Spill closes S.F. beaches; oil washes up on Marin Headlands

SF Gate ^ | Thursday, November 8, 2007 | Jonathan Curiel, Peter Fimrite, Jane Kay, Chronicle Staff Writers

[Doomonyou]

Spill closes S.F. beaches; oil washes up on Marin Headlands

Jonathan Curiel, Peter Fimrite, Jane Kay, Chronicle Staff Writers

Thursday, November 8, 2007

(11-08) 13:00 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- Heavy-duty bunker fuel oil from the 58,000 gallons that spilled from a container ship when it rammed the Bay Bridge has washed up on several San Francisco beaches and the Marin Headlands, officials said today.

Some 8,000 gallons of oil have been contained since Wednesday's accident, U.S. Coast Guard Capt. William Uberti said this morning. Large patches are still floating in the bay. Dozens of birds coated in the oil have been rescued from beaches stretching as far north as Stinson Beach. A handful have died.

Some officials say they expect the beach pollution to worsen early this afternoon as the tide rushes out of the Golden Gate. Along Rodeo Beach in the Marin Headlands, National Park Service ranger Robert Del Secco kept visitors away from the beach, which is covered in dark clumps of oil.

"This is nothing. What's around the corner at Point Bonita is the bulk (of the spill)," he said. "There are slicks all along the coast. I anticipate as the tide goes out it is going to hit beaches along the North Coast (on ocean side)."

Oil began leaking into the water after the 65,131-ton Cosco Busan, an 810-foot-long container ship, crashed into the base of a tower of the Bay Bridge's western span in heavy fog at about 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.

It was the first time in memory that an oceangoing ship had run into the bridge, which did not suffer major damage.

[Doomonyou]

The Chicoms did it to us again.

First reports yesterday was 140 gallons.

[pogo101]

How long before this becomes “Bush’s Fault” among the locals?

Too bad about the spill, in any event.

[Doomonyou]

How long before this becomes “Bush’s Fault” among the locals?

Soon, no doubt. If Bush made us all drive electric cars, this wouldn't have happened.

[Puppage]

Spill closes S.F. beaches; oil washes up on Marin Headlands

Well, they'd have a hard time blaming it on any Navy ships.

[Brilliant]

“Dozens of birds coated in the oil have been rescued from beaches stretching as far north as Stinson Beach. A handful have died.”

PETA is lining up the wrongful death attorneys.

[Doomonyou]

OOPS.

[doorgunner69]

Well, they'd have a hard time blaming it on any Navy ships.

Give 'em a chance, they'll find an angle........

[DuncanWaring]

At the International Bird Rescue Research Center in Fairfield, "we get them warm, we get them rehydrated and we get the oil off of them.

So it is true that "The oily bird gets the warm."

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

San Fran will fight this scourage with it’s standard weaponry, a call for more gun control.

[Doomonyou]

So it is true that "The oily bird gets the warm."

Bravo. Masterful. Brilliant. You, sir, get a cookie.

[Slapshot68]

Has Code Pink showed up yet?

[Doomonyou]

San Fran will fight this scourage with it’s standard weaponry, a call for more gun control.

Or just go to a bath house.

[Puppage]

Give 'em a chance, they'll find an angle........

LOL. That's what I am afraid of.

[Bender2]

Simple solution, campers... Just close down the Port of San Francisco for good.

[Doomonyou]

Unnngh...

[Berlin_Freeper]

“Heavy fog” no doubt due to global warming. /s

[Stonewall Jackson]

[Son Of The Godfather]

So it is true that "The oily bird gets the warm."

Nice! :)

[martin_fierro]

So it is true that "The oily bird gets the warm."

** golf clap **

[blackie]

Hey MF, why don’t you jump on your bike and check it out?? >:-}