580 Points:1,605,520 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Aug 1, 2010 12:53:01 PM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse let some folks watch Faux News, others watch the video (when it does load) and others just don't have the time to sit there.
egd Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:8,077 Points:2,116,250 Joined:Mar 2005	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 10:52:13 PM Ignore egd Report Abuse ok
1006 Champion Author Birmingham Posts:1,105 Points:1,350,715 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 6:06:02 AM Ignore 1006 Report Abuse yea, cannot get it to load up.
eddmac Champion Author Washington Posts:5,526 Points:1,234,975 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 1:26:59 AM Ignore eddmac Report Abuse Video, won't up load
danreino Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:8,332 Points:1,536,730 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 1:25:42 AM Ignore danreino Report Abuse Hey little girl, take your damn cheap roses for sale and go back to Russia; I've already had enough bullcrap today.
cableman31 Champion Author New York Posts:8,813 Points:2,012,800 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 1:23:42 AM Ignore cableman31 Report Abuse More BS. BP makes enough mistakes the make them look pretty stupid, they don't need any help from photoshopped pictures.
saveongasNC Champion Author North Carolina Posts:4,407 Points:1,094,015 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 1:20:52 AM Ignore saveongasNC Report Abuse What ever!
Pozole Champion Author Portland Posts:9,572 Points:1,590,520 Joined:Mar 2005	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 1:20:23 AM Ignore Pozole Report Abuse ...video of the end of the world as we know it...
OnTheWater Champion Author Orange County Posts:2,123 Points:623,130 Joined:Nov 2009	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 1:16:36 AM Ignore OnTheWater Report Abuse My computer is a piece of crap so it keeps freezing trying to load the video. So I gave up.
PatrickBC Veteran Author Vancouver Posts:269 Points:79,910 Joined:Apr 2010	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 1:09:07 AM Ignore PatrickBC Report Abuse is it true?
genef01 Champion Author Nashville Posts:2,611 Points:834,680 Joined:Jul 2008	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 1:03:48 AM Ignore genef01 Report Abuse Good to see BP finally watching the store, but I also saw Elvis at the Krispy Kreme on Thompson Lane yesterday.
Saturn93 Champion Author Salt Lake City Posts:7,292 Points:1,640,885 Joined:Oct 2006	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 1:03:05 AM Ignore Saturn93 Report Abuse Could be interesting. Thanks for the URL.
rwm1 Champion Author Iowa Posts:2,304 Points:1,541,650 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 12:56:45 AM Ignore rwm1 Report Abuse Is this the photo shopped photo of all those monitors diligently watching or the real thing with most monitors turned off?
Quick68 Champion Author Columbus Posts:8,177 Points:1,221,800 Joined:Dec 2009	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 12:55:44 AM Ignore Quick68 Report Abuse I would not believe BP if I was watching it happen before my eyes.
10k Champion Author North Carolina Posts:21,217 Points:2,250,020 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 12:53:58 AM Ignore 10k Report Abuse who's paying the gasbuddy blog to run this article all day ??..geezzzz guys-been there, done that, got the t-shirt, moved on..
ex911 Champion Author San Jose Posts:6,844 Points:1,339,770 Joined:Apr 2005	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 12:41:59 AM Ignore ex911 Report Abuse it's a hoax, just like the moon landing!
tomok Champion Author Portland Posts:32,911 Points:2,341,510 Joined:Aug 2006	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 12:41:33 AM Ignore tomok Report Abuse Boring!
PetroScopper Champion Author Houston Posts:6,602 Points:1,545,975 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 12:36:48 AM Ignore PetroScopper Report Abuse Can anybody believe anything BP says they're doing? I don't!
us4usa Champion Author Missouri Posts:5,976 Points:1,108,585 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 12:36:22 AM Ignore us4usa Report Abuse Need to see the video of the engineers watching their monitors. My money is on they are asleep or reading most of the time....
grouch311 Champion Author Peoria Posts:6,376 Points:1,569,490 Joined:Jun 2007	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 12:32:56 AM Ignore grouch311 Report Abuse saw too much on the news
vulcan96 Champion Author Ohio Posts:26,871 Points:3,099,750 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 12:31:45 AM Ignore vulcan96 Report Abuse been watching them for a few weeks
250FORD Champion Author Minnesota Posts:8,332 Points:1,305,720 Joined:Feb 2007	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 12:26:02 AM Ignore 250FORD Report Abuse It sounds like watching paint dry.
CobraLeader Champion Author New Jersey Posts:267,902 Points:1,200,750 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 12:22:11 AM Ignore CobraLeader Report Abuse ... I don't really think they want the mess to end! ...
mvosevich Champion Author St. Louis Posts:5,489 Points:1,115,410 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 12:10:39 AM Ignore mvosevich Report Abuse Who's watching BP?
