Michael Lloyd
09-07-2008, 09:08 PM
I work in the energy industry. A few weeks ago (about a week before the hurricane hit Louisiana) I was working on a platform about 15 miles south of Venice in the Mississippi river delta. You can see my laptop just below the satellite dish. The control system that I programmed is for auto starting and stopping an engine driven crude oil pump. The barge that is moored near the platform toward the top if the image was replaced by the pump and a pipeline.
Everything that is used on the platform comes by boat. Everyone that works on the platform arrives and leaves by boat. It's pretty amazing how large the river delta is and how busy it can be.
The top of the image is north. BTW- from what I've heard the platform survived the hurricane.
Everything that is used on the platform comes by boat. Everyone that works on the platform arrives and leaves by boat. It's pretty amazing how large the river delta is and how busy it can be.
The top of the image is north. BTW- from what I've heard the platform survived the hurricane.