Dana wrote: > I dunno about *hype*... it sounds as though there is extensive damage, > but some of the scenarios this morning were of thirty feet of trapped > water and thousands of deaths. It may not be total annihilation but it > sounds pretty bad. Just saw something about oil rigs adrift... anyone > know about this? Does it mean oil spills?
Doubt that. Most of the time a well is drilled by a drilling rig, they put a wel-head on top of it and leave. Some time later a production rig arrives and starts actual production or it is made into a satellite well of another production rig. When Katrina came, presumably all well's were closed off at the well head and the production rigs evacuated (only the primary ones have people on them anyway). So the question is really whether the well-head survived, not whether the rig survived. Most modern well-heads, especially the ones attached to a floating production rig, are below the sea level and will be unafected. Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:171708 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
