Spill of tens of thousands of gallons of heavy fuel oil closes Mobile River

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http://blog.al.com/live/2011/09/significant_crude_oil_spill_cl.html


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An unknown amount of oil flowed into the Mobile River, according to Coast Guard officials, who closed the river to all traffic between the Cochrane Africatown USA Bridge and the south end of McDuffie Island. Officials said a large portion of the spill remained on land.

Oil could be seen floating across a broad area of the river's surface by 10 a.m. Containment boom could be seen floating on the river, though oil appeared to be moving past it.

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The asphalt company has a series of containment dikes on its property. Each storage tank is supposed to be surrounded by a dike large enough to capture all of the contents of the tank in the event of a spill. (and had a previous spill)

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[Harmony Blue]

1. Ugh......

the hits keep on coming.

[lonestarnot]

3. No shit.

[uppityperson]

2. Isn't TS number something supposed to be dumping rain here too?

[dgibby]

4. I posted this yesterday,

but it sank like a stone. Couldn't compete with "dategate", I guess, so am giving you a big

K&R because the environment is important to all of us. Thanks for posting.