Gulf Oil Leak Now on Fire. AWESOME.

[BeerNuts]

They have been saying for months that along with the oil is tons of compressed natural gasses. Its quite possible they are feeding the fire. That being said I am pretty sure its the yellow cap and not a fire.

 

[mrgodlike]

Lol...use some common sense - there CANNOT be fire underwater. Fire needs oxygen to stay alive, and there's no free air/oxygen at the bottom of the sea...Hence, fire can only occur on the surface, NOT UNDERWATER!!

"In 2000, the torch was carried under water by divers near the Great Barrier Reef"........

Torch they're referring to is the Olympic Torch.....dunno if you've heard of the Olympics but it's a pretty big deal.

 

[Ataraxy]

Might be a yellow cap or whatever, but it really does look like plumes of fire heh. Or did anyway, the video that was showing it stopped and the dude switched it another feed.

 

[droplister]

Hold your breath while I work on a written apology.

@iliketurtles, there's a ton of gas that comes with drilling oil.*








*source: There Will Be Blood**








**not really***







***but really.

 

[CygnusX]

Looks for a few minutes and you'll see it's the yellow cap and not fire.

 

[jryan21]

 

[Ataraxy]

I see your under water fire and raise you:

 

[ayzo]

Wickedfire science

 

[papajohn56]

the fire is a controlled burnoff of natural gas, move along. seriously, this isn't a big deal.

" For the first 12 hours on June 9th (midnight to noon), approximately 7,920 barrels of oil were collected and 15.7 million cubic feet of natural gas were flared."

 

[TylerDurden]

I LOL'd. Anyone know how they do welding underwater?

 

[fatmoocow]

GET BACK IN THE FIREY WATER!!!

 

[-God-]

LAVA - PWNED

Since when has molten rock got anything to do with Fire? Seriously, are you seriously serious? Lava is hot liquid rock, therefore if and when it comes into contact with water, it doesn't continue to be on fire, because it never was on fire, it cools and will often remain liquid such is its temperature.

 

[Drover]

What? It's raising awareness of the issue to millions of people...

There's someone who wasn't aware of this? It's only on like 50 channels 24/7.

 

[turbolapp]

Lol...use some common sense - there CANNOT be fire underwater. Fire needs oxygen to stay alive, and there's no free air/oxygen at the bottom of the sea...Hence, fire can only occur on the surface, NOT UNDERWATER!!

Um. Underwater Welding?

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvBG_Ly-2I8"]YouTube- Broadcast Yourself.[/ame]

 

[cheshire]

Um. Underwater Welding?

YouTube- Broadcast Yourself.

Underwater welding doesn't involve fire, they use electricity. Its also known as hyperbaric welding (welding under pressure). Fire can happen under water though.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/377752/how_to_fire_under_water/

 

[Drover]

Ummm...Don't try this at home, folks.

 

[Rusky]

Nuke it.
The Russians always have the best advise.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ojCbqfRRr8"]YouTube- Broadcast Yourself.[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PXTWnWwHsg"]YouTube- Broadcast Yourself.[/ame]

 

[OsamaBinBBQ]

Lol...use some common sense - there CANNOT be fire underwater. Fire needs oxygen to stay alive, and there's no free air/oxygen at the bottom of the sea...Hence, fire can only occur on the surface, NOT UNDERWATER!!

Someone didn't pass chemistry.

How do i make fire under water? - Yahoo! Answers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrophoricity

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgD0kCGpcwg"]YouTube- Broadcast Yourself.[/ame]

I'm not saying that oil will burn underwater, I'm just saying that you're wrong.

 

[Skippy McGee]

+rep!

 

[leadsupplier]

so all that black shit is oil leaking out?