60 Minutes, 05.16.10 – 60 Minutes – CBS News

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CBS 60 Minutes interviewed Mike Williams chief electronics technician aboard Deepwater Horizon in Gulf of Mexico
Four weeks before the explosion, a blowout preventer was damaged in an accident. The blowout preventer is vital piece of protection equipment to seal the well shut in the event of a blowout, its the crews only hope. Large chunks of rubber part of the seal called the annular broke off the “BOP”, the supervisor of the rig said its no big deal.

Please watch the video to grasp what truly happened and watch experts analyze how dangerous the rush to move forward with operations pushed by BP led to the cataclysmic disaster that is dumping the equivalent to an Exxon Valdez every 4 to 7 days into the Gulf of Mexico
To make matters worse learn about The Atlantis Offshore oil platform which may eclipse this disaster in the future.

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In 1995 At Maui High Performance Computing Center The Maui Scientific Analysis & Visualization of the Environment Program was first incubated. I was the principal investigator of this independant research project which was a joint development between MHPCC, Silicon Graphics Computers (SGI) & NKO.ORG. Using SGI Cosmo Worlds software, we pioneered the development of Internet based 3D virtual reality GIS based interactive worlds. In 1996 with a network of seven high performance SGI workstations we pioneered development of live streaming MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Real Video and QuickTime Streaming Server utilizing Kassenna MediaBase software. In Maui 2002 we pioneered and tested the first wireless live streaming video using laptop computers and Maui Sky Fiber's portable 3G wireless device. In Maui we pioneered live streaming video using usb modems from AT&T , Verizon as well as live streaming from iPhone 3 over 3G wireless networks. Today The Maui S.A.V.E. Program has diversified into storm tracking including visualization and analysis of large, memory-intensive gridded data sets such as the National Hurricane Center's wind speed probabilities. I volunteer my services to numerous Disaster Services Organizations. In June 2013 I returned from Hurricane Sandy deployment as a computer operations service associate with the Disaster Services Technology Group assisting as The American Red Cross migrated from a Disaster Response Operation to Long Term Recovery Operations. Pioneering the production/editing and Internet distribution of HD video to sites like Youtube.com and Vimeo.com we are shining the light towards environmental and peace efforts of humans across the globe. Since 1992 I have held the vision of establishing Maui, Hawaii as the environmental sciences center of the world. After His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet came to Maui This vision has expanded to establishing Maui as the environmental & peace center of the world.

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