Guard watches coast for oil slick's first wave

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Originally Posted by joethiesmanfan

Actually BP downplayed the severity until yesterday. They falsley reported what was going on. who knows what's going on 1 mile beneath the ocean?

I have not seen any evidence that BP has tried to cover up the severity of what is happening. I think the first day or two they thought that they could get down and shut off those valves before any real impact but that did not happen. I can't hold that against them as misleading because like you said its 5,000 feet beneath the sea.