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Related: About this forumOil spills into Mississippi River after barges break loose
ALTON A ship struck a barge fleet early Friday on the Mississippi River near Alton, setting off a domino effect that broke more than a dozen barges loose and ruptured a hose that spilled 300 gallons of crude oil.
Lt. Colin Fogarty of the U.S. Coast Guard said the good news is that river traffic was halted for only about an hour Friday as river workers scrambled to round up the wayward barges.
"These things can result in day-long or week-long closures, but the river industry kept it from turning into a larger event," Fogarty said. "It didn't matter what company they worked for. They worked together and gathered those barges and secured them."
In addition, a team from the Coast Guard is inspecting the shoreline and so far has seen no sign that the oil spill is causing problems, Fogarty said. He characterized 300 gallons as a "minor spill."
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Lt. Colin Fogarty of the U.S. Coast Guard said the good news is that river traffic was halted for only about an hour Friday as river workers scrambled to round up the wayward barges.
"These things can result in day-long or week-long closures, but the river industry kept it from turning into a larger event," Fogarty said. "It didn't matter what company they worked for. They worked together and gathered those barges and secured them."
In addition, a team from the Coast Guard is inspecting the shoreline and so far has seen no sign that the oil spill is causing problems, Fogarty said. He characterized 300 gallons as a "minor spill."
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Oil spills into Mississippi River after barges break loose (Original Post)
limpyhobbler
May 2013
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Neoma
(10,039 posts)1. How many fucking oil spills has there been lately!?
Wtf.
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)2. I bet they probably happen all the time
and we just don't hear about them because either they are too small and/or they just aren't reported.
If something like the Mayflower, Ark. spill happened in the middle of Alaska where nobody could see it I doubt a company like Exxon would have any incentive to report it.
stuntcat
(12,022 posts)3. I just searched this:
http://www.livescience.com/9885-faq-science-history-oil-spills.html - "According to the U.S. Department of Energy, 1.3 million gallons (4.9 million liters) of petroleum are spilled into U.S. waters from vessels and pipelines in a typical year. A major oil spill could easily double that amount. "
This wiki page only includes big spills- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oil_spills But there are hundreds more that are too small to make the news.
Wtf
This wiki page only includes big spills- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oil_spills But there are hundreds more that are too small to make the news.
Wtf