Old John Cancels Trip To Oil Rig. Why?
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Crews on Mississippi tackle largest oil spill since Exxon Valdez
The 800-foot tanker Westchester trails a containment boom in the Mississippi River after losing power Tuesday evening and spilling 554,400 gallons of crude oil
November 30, 2000
Web posted at: 11:03 a.m. EST (1603 GMT)
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AP) -- Cleanup crews are working to contain a half-million gallons of crude oil that spilled from a tanker into shellfish beds and bird sanctuaries along the lower Mississippi River south of New Orleans.
The area is about 70 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico and is home to abundant wildlife, including pelicans, shorebirds, crabs, spotted sea trout, and flounder, as well as more than 100,000 wintering waterfowl.
Some were covered with oil from the spill.
"We've observed some impact to some birds, such as white pelicans," said Roland Guidry, a state oil spill coordinator.
The Coast Guard closed shipping lanes on a 26-mile stretch of the river below New Orleans after the 800-foot Westchester lost power and ran aground Tuesday night.
Traffic upriver resumed late Wednesday. The Coast Guard could allow downriver traffic as early as Thursday morning, Capt. Stephen Rochon said.
More than 30 ships and 100 workers were contracted to work at least the next three days in the cleanup and containment effort.
Workers from a nonprofit Delaware corporation were expected to arrive Thursday to help rescue animals that were exposed to the oil.
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When commenting on this event McCain said that anyone that would want oil that bad should just
spill their guts. Or something to that effect
maybe djv can interpret
You bet John new the spill would get to much attention. And since he now has fliped to lets drill from lets not. Because it's now safe. Well he ran the other way.
