Posted on 07/29/2010 11:10:19 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
Everyone is aware of the BP oil spill in the Gulf affecting all our coastal states, most especially Louisiana. But in Michigan there is an oil spill closer to home to worry residents. And surrounding states are eyeing the situation warily hoping they aren’t also affected.
Just north of the Indiana border in Battle Creek and Emmett Township, Michigan a 30-inch pipeline that carries 8 million gallons of oil per day from Griffith, Indiana to Canada ruptured spilling more than 800,000 gallons of oil into Talmadge Creek...
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Good thing there are all those dams on the river.
Not to worry. Jenny is right on it!
My biggest concern is that the pipeline will be shut down like they did with the Wolverine pipeline after the spill in Jackson a few years ago.
Good point. That one was in your back yard.
The Wolverine line was the main gasoline pipeline that ran down the center of the state.
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