Rest easy, Debbie Stabenow is on the job!
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Posted on 07/27/2010 6:32:59 PM PDT by Whenifhow
Edited on 07/27/2010 6:35:26 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
MARSHALL - Governor Granholm has declared a State of Disaster in Calhoun County and the regions affected by the oil spill.
The governor held a press avail at the Calhoun County Emergency Operations Center on Tuesday night, after a scheduled visit to the affected site of the oil spill. She was briefed by local, state, federal, and company officials on the oil spill flowing into the Kalamazoo River.
(Excerpt) Read more at fox17online.com ...
Can I help by collecting and keeping 100’s of barrels?
Her state has been a disaster for years....
A boat crashes into a rig....now this.....And you don’t even considere sabotage???
F’ng Canadians!
Crude Oil Spills into the Kalamazoo River in Michigan - Marshall
http://theintelhub.com/2010/07/27/crude-oil-spills-into-the-kalamazoo-river-in-michigan/
Video
Crude Oil Spills into the Kalamazoo River in Michigan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkhRPAfPXv8&feature=player_embedded
Oil spill update: State of emergency declared as 800,000 gallons of leaked oil begins flowing through Kalamazoo County (scroll down for article)
Kalamazoo Gazette
http://connect.mlive.com/user/rhhall/index.html
Video
Muskrat , Marshall Mi oil spill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jic3w5nz1wc&feature=player_embedded
How do they get those barrels to go around the sharp turns and pumps of the pumping stations?
Oh well, at least it's well named. I grew up in the former State of Michigan.
It Begins… First Oil Rig Relocates From Gulf to Foreign Waters
"As a result of the uncertainties surrounding the offshore drilling moratorium, we are actively seeking international opportunities to keep our rigs fully employed," Dickerson said. "We greatly regret the loss of U.S. jobs that will result from this rig relocation."
Idled Gulf Rigs Head For Africa
It is not just Gulf operations that are being effected either.
Wait and see for Shell {Shell puts Arctic drilling plans on hold, waiting on feds}
Let's not leave the refineries out.
EPA gives final "no" to Texas refinery permits
Then there are the land-based oil leases.
Judge Grills Feds on Pulling Drilling Leases"A federal judge on Wednesday questioned Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's justification for canceling 77 drilling leases sold by the Bush administration around national parks in Utah."
Malfunction causes Michigan oil leak
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/07/27/Malfunction-causes-Michigan-oil-leak/UPI-21551280232170/
BATTLE CREEK, Mich., July 27 (UPI) — Thousands of gallons of crude oil have flowed into a creek leading to the Kalamazoo River in western Michigan, officials of a pipeline company say.
Tom Fridel, general manager of Enbridge Liquids Pipelines in Chicago, said the leak resulted from a malfunction in an underground pipeline, the Battle Creek (Mich.) Enquirer reported Tuesday.
Pipeline pumps were shut down once the leak was detected but not before some 800,000 of gallons of oil spilled.
Calhoun County Sheriff Al Byam said the timing of the spill is especially bad because recent storms have widened the river and caused it to carry the oil more quickly.
Crews worked all day Monday to plug the leak and then turned their attention to cleaning up the oil, WWMT-TV, Kalamazoo, Mich., reported.
Calhoun County Emergency Management said there was no immediate threat to drinking water but it was too soon to determine the spill’s impact on wildlife.
My family just had to move out of Jenny Grandstand’s Sate of Disaster. I had a bumper sticker on the cars that said “Another Michigan Family Blown Away...Thanks Jenny.”
A comparison....Olympic size pool....600,000 gallons...
That makes one situation that wasn’t directly the result of 0baMao’s actions.
...largely because of labor unions and J. Granholm.
Jenny is now Mistress of Disaster
Heck, along the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge to New Orleans, we call that Thursday.
LOL you sound like my son, but I know his freeper name..
Ping me when Michigan burns to the ground.
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