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Watch what BP is watching- on one screen

GasBuddy Blog -- 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...


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Submitted Jul 30, 2010 By: PD
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OHMS
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Message Posted: Aug 2, 2010 4:12:32 PM

you can invite other people who don't have a live to watch with you. Bet on the replays.
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grandpadon28110
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Message Posted: Aug 2, 2010 4:09:25 PM

I am happy they are there.
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honda0105
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Message Posted: Aug 1, 2010 11:53:47 AM

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.
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honda0105
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Message Posted: Aug 1, 2010 11:53:01 AM

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.
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Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 9:52:13 PM

ok
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1006
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Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 5:06:02 AM

yea, cannot get it to load up.
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eddmac
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Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 12:26:59 AM

Video, won't up load
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danreino
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Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 12:25:42 AM

Hey little girl, take your damn cheap roses for sale and go back to Russia; I've already had enough bullcrap today.
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cableman31
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Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 12:23:42 AM

More BS. BP makes enough mistakes the make them look pretty stupid, they don't need any help from photoshopped pictures.
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Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 12:20:52 AM

What ever!
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Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 12:20:23 AM

...video of the end of the world as we know it...
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Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 12:16:36 AM

My computer is a piece of crap so it keeps freezing trying to load the video. So I gave up.
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Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 12:09:07 AM

is it true?
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Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 12:03:48 AM

Good to see BP finally watching the store, but I also saw Elvis at the Krispy Kreme on Thompson Lane yesterday.
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Message Posted: Jul 31, 2010 12:03:05 AM

Could be interesting. Thanks for the URL.
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:56:45 PM

Is this the photo shopped photo of all those monitors diligently watching or the real thing with most monitors turned off?
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:55:44 PM

I would not believe BP if I was watching it happen before my eyes.
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:53:58 PM

who's paying the gasbuddy blog to run this article all day ??..geezzzz guys-been there, done that, got the t-shirt, moved on..
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:41:59 PM

it's a hoax, just like the moon landing!
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:41:33 PM

Boring!
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:36:48 PM

Can anybody believe anything BP says they're doing? I don't!
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:36:22 PM

Need to see the video of the engineers watching their monitors. My money is on they are asleep or reading most of the time....
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:32:56 PM

saw too much on the news
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:31:45 PM

been watching them for a few weeks
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:26:02 PM

It sounds like watching paint dry.
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:22:11 PM



... I don't really think they want the mess to end! ...
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:10:39 PM

Who's watching BP?
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:09:27 PM

Will they ever fix this mess?
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:07:13 PM

I'm sure the video is rather detailed considering the nature of the observation.
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:04:41 PM

Hope they get some breaks during their shifts.
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 11:00:44 PM

A very neat post.
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:50:45 PM

Interesting..
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:40:35 PM

It is no different than any program where there are monitors to watch places which may cause a disaster.
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:38:52 PM

It's not BP's problem, they didn't create the planet, they're just the dentists of oil.
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:37:06 PM

Is this real?
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mfeldstein
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:35:45 PM

Torturous boredom I would think.
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:35:06 PM

Is it all made up?
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:34:37 PM

Has this been Photoshopped too?
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:33:31 PM

That's like watching nothing. Have much better things to do.
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:33:21 PM

Watching that type of video would make most fall asleep.
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:29:03 PM

What about the altered video the former video crew posted before BP fired them?
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:22:10 PM

very boring
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:20:20 PM


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.
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:18:22 PM

Yup could get very boring looking at these screens all day long.
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:18:14 PM

Wonder if they watched before the spill.
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:17:24 PM

are they altered or showing the real deal
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:16:49 PM

Interesting.
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:16:44 PM

Interesting, I may take a look.
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:15:51 PM

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.
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Message Posted: Jul 30, 2010 10:15:41 PM

I wouldn't enjoy watching this for even 1 minute.
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