Talk:SS Torrey Canyon/Archive 1

Deleted some text apparently copied from The Scilly News, March 2007. The rest of the text needs line-by-line comparison to ensure it isn't also copied.LeadSongDog (talk) 04:11, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

from Tim Farrow RAF Chivenor aircrew on BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Live, 8 May 2010 -- John (Daytona2 · Talk · Contribs) 08:52, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Over thirty years ago I had occasion to research the disaster and so no longer have references, but two things were clear. 1. There was no good concept of what to do. 2. Any and every idea that anyone had was tried somewhere, no matter how crazy the idea. What has become clear since then is the only technology that has improved is the technology of public relations, and the technical "fixes" are the same things invented then, but worse, the mistakes in use are still the same as was realized even then. Of particular note bad ideas in the use of booms as a parallel barrier as opposed to a diagonal funneling to concentrate the oil to a containment location was noted then, but still done today.

There were extensive lists of all the ideas that were tried, and a fair description of the results of those attempts. If someone has access to them, that would be much more useful a Wiki than the time and place. I have only memories to refer to, but the supposed existence of an "adequate plan" was not among those memories, and considering that such a plan does even now not exist, I think that that reference should be removed, and if there were any plan then it should be linked to and the pejorative "adequate" still not be included.Dragonwlkr (talk) 11:46, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

True. Despite numerous oil tanker sinkings by submarines in WWII, one suggestion was to burn the TC's oil off. You can tell how clueless someone (PR/manager) is when they suggest burning oil off. This might have been the event for research in dispersants. 143.232.210.38 (talk) 20:29, 7 June 2010 (UTC)