Like many of us, oil spill expert Cheryl Anderson has struggled with the attempts of “media professionals” to simplify complex information. She shared this gem about high pressure wells:
“The reservoir pressures – up to 20,000 pounds per square inch, equivalent to an elephant standing on a quarter ,,,”
Per Cheryl:
Old days – ‘comparisons of spill size to volume of Olympic swimming pool’
Now – ‘pressure equivalent to elephant standing on quarter ….’ Cheryl wonders who developed the factoid (i.e. Industry or Feds or other party), and whether it was a super-dense miniature elephant that fit on a quarter or what? 😀
Meanwhile, Norwegian footballer Erling Haaland has embraced his time in Texas, which is not surprising given that he is related (possibly 😉) to Deb Haaland, a former US Secretary of the Interior who also happens to be a Native American. Her father, John David Haaland, was a Norwegian American from Minnesota.
Lastly, that was not a red card!
Happy 250th Birthday! Enjoy!
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