473,500 GALLONS STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR IN OIL SPILL (NY TIMES)

[gasolineboycottday]

LATEST NEWS STORY FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES! PLEASE READ! IT'S URGENT!
LATEST NEWS STORY FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES! PLEASE READ! IT'S URGENT!


473,500 GALLONS STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR IN OIL SPILL, COAST GUARD SAYS

By ANTHONY DePALMA

Published: December 1, 2004

Coast Guard officials investigating an oil spill last week in the Delaware River said yesterday that more oil than previously reported has leaked from a damaged tanker, although they still do not know how much entered the river.

Chief Petty Officer Steve J. Carleton said that roughly 473,500 gallons of crude oil was still missing and unaccounted for - far more than the 30,000 gallons that officials had previously estimated to have escaped from the single-hull tanker Athos I as it tried to dock at a Citgo terminal in Paulsboro, N.J., Friday night.



But Officer Carleton said that while the spill was larger than estimated, it was unlikely that all 473,500 gallons had spilled into the river. Rather, he said most of it had probably been pumped from the damaged tank to one or more of the six remaining cargo tanks as the crew tried to keep the vessel balanced after the incident.

Investigators are still trying to figure out what ripped open the bottom of the tanker. Soundings of the river did not find any obstructions that could have caused the accident.

The heavy oil has coated wildlife in the area and created an expanding slick that now covers 45 miles from the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge to the Delaware Memorial Bridge.

Environmentalists said that even a comparatively small spill would have a huge impact on the river, which provides drinking water to millions of people. "It's devastating, whatever final figure they come up with," said Maya K. van Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper.







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[truthisfreedom]

1. we don't need no stinking wildlife.

serves them right for swimming in our God-given oil tanker waterways. the oil's good for them anyway... give's 'em a nice sheen! besides, black looks sharp. if God hadn't wanted us to use oil, he wouldn't have put it in the ground! you hate-America-first hippy wackos who think ducks deserve better are the REAL problem in this country. oil slicks are a SYMBOL OF AMERICAN PROSPERITY!

/sarcasm

[BlueEyedSon]

2. How does boycotting gas for ONE DAY do a damn thing?

if you want to impact the oil co's total sales you need to decrease use permanently:

Carpool once a week
Get a hybrid or more fuel efficient vehicle
Use mass transit (where available)
Walk/ jog/ bike when feasible

Don't waste your time on useless efforts, and worse: don't mislead others into thinking they are involved in a meaningful protests.

[I Love Alaska]

3. Exxon

Exxon still hasn't paid their settlement from the Prince William Sound oil spill here in Alaska. It's been 15 years!

[NYC]

4. I wrote a letter to Exxon about that oil spill.

I complained about the damage they had caused, and complained that they had not cleaned the reversible damage.

They responded with a 4 page letter, and on page one or two, pointed out to me how the "clean up" effort had increased employment. That was their rosy, cheerful take on the oil spill. The clean up caused increased employment.

[Supersedeas]

5. UNACCOUNTED FOR??? Where do they find these stenographers?

The Judith Miller School of Journalism?