Posted on 11/09/2007 12:10:28 PM PST by my_pointy_head_is_sharp
SAN FRANCISCO -- Heavy-duty bunker fuel oil has washed up on beaches throughout the San Francisco and Marin coastlines all day, leaving purplish sheens on the water, ugly black blobs in the sand, and hundreds of injured or dead birds.
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Good question. When I was a kid I lived in coastal North Carolina and the old timers all talked about the submarine warfare off the coast in WWII. IIRC, there was a tanker sunk about 60 mi. offshore that was still releasing oil well into the 1970’s and maybe still is AFAIK.
It was one of several that were hit by the Nazi U-Boats.
It’s my fault - because when I saw the links on the original thread that you posted, I wished your (my pointy head) links had been posted (and I hadn’t seen ‘doomonyou’s thread). I didn’t do a search. (There must be a thousand threads posted every day - I just can’t keep up.)
So, I will regretfully accept the 20 lashings with a wet noodle. ;-)
Thanks for the pix!
I did a search and nothing came up. That’s why I said to someone else that you have to use the right words when you do a search. No guilt or blame.
George Bush Hates Sea Lions!
Suspended sentence. No noodle whipping for you. (unless your into that sort of thing.) ;P
LOL!
I went to Crissy Field on Sunday Nov 4th. It was warm, sunny, gorgeous. I’ve never seen it so packed. There were sailboarders, joggers, parents with babies, dogs chasing frisbees - one of the last days of Indian summer. And all with the spectacular backdrop of the Golden Gate Bridge. And now they won’t even let you in the parking lot at Crissy Field.
Yes, they couldn’t blame Bush!
This happens way too often.....I can see why they don’t want this on the FLorida beaches now too.....
You’re referring to...?
Are we sure its not just a spilled shipment of the stuff they use during their street fairs?
Nazi or japanese? I know japanese subs surfaced off of santa barbara and shelled the town. Didnt know the german u boats made it to the west coast.
This was not a tanker. Tankers are doubled hulled (after Valdez) in the US. This was a container ship. The spill is from its own fuel.
If this was a tanker ship and did that kind of damage to the ship, it likely would have no spill.
If it happened in an area of active drilling, the spill containment and clean up would have happened faster. They are required to do frequent drills.
Uh... in looking at the pictures it seems like there must have also been serious damage below the as-floating water line. That gash down the side is too high on the side, and I really don't think bunker fuel tanks would be up there. That gash also doesn't appear to be bleeding any oil.
It must have grounded, and hard, on some part of the pier underwater, in addition to the scrape up top.
Does anybody know if they've said anything about how this happened? Did they lose power or steerage... or what?
He did say it was off NC, not CA.
It’s not the drilling that is the pollution risk, it’s always the ships and barges. And how do they move oil into Florida power plants? Not from offshore wells and undersea pipelines, nope we use barges and ships.
And what goes by the Florida Keys almost hourly, in and out of the Gulf of Mexico, oil tankers.
Who knew.
There'll be sticky tar balls washing up for quite a while, but I'd submit that since it is bunker C it could have been worse. Bunker C is a little easier to clean up in that it doesn't tend to penetrate the sediments or sandy beaches. It sits on top in tarballs or tarmats and can be picked up much more easily than say, crude oil.
>>Coast Guard says it took too long to announce size of oil spill
San Francisco Chronicle - 2 hours ago
As oil contaminated more beaches and birds throughout the Bay Area, Coast Guard officials today admitted they took too long to notify the public about the skyrocketing size of the ship-fuel spill but defended their response to the mess.<<
See... the coast guard works for Homeland security who works for the President - it may take a day or two but they will get there.
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