Comments on: Heroes of Gulf oil leak: A scientist and a cell phone http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/heroes-of-gulf-oil-l.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 05:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/heroes-of-gulf-oil-l.html#comment-946494 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-946494 That's a pretty excellent story. Nice to see Reason winning out over FUD. That’s a pretty excellent story. Nice to see Reason winning out over FUD.

]]> By: CrowCall http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/heroes-of-gulf-oil-l.html#comment-946499 CrowCall Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-946499 What a great example of how small actions can have enormous consequences. Presumably this sort of thing is happening all the time--the butterfly effect, but in the human/sociological world, rather than the meteorological realm. It is an uncommon pleasure to see the chain of events so clearly delineated. Thanks, Maggie, for recognizing how rare this is and posting it to BoingBoing. Very astute, as always! I really, really enjoy your science writing. P.S. adrenaline >> caffeine ! ["Hsieh, a research hydrologist who normally works with water, labored through the night without the aid of caffeine. He stayed up all night triple checking calculations, going on adrenaline."] What a great example of how small actions can have enormous consequences. Presumably this sort of thing is happening all the time–the butterfly effect, but in the human/sociological world, rather than the meteorological realm. It is an uncommon pleasure to see the chain of events so clearly delineated.

Thanks, Maggie, for recognizing how rare this is and posting it to BoingBoing. Very astute, as always! I really, really enjoy your science writing.

P.S. adrenaline >> caffeine !

["Hsieh, a research hydrologist who normally works with water, labored through the night without the aid of caffeine. He stayed up all night triple checking calculations, going on adrenaline."]

]]> By: JGex http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/heroes-of-gulf-oil-l.html#comment-947305 JGex Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-947305 Um, the gushing torrent of oil took months to "stop" not "contain." The oil is still there, un-contained along with the millions of gallons of dispersant, either on the bottom of the Gulf or floating suspended at different levels. The "disaster" is far from over. Um, the gushing torrent of oil took months to “stop” not “contain.” The oil is still there, un-contained along with the millions of gallons of dispersant, either on the bottom of the Gulf or floating suspended at different levels.

The “disaster” is far from over.

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