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Spill closes S.F. beaches; oil washes up on Marin Headlands
SF Gate ^
| Thursday, November 8, 2007
| Jonathan Curiel, Peter Fimrite, Jane Kay, Chronicle Staff Writers
Posted on 11/08/2007 1:25:35 PM PST by Doomonyou
Spill closes S.F. beaches; oil washes up on Marin Headlands
Jonathan Curiel, Peter Fimrite, Jane Kay, Chronicle Staff Writers
Thursday, November 8, 2007
(11-08) 13:00 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- Heavy-duty bunker fuel oil from the 58,000 gallons that spilled from a container ship when it rammed the Bay Bridge has washed up on several San Francisco beaches and the Marin Headlands, officials said today.
Some 8,000 gallons of oil have been contained since Wednesday's accident, U.S. Coast Guard Capt. William Uberti said this morning. Large patches are still floating in the bay. Dozens of birds coated in the oil have been rescued from beaches stretching as far north as Stinson Beach. A handful have died.
Some officials say they expect the beach pollution to worsen early this afternoon as the tide rushes out of the Golden Gate. Along Rodeo Beach in the Marin Headlands, National Park Service ranger Robert Del Secco kept visitors away from the beach, which is covered in dark clumps of oil.
"This is nothing. What's around the corner at Point Bonita is the bulk (of the spill)," he said. "There are slicks all along the coast. I anticipate as the tide goes out it is going to hit beaches along the North Coast (on ocean side)."
Oil began leaking into the water after the 65,131-ton Cosco Busan, an 810-foot-long container ship, crashed into the base of a tower of the Bay Bridge's western span in heavy fog at about 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.
It was the first time in memory that an oceangoing ship had run into the bridge, which did not suffer major damage.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: oil; oilspill; sf
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The Chicoms did it to us again.
First reports yesterday was 140 gallons.
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posted on
11/08/2007 1:25:36 PM PST
by
Doomonyou
To: Doomonyou
How long before this becomes “Bush’s Fault” among the locals?
Too bad about the spill, in any event.
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posted on
11/08/2007 1:26:33 PM PST
by
pogo101
To: pogo101
How long before this becomes Bushs Fault among the locals?Soon, no doubt. If Bush made us all drive electric cars, this wouldn't have happened.
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posted on
11/08/2007 1:29:06 PM PST
by
Doomonyou
(Let them eat lead.)
To: pogo101
Spill closes S.F. beaches; oil washes up on Marin Headlands Well, they'd have a hard time blaming it on any Navy ships.
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posted on
11/08/2007 1:29:15 PM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: pogo101
“Dozens of birds coated in the oil have been rescued from beaches stretching as far north as Stinson Beach. A handful have died.”
PETA is lining up the wrongful death attorneys.
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posted on
11/08/2007 1:29:34 PM PST
by
Brilliant
To: Doomonyou
OOPS.
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posted on
11/08/2007 1:30:43 PM PST
by
Doomonyou
(Let them eat lead.)
To: Puppage
Well, they'd have a hard time blaming it on any Navy ships.Give 'em a chance, they'll find an angle........
To: Doomonyou
At the International Bird Rescue Research Center in Fairfield, "we get them warm, we get them rehydrated and we get the oil off of them.So it is true that "The oily bird gets the warm."
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posted on
11/08/2007 1:31:31 PM PST
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Doomonyou
San Fran will fight this scourage with it’s standard weaponry, a call for more gun control.
To: DuncanWaring
So it is true that "The oily bird gets the warm." Bravo. Masterful. Brilliant. You, sir, get a cookie.
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posted on
11/08/2007 1:33:10 PM PST
by
Doomonyou
(Let them eat lead.)
To: Doomonyou
Has Code Pink showed up yet?
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
San Fran will fight this scourage with its standard weaponry, a call for more gun control. Or just go to a bath house.
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posted on
11/08/2007 1:34:17 PM PST
by
Doomonyou
(Let them eat lead.)
To: doorgunner69
Give 'em a chance, they'll find an angle........LOL. That's what I am afraid of.
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posted on
11/08/2007 1:35:28 PM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: Doomonyou; Allegra; carlr; wallcrawlr; Tatze; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie; Larry Lucido; Diplomat; ..
Simple solution, campers...
Just close down the Port of San Francisco for good.
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posted on
11/08/2007 1:36:11 PM PST
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: Slapshot68
Unnngh...
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posted on
11/08/2007 1:36:59 PM PST
by
Doomonyou
(Let them eat lead.)
To: Doomonyou
“Heavy fog” no doubt due to global warming. /s
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posted on
11/08/2007 1:37:06 PM PST
by
Berlin_Freeper
(ETERNAL SHAME on the Treasonous and Immoral Democrats!)
To: Doomonyou
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posted on
11/08/2007 1:40:26 PM PST
by
Stonewall Jackson
(The Hunt for FRed November. 11/04/08)
To: DuncanWaring
So it is true that "The oily bird gets the warm."
Nice! :)
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posted on
11/08/2007 1:41:33 PM PST
by
Son Of The Godfather
("You're it!"... Get it?... It's a "tag" line. :))
To: DuncanWaring; mikrofon; Charles Henrickson
So it is true that "The oily bird gets the warm." ** golf clap **
To: martin_fierro
Hey MF, why don’t you jump on your bike and check it out?? >:-}
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posted on
11/08/2007 2:05:21 PM PST
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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