I guess it's better than if it were raining men.

Boosting this quality contribution up in the Hot Listing - declared quality by blankfist.

at least men make pretty good fertilizer.

This is a *dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/So-Apparently-It-s-Raining-Oil-Around-The-Gulf?fromdupe=Raining-Oil-in-Louisiana

I tried to sift the same one, and found Demo_ix's vid.

This video has been nominated as a duplicate of this video by Throbbin. If this nomination is seconded with *isdupe, the video will be killed and its votes transferred to the original.

Whoops, *dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/So-Apparently-It-s-Raining-Oil-Around-The-Gulf?

This video has been nominated as a duplicate of this video by Throbbin. If this nomination is seconded with *isdupe, the video will be killed and its votes transferred to the original.

I strongly disagree with that * dupeof suggestion. Some differences:
This video:
-Highlights the gunk stuck on the sewer drain
-Points out how much oil has made it onto the lawns in the area

One posted by demon:
-Described the sheen of the oil in the street
-Described how he came to the conclusion that the rain coming off the gulf would bring oil

Also I dont believe these videos are in any sort of sequence (where the previous was part 1 and this would be part 2)

^ I agree, different videos. They're by the same guy about the same event, but they're two separate videos.

>> ^blankfist:

I guess it's better than if it were raining men.


Hallelujah.

Well I guess I should have watched the video first...

I'm going to play devil's advocate here and say are you sure it's raining oil? I used to see that same sheen on the rainy streets of Pasadena growing up and it was just the surface oil from cars being washed off the street. I'm not saying it's not raining oil, but I need more conclusive proof than this, ie. timelapse of a rain gauge that shows an oily slick on top.

*notdupe

Now I feel guilty...I think my initial dupe invocation scored me a Super Duper Level 1 badge. I feel like a fraud now.

Ah well, Take what you can get...
The other day I went in a fixed 5 or 6 dead videos and although the are no longer dead, It didn't register that I had even fixed them - not even on the awards page - It was like I didn't do anything at all....

>> ^Throbbin:

Now I feel guilty...I think my initial dupe invocation scored me a Super Duper Level 1 badge. I feel like a fraud now.

Burn the oil. Vapors go in the air. Clouds gather. It rains. Oil falls.

>> ^honkeytonk73:

Burn the oil. Vapors go in the air. Clouds gather. It rains. Oil falls.

Small kitchen fire gets a little out of control. BOOM!... FIRE, freaking, CANE!!
...okay maybe not but it can't be good

>> ^videosiftbannedme:

I'm going to play devil's advocate here and say are you sure it's raining oil? I used to see that same sheen on the rainy streets of Pasadena growing up and it was just the surface oil from cars being washed off the street. I'm not saying it's not raining oil, but I need more conclusive proof than this, ie. timelapse of a rain gauge that shows an oily slick on top.


That doesn't explain the oil on the grass.

>> ^Throbbin:

Now I feel guilty...I think my initial dupe invocation scored me a Super Duper Level 1 badge. I feel like a fraud now.


Don't feel too bad. I made the same mistake once and Dag/Lucky took my dupe powers away from me. It'll be fun to watch the same thing NOT happen to you.

http://videosift.com/video/GULF-OIL-SPILL-CAUSING-TOXIC-RAIN-KILLING-CROPS

Oil doesn't evaporate into rainclouds so it can't be "raining" oil unless there was a waterspout (unlikely).

Yes. I am enjoying it immensely.>> ^volumptuous:

>> ^Throbbin:
Now I feel guilty...I think my initial dupe invocation scored me a Super Duper Level 1 badge. I feel like a fraud now.

Don't feel too bad. I made the same mistake once and Dag/Lucky took my dupe powers away from me. It'll be fun to watch the same thing NOT happen to you.

>> ^blankfist:

I guess it's better than if it were raining men.


Nothing is better than that and you know it!

>> ^alizarin:

Oil doesn't evaporate into rainclouds so it can't be "raining" oil unless there was a waterspout (unlikely).


That was my first thought as well. But what about the emulsification by the dispersants? That was my second thought, which was quickly affirmed by your own article. Are the effects of that known?

* british eh?

The oil is destroying crops.

http://videosift.com/video/GULF-OIL-SPILL-CAUSING-TOXIC-RAIN-KILLING-CROPS

freakin' biblical

I'm calling total bullshit on this video, for many reasons.

This is the guy who uploaded this to YouTube:
http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Thedramatube

"Casey claims to be a race car driver, professional fighter, roadie, FBI agent, prison volunteer, presidential aide, astronaut, DJ, musician and defender of the internet."

*lies

Adding video to channels (Lies) - requested by volumptuous.

>> ^JiggaJonson:

>> ^videosiftbannedme:
I'm going to play devil's advocate here and say are you sure it's raining oil? I used to see that same sheen on the rainy streets of Pasadena growing up and it was just the surface oil from cars being washed off the street. I'm not saying it's not raining oil, but I need more conclusive proof than this, ie. timelapse of a rain gauge that shows an oily slick on top.

That doesn't explain the oil on the grass.


The video doesn't actually show oil in the grass.

Some total crackpot pointing a video camera at some (petroleum based) blacktop is proof of nothing. The sides of roads is where cars park. Oil leaks from cars. Rain falls from clouds. Rain mixes with oil from cars on the pavement. Rainbow sheen appears. Happens every time it rains, on every part of the planet where cars park.

This is reminiscent of that video where the lady is claiming a conspiracy when she notices a rainbow in her front yard water sprinkler.

http://videosift.com/video/Crazy-Sprinkler-Lady

>> ^alizarin:

Oil doesn't evaporate into rainclouds so it can't be "raining" oil unless there was a waterspout (unlikely).


This is accurate. It is literally impossible to 'rain oil' simply because it's molecules will not bond with water molecules.

However combined with the dispersant being used it is possible for some of those broken up molecules to combine with water. Though it is hard to say if it would resemble oil at all.