From the Awl, which you should read anyway, this short article:
“A bolt of lightning struck the ship capturing oil from the blown-out BP well in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, igniting a fire that halted containment efforts in another setback for the embattled company in its nearly two-month struggle to stop the spill, the company said.” BP expects to resume operations later this afternoon, unless it is confronted by boils, locusts, lice and darkness, which it almost certainly will be.
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As a firstborn son I am very uncomfortable with this.
Good work, commenter HiredGoons. You win the Internets.
They have yet to announce that the ROVs were attacked by DEEP SEVEN forces who suspected them of siding with the Great Old Ones in violation of the Benthic Treaty, so we're not there yet, although Bob Howard may be packing his trunks.
No permanent structures below the thousand-metre level, wasn't that the treaty stipulation? Think you might be on to something there.
Watch the live video feed…through a very good antialiasing filter, or risk them eating your mind.
BLUE HADES, anyway. If it was DEEP SEVEN we'd really have problems.