Gas Additive Spill in Houston Harbor
Ship plows into barges in Houston channel, spilling toxic gas additive into bay
A gas tanker has collided with two barges on its way out of the Houston Shipping Channel, spilling potentially tens of thousands of barrels of toxic gasoline additive into the water.
The Genesis River smashed into two barges en route to a container dock off Galveston Bay, capsizing one and severely damaging the other and spilling reformate, a highly-flammable gas additive that is extremely toxic to marine life, into the water. The barges carried around 25,000 barrels of the chemical each, but the amount spilled is unknown, according officials cited by local media.The crash occurred around 3:30 on Friday and a Port of Houston fire boat responded. No one was injured, though residents as far as 40 miles from the coast have reported a strong chemical odor, according to the Emergency Operations Center of Friendswood, a city outside Houston. The shipping channel has been partially closed.
This will of course kill marine life which breaks my heart. The oceans are under so many threats as it is and this will add one more. And the chemical fumes will be smelt by people who live in the area. Will they just smell it or will they be affected by it like the people were when BP was allowed to spray millions of gallons of Corexit after the gulf oil catastrophe? Funny how no one hears anything about that incident anymore. Oh yeah..Trump just rolled back the protections that were put in place after that.
h/t Amanda
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This is just horrible.
How in hell did this happen?! These captains and pilots are trained to the gills.
If the wind blows just so, I might get a chance to learn what reformate smells like.
Marine life took it on the chin. Breaks my heart.
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Predictable and preventable.
But hey, that just created some jobs, right? /s
Modern education is little more than toeing the line for the capitalist pigs.
Guerrilla Liberalism won't liberate the US or the world from the iron fist of capital.
Another step
towards making the Earth as sterile as the Moon. Industrial civilization in action.
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"A species that is hurtling toward extinction has no business promoting slow incremental change." -- Caitlin Johnstone
Who is called Sulva?
We can’t save the world by playing by the rules, because the rules have to be changed.
- Greta Thunberg
The city near the NASA Johnson Space Center
has such a beautiful water front area on the Houston Bay. This screws with the water sports for the affluent. Will anyone notice?
Marilyn
"Make dirt, not war." eyo
Will real estate values go down?
Inquiring minds want to know.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Nope.
Hope I'm wrong tho. Rec'd!!
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
This comes a few months after the disastrous Oil Tank Farm fire
Lots of spillage and chemicals poured into the ship channel.
Also, did you know that there are at least 3 federal toxic wastes sites on the ship channel as well?
I listen to Outdoor Radio in the early morning on Sportchannel 610 in Houston, it is a show that features Fishing Guides up and down the coast and the larger inland lakes and rivers.
Guides stopped allowing clients to keep fish from a 2 mile area at the end of the channel months ago. This am I heard that a similar ban has been imposed on commercial harvesting of Oysters and Shrimp from the same area. The boat ramps all have signs proclaiming "DO NOT EAT THE FISH".
Prof: Nancy! I’m going to Greece!
Nancy: And swim the English Channel?
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Thanks for bringing up the fires
This was listed in the article but I was close to fair use. And thanks for all the additional info you posted about this. It is just so damn wrong that many and lots of chemicals are going into not only Houston harbor, but in many, many other oceans. Notice that we have not heard a word about what's happening with Fukushima nuclear catastrophe.
Also
When the tank farm was going, first they shut down the shipping channel. Then they opened it up for 1 ship at a time. But that ship had to be pressure washed going into and out of the channel.
Imagine a ocean tanker being power washed? Impressive that we can even do that. Ain't your mama's driveway...
Prof: Nancy! I’m going to Greece!
Nancy: And swim the English Channel?
Prof: No. No. To ancient Greece where burning Sapho stood beside the wine dark sea. Wa de do da! Nancy, I’ve invented a time machine!
Firesign Theater
Stop the War!