That's a lot farther away.
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Posted on 07/24/2008 8:48:29 AM PDT by SeafoodGumbo
Eliot Kamenitz / The Times-PicayuneWorkers along the Mississippi River try to contain the hundreds of thousands of gallons of fuel oil from a barge and ship collision on Wednesday. The river is now closed to the Gulf of Mexico.
The massive oil spill that remains a major threat to the area's fragile delta ecosystem now stretches from New Orleans to the mouth of the Mississippi River -- a distance of 100 miles, Coast Guard officials said early Thursday.
(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...
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Maybe they’ll fine those at fault like they did for the Valdez spill. /s
I swear the way events are conspiring to bring Obama to the White House, it reminds me of the fortune teller and the Reich Chancellor. God moves in mysterious ways...
Just another example of oil trying to find it’s way back home.
I thought New Orleans was at the point the Mississippi river emptied into the Gulf of Mexico. I don’t understand the reference to 100 miles here.
The double-hulled tanker Tintomara was shipping about 4.2 million gallons (15.9 million liters) of bio-diesel to Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and 1.3 million gallons (4.9 million liters) of styrene to Hamburg, Germany.
Note: not the leaking vessel. The tanker hit the barge. The crash was very powerful causing the barge to split in half, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Jaclyn Young. The barge was loaded with fuel oil and more than 419,000 gallons (1.5 million liters) of the substance spilled, said Lt. Cdr. Cheri Ben-Iesau, a Coast Guard spokeswoman
Looks like the tug was being operated by someone with an apprentice license, not a captain’s license. No captain aboard, and from what I’ve read, it’s mandatory one is there.
It is also the second crash this month by this tow company.
ExxonMobil paid over $3.4 billion as a result of the accident, including compensatory payments, cleanup payments, settlements and fines in addition to the Supreme Courts ruling of $507.5 million punitive damages award, a maximum amount equal to the total relevant compensatory damages
“The massive oil spill that remains a major threat to the area’s fragile delta ecosystem now stretches from New Orleans to the mouth of the Mississippi River — a distance of 100 miles, Coast Guard officials said early Thursday.”
The today’s modern technology for abating oil spills, the vast majority of the damage will be cleaned up before the first “claimant” files a lawsuit, and the “eco-system” will be in major recovery mode by the time that suit goes to trial
The environmental myth is that the “damages” are permanent - they’re not. With our help and some time, mother nature fully recovers.
Venice is the last “town” on the Mississippi, but many more miles after that to the Gulf.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=new+orleans&ie=UTF8&ll=29.51372,-89.590759&spn=1.175954,1.691895&z=9
Gotta love how they use gallons and liters to make the numbers look bigger...4.2 million gallons is about 55,000 barrels. Granted, the spill is tragic but considering the average VLCC (oil tanker) carries around 2 million barrels this is small potatoes.
Just light the damn stuff on fire already.
No, evidently never been to venus, the end of the world.
No. 6 fuel oil won’t light with a match. It needs to be heated or compressed first.
Thank you. That makes sense. I appreciate the provision of the map.
That's a lot farther away.
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No I haven’t. I should try to get there some day to have a look for myself.
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