NavyEOD Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:9,986 Points:2,017,150 Joined:Jul 2007	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 12:09:27 AM Ignore NavyEOD Report Abuse Will they ever fix this mess?
Z51Corvette Champion Author Austin Posts:8,469 Points:1,667,400 Joined:Jan 2008	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 12:07:13 AM Ignore Z51Corvette Report Abuse I'm sure the video is rather detailed considering the nature of the observation.
Rednix Champion Author Miami Posts:6,138 Points:1,271,735 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 12:04:41 AM Ignore Rednix Report Abuse Hope they get some breaks during their shifts.
comprof Champion Author Houston Posts:6,839 Points:1,352,750 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 12:00:44 AM Ignore comprof Report Abuse A very neat post.
AC-302 Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:26,535 Points:2,897,120 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:50:45 PM Ignore AC-302 Report Abuse Interesting..
SBlouch Champion Author San Antonio Posts:8,719 Points:1,856,320 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:40:35 PM Ignore SBlouch Report Abuse It is no different than any program where there are monitors to watch places which may cause a disaster.
WhiteTreeIndian Champion Author New Jersey Posts:5,629 Points:1,117,135 Joined:Dec 2009	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:38:52 PM Ignore WhiteTreeIndian Report Abuse It's not BP's problem, they didn't create the planet, they're just the dentists of oil.
aldog365 Champion Author Nashville Posts:4,294 Points:1,786,790 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:37:06 PM Ignore aldog365 Report Abuse Is this real?
mfeldstein Champion Author Ottawa Posts:8,156 Points:1,927,455 Joined:Feb 2007	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:35:45 PM Ignore mfeldstein Report Abuse Torturous boredom I would think.
cheapertvs Champion Author Richmond Posts:10,263 Points:2,737,720 Joined:Jan 2004	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:35:06 PM Ignore cheapertvs Report Abuse Is it all made up?
probedude2 Champion Author Akron Posts:12,533 Points:2,376,205 Joined:Jun 2003	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:34:37 PM Ignore probedude2 Report Abuse Has this been Photoshopped too?
TBONE3 Champion Author Pennsylvania Posts:8,726 Points:1,972,650 Joined:Mar 2005	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:33:31 PM Ignore TBONE3 Report Abuse That's like watching nothing. Have much better things to do.
tedjm1 Champion Author New York Posts:5,609 Points:800,300 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:33:21 PM Ignore tedjm1 Report Abuse Watching that type of video would make most fall asleep.
TIGERPAW46 Champion Author Florida Posts:7,114 Points:1,352,710 Joined:Mar 2004	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:29:03 PM Ignore TIGERPAW46 Report Abuse What about the altered video the former video crew posted before BP fired them?
mstearno Champion Author Dayton Posts:8,043 Points:1,727,235 Joined:Jan 2008	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:22:10 PM Ignore mstearno Report Abuse very boring
jrsva Champion Author Virginia Posts:9,830 Points:1,608,250 Joined:Jan 2006	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:20:20 PM Ignore jrsva Report Abuse Don't click on the link to the videos unless you have an ULTRA fast connection. It crashed Firefox for me and it took a bit to get it back.
Gary65 Champion Author Toronto Posts:1,703 Points:781,120 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:18:22 PM Ignore Gary65 Report Abuse Yup could get very boring looking at these screens all day long.
REKEY Champion Author South Carolina Posts:8,554 Points:1,694,440 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:18:14 PM Ignore REKEY Report Abuse Wonder if they watched before the spill.
TheSicilian Champion Author Jacksonville Posts:5,359 Points:1,465,750 Joined:Feb 2009	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:17:24 PM Ignore TheSicilian Report Abuse are they altered or showing the real deal
Blue_Cruzer Champion Author Lexington Posts:7,500 Points:1,665,585 Joined:Mar 2007	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:16:49 PM Ignore Blue_Cruzer Report Abuse Interesting.
cudatim Champion Author San Antonio Posts:2,190 Points:1,314,360 Joined:Jan 2007	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:16:44 PM Ignore cudatim Report Abuse Interesting, I may take a look.
CumminsFanOH Champion Author Columbus Posts:1,670 Points:827,990 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:15:51 PM Ignore CumminsFanOH Report Abuse Interesting article in Time Magazine. http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,2007202,00.html Thursday, Jul. 29, 2010 The BP Spill: Has the Damage Been Exaggerated? This article points at things and has information that show that this is not the disaster to end all disasters.
joel27nc Champion Author Raleigh Posts:10,517 Points:1,854,370 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:15:41 PM Ignore joel27nc Report Abuse I wouldn't enjoy watching this for even 1 minute.