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BP Gulf of Mexico Rig Lacked Alarm Systems

Posted by Soulskill on from the eh-we'll-keep-an-eye-on-it dept.

DMandPenfold writes "BP's monitoring IT systems on the failed Deepwater Horizon oil rig relied too heavily on engineers following complex data for long periods of time, instead of providing automatic warning alerts. That is a key verdict of the Oil Spill Commission, the authority tasked by President Barack Obama to investigate the Gulf of Mexico disaster."

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  1. Nagios by IceCreamGuy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Haven't they been on Nagios Exchange recently? check_catastrophe.pl has been out for like 3 years!

    check_catastrophy -H blowout-preventer716.haliburton.com -w ANY_LEAKS - c ANY_FRIGGIN_LEAKS