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Sinking tugboat dumps thousands of gallons of fuel into Alabama river
NY Post ^ | 07/17/2023 | Isabel Keane

Posted on 07/17/2023 11:56:55 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

A tug boat sank in the Tennessee River over the weekend, dumping thousands of gallons of diesel fuel into the water and closing beaches and parks in Alabama.

After the boat sank it began to release somewhere between 3,000 and 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel into the river, police in the northwestern city of Florence said Sunday.

Soon after, diesel fuel began washing up on the shore of the beaches at McFarland Park around 10 a.m. Sunday morning, police said.

Authorities quickly began getting people out of the water, and continue to urge locals to avoid swimming and going on the beaches until further notice.

Resident RJ Gibson, who was swimming nearby Sunday morning, said the smell of fuel was strong and that he could see a shiny rainbow coloration in the river.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Outdoors; Travel
KEYWORDS: fuel; gallons; sinking; tugboat
How in the world is this cleaned up?
1 posted on 07/17/2023 11:56:55 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It will degrade.


2 posted on 07/17/2023 11:57:30 AM PDT by dljordan
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Guess they wrecked too many trains full of toxic chemicals so now it’ll be tugs.


3 posted on 07/17/2023 11:58:55 AM PDT by bgill
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To: ChicagoConservative27

From the inter-web:

How long does it take for diesel to evaporate?

Diesel fuel is most often a light, refined petroleum product. Small diesel spills will usually evaporate and disperse within a day or less. This is particularly true for typical spills from a fishing vessel (500- 5,000 gallons), even in cold water. Thus, seldom is there any oil on the surface for responders to recover.


4 posted on 07/17/2023 11:59:04 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Dawn industrial detergent, emulsifies diesel/oil fuels into water, and the water can be vacuumed up and filter or distill out the petrochemicals. Entire industries specialize in this— and they weren’t created by the freaking EPA.

The emulsified in water petrochemicals can also be tanked and reacted with bacteria which EAT the solvated chemicals.


5 posted on 07/17/2023 12:01:41 PM PDT by John S Mosby (.Sic Semper Tyrannis.)
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To: Magnum44

Interesting——thanks!


6 posted on 07/17/2023 12:02:30 PM PDT by mikelets456
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Microbes that eat hydrocarbons. They exist in nature. Humans can also deploy them.


7 posted on 07/17/2023 12:03:52 PM PDT by waterhill (I Believe!)
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Nature is pretty amazing. That still doesnt make the Earth a god...


8 posted on 07/17/2023 12:05:27 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: John S Mosby

Interesing


9 posted on 07/17/2023 12:07:19 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: dljordan

In the meantime, downwind, the mosquitos probably are vacating the area. A silver lining.


10 posted on 07/17/2023 12:07:43 PM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: Magnum44
Diesel fuel is most often a light, refined petroleum product. Small diesel spills will usually evaporate and disperse within a day or less. This is particularly true for typical spills from a fishing vessel (500- 5,000 gallons), even in cold water.

Thanks for a nice dose of reality... I hate liberal/environmental hysteria bullsh*t posts.

11 posted on 07/17/2023 12:16:17 PM PDT by GOPJ (Budweiser, Maybelline etc pay for ads the LGBQ 'community' hijacks. for their own agenda.)
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So do I, and a bit of reality/rationality from mr 44.


12 posted on 07/17/2023 12:19:03 PM PDT by John S Mosby (.Sic Semper Tyrannis.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

4,000 gallons at $4 per gallon is $16,000. Or if you make 40 mpg a total of 160,000 miles could have been driven.


13 posted on 07/17/2023 12:22:12 PM PDT by alternatives?
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Mean boat to do such a thing.


14 posted on 07/17/2023 12:34:59 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Bounty...The picker upper...


15 posted on 07/17/2023 1:37:33 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: waterhill

that’s the usual for old gas stations.


16 posted on 07/17/2023 1:40:46 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Far better than 12,000lb lithium battery.


17 posted on 07/17/2023 2:19:51 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Where I used to work when we had an oil spill we would put a boom around it and throw oil diapers into the spill. The oil diapers absorb oil but not water and are fished out and disposed of properly. We would do this until we decided the Coast Guard wasn’t going to show up or, if they did show up, we would do it till they left. Then we forgot about it and went on with normal activities.


18 posted on 07/17/2023 4:42:11 PM PDT by suthener ( )
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