Spill comes at 'worst time' for wildlife in Galveston Bay

[TexasTowelie]

GALVESTON - Salvage vessels Sunday finished pumping about 750,000 gallons of heavy marine fuel oil from a partially sunken barge that leaked thousands of gallons of thick oozing sludge into Galveston Bay after a collision with a tanker.

Oil from the damaged barge spread as far 12 miles into Galveston Bay as wind and choppy water made containing the spill impossible, U.S. Coast Guard officials said.

A Unified Command of response agencies headed by the Coast Guard said last night in a statement that 168,000 gallons had spilled into the Houston Ship Channel. Twenty-four vessels spent the day skimming oil and 69,000 feet of containment boom had been used to limit the oil's spread.

But changing current, winds and weather conditions forced officials to extend containment and recovery plans further into the Gulf of Mexico and south along Galveston Island.

More at http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Spill-comes-at-worst-time-for-wildlife-in-5342986.php?cmpid=hpfc .

[Voice for Peace]

1. I think a smart strategy now is to tie the Republicans and Koch Brothers to all the spills

and how they choose profit over safety, etc.

People from all walks of life hate an oil spill in their creek
or backyard.. hunters, fishermen, environmentalists too.

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2. there is never a good time

for this . Never. It is killing our planet and all we can do it watch.

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3. Wait till Bitumen get going big

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Texas-City-dike-closed-after-barge-and-ship-5341213.php#/0

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4. The spring migration for birds has begun.

The Texas coast is a big stop over for birds migrating from Mexico and South America. They are tired after flying over the Gulf and stop to rest and feed. This doesn't even include marine life who will be tragically affected.

I see the buoys being used, like the ones used during the BP oil disaster, and know they don't do much good. It sickens me to think about how humans are destroying our only home.