[Leica] IMG: Miss River Oil Spill in New Orleans

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)]

Chris,

It seems to get plenty of attention here in Texas, and I see it mentioned on 
ABC quite often.

Gene

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From: "Chris Williams" <leicachris@worldnet.att.net>
>
> Does not seem like it's getting allot of national attention, but on 
> Wednesday 
> morning an oil tanker hit a tugboat pushing a barge full of industrial oil 
> down 
> the Miss River just west of the Miss River Bridge in New Orleans. 9,000 
> barrels 
> went into the river, 400,000 gallons of industrial oil(like diesel) 
> spilled into 
> the river. This is one of the worst spills on the Miss River.
> 
> Saturday night at a wedding I was able to be high enough to still view the 
> oil 
> slick on the river. At that time only 10% of the oil had be contained. The 
> sunken barge is located where the bright lights underneath the bridge are 
> in 
> these images. There are some reflections in the images due to shooting 
> through a 
> very dark tinted window, but the spill is very noticeable still.
> 
> http://www.zoeicaimages.com/OilSpill2008
> 
> D3, 2500iso
> 
> While the Coast Guard is once again doing a bang up job, it seems others 
> are 
> only concerned about the loss of revenue with having to shut down the 
> river for 
> a few days. Very little is being discussed on the news about environmental 
> impacts as the spill moves into the wetlands along Louisiana's coast. It 
> seems 
> very surprising to me whenever oil drilling is discussed nationally that a 
> spill 
> always seems to follow.
> 
> Chris
> NOLA
> 
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