50,000 Gallons of Oil Spills on Los Angeles Street

ABC ^

[sunmars]

The Los Angeles Fire Department reports a ruptured oil pipe near Glendale has spilled about 50,000 gallons of crude oil onto streets.

According to a Fire Department release, the leak from a 20-inch pipe was reported around 12:15 a.m. and the oil line was remotely shut off. No injuries were reported.

Oil spilled over approximately half a mile and is knee high in some areas. A handful of commercial businesses are affected.

[sunmars]

Thats a whole lot of mess...crude oil no less......not gonna be a pretty clean up.

[ImNotLying]

Hope it makes its way down to Beverly Hills.

[servo1969]

Oh, I wish something like this could happen in Berkley.

[Sacajaweau]

Probably not as bad as we think because it is a cohesive blob. A big straw and sand will take care of it.

[Sacajaweau]

50,000 gallons?? Hmmm...Is that some kind of guess?? Or is the government just setting someone up for a huge fine??

[Sacajaweau]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2629202/50-000-gallons-crude-oil-spills-streets-Los-Angeles-following-oil-pipe-burst.html

[defconw]

Line broke near a strip club! I know there is something funny in there, but it’s to early for me to think of it.

[Popman]

Reason # 5678346 for liberals not to build the Keystone pipeline...

5...4...3...2...1....Jay Carney....spokesclown...

[Sacajaweau]

Better than girl mud wrestling??

This was an above ground pipe. No one noticed?? Seems like an exaggerated amount.

[Sacajaweau]

Yeh....we can all see that coming. They ignore the derailments.

[defconw]

It probably is exaggerated. Where are the pictures? Like the mud wrestling idea, but you men might want to find out if the “girls” are really girls. Never know these days.

[eartick]

Just the facts, maam..

No, these companies have to report to EPA within a very short window an estimate for RCRA reporting of the estimated spill. Kind of a check box estimate and looking at flow rates and time to secure the line.

Number could go up or down.

[VanShuyten]

How much crude is carried in one railway tank car?

[bert]

< 50,000 gallons

[CMailBag]

My GUESS is about 30,000 gallons.

[DaveA37]

Only in California.........pipe “ruptures” at 12:15 AM (note time).same pipe has been running for years without a problem. Suddenly in a big time liberal area, said pipe “ruptures” on its own right where it would/could do the most damage and get the most attention.

IMO, that was NO ACCIDENT.

[Mouton]

Note, the use of gallons, not barrels.

If it is heavy crude, just spread it over the road like tar and fill in the pot holes.

[2nd Amendment]

Will this slow down carjacking? . . gang violence?

[alfa6]

The rail cars that I deal with at my job are about 22,000 gallon capacity.

That assumes that they are filled to the top of the hatch.

Regards

alfa6 ;>}