To me it boils down to safety. At what cost does safety get taken seriously?
Had the pieces of rubber that had floated to the top that this man seen, been investigated would their had been an explosion?
Would investigating this matter have taken some time and if so how much? We will probably never know this now as we can't go back and undo what happened.
What we can do is in the future prevent these mistakes.
It shutting down oil rigs, mines, plants mean that people lives won't be lost so that safety issues can be dealt with, isn't that better?
I am sure the people who lost their lives would have rather had a day or 2 off rather than lose their lives.
B.P. says they caused this. Okay so we agree. Yet B.P. is not the only one that will pay for this mess.
B.P. I am sure all the fishermen, shrimp, oysters, fish, dolphins, brown pelicans and so many others would like a few mins alone with you.
Pour some oil down your drains and see how well you breathe..