M. Report
2010-08-01 19:25:55
Precisely.
The pipe was intact until the DW Horizon sank,
pulling the top end of the pipe with it, and
breaking the pipe at the bottom end.
This was reported from the beginning;
What was not reported was that the Coasties
pumped so much water onto the rig that it
flooded and sank.
Think of a three foot strand of spaghetti held
upright by a balloon; The balloon bursts and
falls, the strand bends and breaks;
People tend to think of steel as strong, but
a pipe two feet wide and 5000 feet long is
even more flexible than a load of irrigation
pipe on a truck, waving in the breeze as the
truck goes over bumps in the road.
