58,000 gallons of oil in the bay

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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 01:43 PM
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58,000 gallons of oil in the bay

"Oil spill closes San Francisco beaches
58,000 gallons create sheen seen for miles; seals, fish birds threatened"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21689998/







8,000 gallons recovered so far....

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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 01:49 PM
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Pictures from China Beach..



chunks of oil




all bad...
Old Nov 8, 2007 | 02:09 PM
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i live right by china beach...usually run down there, baker beach, and the pac trail.

i hope they can clean this oil up before too much wildlife is affected.
Old Nov 8, 2007 | 02:21 PM
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oh man ..... i'm gonna hate what this will do to our gas prices.
Old Nov 8, 2007 | 03:00 PM
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free gas!!!!!!!










you just have to process it... lol....
Old Nov 8, 2007 | 03:25 PM
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Oh nnnnooooo.....was planning to go to the beach this weekend.
Old Nov 8, 2007 | 03:40 PM
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58,000 gallons lost isn't going to affect much. That's probably a fraction of what is turned into gas and then sold in one day in Cal.
Old Nov 8, 2007 | 03:44 PM
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I thought it came from a freighter not an oil tanker.

fog ftl...
Old Nov 8, 2007 | 03:49 PM
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that sucks
Old Nov 8, 2007 | 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by XkrazyAsianX
oh man ..... i'm gonna hate what this will do to our gas prices.
Originally Posted by ryball
I thought it came from a freighter not an oil tanker.

fog ftl...
You're right, not an oil tanker...this was a cargo ship.
Old Nov 8, 2007 | 04:37 PM
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who the hell misses the bay bridge? honestly...i thought they had radar/sonar, whatever for that kinda stuff. idiots
Old Nov 8, 2007 | 05:04 PM
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who the hell misses the bay bridge? honestly...i thought they had radar/sonar, whatever for that kinda stuff. idiots
They don't use radar and sonar to pull into port. They have an expert "pilot" come on board to navigate the ship from outside the bay all the way to whatever pier they were pulling into. Apparently this pilot wasn't paying attention or took a big risk.
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they said there was heavy fog on the news last night but then said we are drug testing the ones involved heh.

I sent this link to a few yesterday when it came on the news. When i lived in oregon we had a few ships make a mess on our beaches takes alot of time money and environmental clean ups. Helped with animal rescue to clean them off +1 for dawn soap but its a messy job to clean up.
Old Nov 8, 2007 | 05:25 PM
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Damn, 58K gallons, that f***ing sucks. I saw this on the news last night but they gave a much lower figure.
Old Nov 8, 2007 | 05:32 PM
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damn!!! lets hope that gas prices don't go up because of this...



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