MASSIVE OIL SPILL OFF CALIFORNIA COAST COULD BECOME ECOLOGICAL DISASTER

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A major oil spill off the California coast has caused dead birds, fish and oil to wash up on Huntington Beach, officials say

Oil washed ashore in Huntington Beach, California.

(CNN)A swath of the Southern California coastline is now covered with oil after 3,000 barrels' worth gushed into the Pacific Ocean this weekend, officials said.
The spill -- equal to about 126,000 gallons of post-production crude -- is a "potential ecological disaster," Huntington Beach Mayor Kim Carr said Saturday.

By Sunday morning, "We've started to find dead birds & fish washing up on the shore," Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley tweeted.




Foley said the leak was about 5 miles off the coast of Huntington Beach.

As of Sunday morning, "the leak has not been completely stopped," the city of Huntington Beach said in a press release. It said preliminary patching has been completed to repair the oil spill site, and additional repair efforts will be attempted.
"Currently, the oil slick plume measures an estimated 5.8 nautical miles long, and runs from the Huntington Beach Pier down into Newport Beach," the press release said.

Carr said information from the US Coast Guard indicates the spill may be the result of an oil release from an offshore oil production operation near Huntington Beach.

The exact cause of the spill has not been determined and the owner of the pipeline is unknown, city officials said. They said the Coast Guard is investigating.

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California oil spill: Dead birds and fish wash up on Huntington Beach, officials say - CNN

 

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And you see why mother nature is mad

 

[Dirtylakerie]

And you see why mother nature is mad

Damn right!

 

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Humans....

 

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[World B Free]

They never learn.....

 

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So the residents will be compensated right?

 

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Humans....

Oil industry.... they give no fucks..... only the $$$


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US coast guard says California oil pipeline may have been damaged a year before spill

A California underwater pipeline may have been damaged for up to a year before the devastating oil spill that closed some of the state’s famous beaches.

Coast Guard investigators say that after a first strike it is possible that other ships’ anchors may also have struck the pipeline that brings oil onshore.

A large section of the pipeline off Huntington Beach, south of Los Angeles, was found to have been hit and dragged along the seabed from its original location.


Officials say they do not know when the 13-inch crack in the pipe began leaking oil and they have not yet identified any particular cargo ship as the main suspect.

“We’re going to be looking at every vessel movement over that pipeline, and every close encroachment from the anchorages for the entire course of the year,” said Coast Guard Captain Jason Neubauer, chief of the office of investigations and analysis.

The pipeline is situated outside the Long Beach-Los Angeles port, which is the biggest in the country and handles 4,000 cargo ships a year from around the world.

Captain Neubauer said investigators were narrowing their search to ships large enough to move a 4,000ft section of pipeline.

Officials believe that the initial anchor strike took place after a survey of the pipeline a year ago when it was still in its original location.

The crack in the pipeline , which was built in 1980, suggests that it had withstood an initial impact but had become weaker over time and more likely to fail, said Ramanan Krishnamoorti, a petroleum engineering professor at the University of Houston.

The Coast Guars estimates that between 25,000 gallons and 132,000 gallons of oil spilled in the incident, which has seen 10 birds die as a result, and 25 more treated.

Graeme Massie
Sat, October 9, 2021, 2:23 PM·2 min read


A California underwater pipeline may have been damaged for up to a year before the devastating oil spill that closed some of the state’s famous beaches.
Coast Guard investigators say that after a first strike it is possible that other ships’ anchors may also have struck the pipeline that brings oil onshore.
A large section of the pipeline off Huntington Beach, south of Los Angeles, was found to have been hit and dragged along the seabed from its original location.

Officials say they do not know when the 13-inch crack in the pipe began leaking oil and they have not yet identified any particular cargo ship as the main suspect.
“We’re going to be looking at every vessel movement over that pipeline, and every close encroachment from the anchorages for the entire course of the year,” said Coast Guard Captain Jason Neubauer, chief of the office of investigations and analysis.
The pipeline is situated outside the Long Beach-Los Angeles port, which is the biggest in the country and handles 4,000 cargo ships a year from around the world.
Captain Neubauer said investigators were narrowing their search to ships large enough to move a 4,000ft section of pipeline.

Oil floats on the water surface after an oil spill in Huntington Beach (Copyright 2021 Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
Officials believe that the initial anchor strike took place after a survey of the pipeline a year ago when it was still in its original location.
The crack in the pipeline , which was built in 1980, suggests that it had withstood an initial impact but had become weaker over time and more likely to fail, said Ramanan Krishnamoorti, a petroleum engineering professor at the University of Houston.
The Coast Guars estimates that between 25,000 gallons and 132,000 gallons of oil spilled in the incident, which has seen 10 birds die as a result, and 25 more treated.

This aerial picture taken on October 4, 2021 shows environmental response crews cleaning up oil that flowed near the Talbert marsh and Santa Ana River mouth, creating a sheen on the water after an oil spill in the Pacific Ocean in Huntington Beach, California. (AFP via Getty Images)More
Although some of the beaches in Orange County have now reopened the public is still not allowed back in the ocean.
At least 17 incidents of oil pipelines being hit by anchor strikes have taken place since 1986, according to the Associated Press.

US coast guard says California oil pipeline may have been damaged a year before spill (yahoo.com)

 

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Watch these fucking Jews use this as an excuse to tank the stock market again Monday. Every fucking week under this piece of shit. The Wall street criminals always make some type of major headline to justify tanking the market. First is was a giant ship stuck in the suez canal. Then they say some chinese real estate company is bankrupt so the entire world economy just tank. Now this. Fuck Biden

 

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They never learn.....

They never will....