Katrina oil spill bigger then Exxon Valdez

[donsu]

http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/WWL091505environmental.5dd0ea79.html


Oil spills after Katrina rival Exxon Valdez

Hurricane Katrina is rapidly becoming the worst environmental calamity in U.S. history, with oil spills rivaling the Exxon Valdez, hundreds of toxic sites still uncontrolled, and waterborne poisons soaking 160,000 homes.

New Orleans' flooded neighborhoods are awash with dangerous levels of bacteria and lead, and with lower but still potentially harmful amounts of mercury, pesticides and other chemicals. Much will wind up in the soil as the water drains, or in Lake Pontchartrain, hammering its already battered ecosystem.

The total does not count the gasoline from gas stations and the more than 300,000 flooded cars, which was likely to add another 1 million to 2 million gallons. Nor does it count the oil from hundreds of smaller or undiscovered spills. Altogether, 396 calls had come in to the Coast Guard's national oil-spill hotline by Wednesday afternoon.

More than three-quarters of the oil from the Katrina spills had not been recovered by Wednesday, the Coast Guard said.

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I know I've gone over 4 paragraphs but this info is so inportant it should be passed around. and I don't think WWLTV would be upset.

maybe others can post some of this article?

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[blue neen]

1. An absolute ecological disaster.

"The magnitude of the oil spills came into focus with word that laboratories trying to test sediment from newly drained areas were having a problem: There was so much petroleum in the dirt that they couldn't test for anything else."

OMG.

[donsu]

2. kicking because this is important

nt

[Pithy Cherub]

3. It took years to clean up after Exxon

and 180,000 people are going to be invited back how soon? This is an ecological disaster and people have to pay attention to the short term and long term consequences. All of this gunk seeps into the water table. This is an environmental disaster. :(

[donsu]

4. Valdez is not cleaned up - the oil is still there and still killing

you can go on the beaches and dig down to the oil level. it's still there.

[Pithy Cherub]

5. That's is beyond horrible! Now people are being invited

back before the environment is safe. If Exxon is not yet safe, will New Orleans ever be safe in our lifetime? That is so sad beyond words. The wetlands and Gulf Coast need to be repaired on top of an ecological disaster. I weep for the people, the land, and the animals.

[TX-RAT]

6. Other toxins worry me more than oil.

I've had several spills on my place, most seem to clear themselves up within a year. In fact some of the greenest places i have are on old spills. With that said, 2 of the barest spots i have are from saltwater spills, that ground is as dead as it can be.

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