Oil Spill in Texas

[Texasgal]

Update (AP) — Officials say all of the remaining oil has been taken out of the damaged barge and it is being moved out of the Houston Ship Channel.
The barge collided with a ship Saturday and a 168,000-gallon tank started leaking.

Coast Guard port captain Brian Penoyer said at a news conference Sunday that oil residue has been spotted as far as 12 miles out into the Gulf of Mexico.

Penoyer called it "a significant spill." Officials also said there have been some reports of affected wildlife but didn't specify.

- See more at: http://austin.twcnews.com/content/news/298262/oil-spill-cleanup-impedes-major-texas-ship-channel#sthash.LKeLwhX7.dpuf

[TBF]

1. There is a good story

In the local Galveston paper. I haven't figured out how to open multiple windows on my phone but I'll come back to this when I'm on the desktop.

One of the big concerns is the bird sanctuary on Bolivar -it is an open area attracting hundreds of species this time of year. Bird watchers are concerned about oil flowing in that direction.

[Texasgal]

2. This is bird migratory season.

UGH! This sucks! I hope they get this cleaned up!

Just saw that 3 cruise ships are being delayed getting into port because of the spill. Can you imagine?

[TBF]

5. Local sources --

The area is home to popular bird habitats, especially during the approaching migratory shorebird season.

Officials said they had scattered reports of wildlife damage but no specifics. Some black tar-like globs, along with a dark line of a sticky, oily substance, could be detected along the shoreline of the Texas City dike, a 5-mile-long jetty that juts into Galveston Bay across from a tip of Galveston Island.

"That is the consistency of what the cargo looks like," Jim Guidry, executive vice president of Houston-based Kirby Inland Marine Corp., the nation's largest inland barge company and owner of the barge, said when the substance was described to him at a news conference. "We're very concerned. We're focused on cleaning up," he said.

http://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/Crews-mopping-up-oil-spill-in-Texas-Galveston-Bay-5341716.php

Local Galveston Paper has stories as well: http://www.galvestondailynews.com/news_ap/nation/article_1c2dc82d-d000-5ea7-b4c8-5b6e315d3c50.html

[Texasgal]

6. Dammit!

I am so upset about this!

[Faryn Balyncd]

3. This is a very significant spill of dirty, heavy crude in a sensitive bay.

[Texasgal]

4. Yes it is.

Most don't give a shit. This in Texas after all.

[Cha]

7. K&R

[Texasgal]

8. Thank you!

We need this story to get more coverage

[Cha]

9. Thank you, Txgal.. totally agree!