BREAKING NEWS: 100-Mile Long Oil Slick Spotted Off Louisiana Coast, Stuart H. Smith Esq., March 19, 2011 at 7:08 pm EDT:
A large oil slick – 12-miles wide by 100-miles long – was spotted yesterday off Grand Isle, Louisiana, by pilot Bonny Schumaker, who heads up the California-based environmental nonprofit “On Wings of Care.” Ms. Schumaker confirmed that the slick is rapidly expanding...
New Orleans photographer Jerry Moran, who was flying with Schumaker, filed aerial photos. ...
Ms. Schumaker observed the slick roughly 25 miles from where BP’s Macondo well spewed more than 200 million gallons of crude into the Gulf last year.
There are already allegations that the Coast Guard and other authorities are busy trying to cover up the spill, so stay tuned.
See photos here.
Regarding the allegations that the Coast Guard and other authorities are busy trying to cover up the spill:
Spill reported off Grand Isle, Houma Today, March 20, 2011 at 7:01 am EDT:
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Officials confirmed there is a 5-mile wide spill of some substance in the Gulf, but they have not determined what it is. The substance will not be identified until this morning, as a patrol boat was still en route to the scene at 9 p.m., Coast Guard Petty Officer Casey Ranel said Saturday night.
The National Response Center first received a report of oil at 9:34 a.m. Saturday. ...
“They were doing some dredging at the mouth of the river, so it could be some silt or dredging material,” [Grand Isle Fire Chief Aubrey] Chiasson said. ...
The Coast Guard would have gotten to the supposed spill earlier, but they were called to a search and rescue case, officials said. ...
Imagine, all the corexit they’ve been using to keep the still leaking Macando well Hidden from the Public? Really, and they have not even sent samples “ from the dolphin cases” to any labs yet. It is time for a Private firm to investigate the government and summon them to court.
OH, and Sample that Sucker before they LIE.
Check out the story and look at the photos, they are clearly from 2010. You people are dumb asses
And how do you figure that, Mr. Beck?
The story is new, the photos are new.. Why would anyone waste their time trying to discredit this site when the story is all over the net already???
Clearly from 2010?? How so?
The "real truth"..must have been huffing corexit...
damn this oil slick is realy big, another disaster for natural environment.
http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?subset=AERONET_Stennis.2011079.terra.1km.jpg
Look carefully in the water....the plume is clearly visible ...looks to be coming from the DWH area doesn't it?
..and look at the corexit releases along the shorelines.
This is a tremendous amount of oil..
and it didnt start a few days ago......
I find it curious that there is no dates on the photos nor is anyone else reporting on this. This is the only site..Search Engines can be your friend. Spreading disinformation like this should be discouraged. Shame on You
excerpts:
The incident comes at a time when the oil and gas industry is trying to convince regulators, politicians and the public that it can avoid a repeat of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, which was the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, and should be allowed to resume drilling in the Gulf of Mexico’s deep waters.
after oil companies were able to comply with more stringent safety guidelines and show that they could contain and clean up any spill.
"Well someone Blew it "
COULD THIS BE WHY THE C G is slow to find what it was and the source ?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704461304576216990580681406.html
BUT:
Houston company accepts responsibility for oil spill off Louisiana
Published: Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Anglo-Suisse also accepted responsibility for cleanup, even though the statement also said company officials were surprised by the Coast Guard's "suggestion" because the well is "non-producing
In three reports to the Coast Guard since Friday, the company had reported that less than 5 gallons of crude had escaped. But state Wildlife and Fisheries agents traced the oil to the Anglo-Suisse well at its Platform E facility on Monday afternoon and found a crew on a boat trying to close in the well with a remotely operated submarine.
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2011/03/houston_company_accepts_respon.html#cmpid=v2mode_be_smoref_face
Any update on if the substance was oil or not? Seems like the spill hasn't been first priority for Coast Officials-why is that?
Dematic Conveyor
Yes it turned out to be oil all right !
New Orleans photographer Jerry Moran, who was flying with Schumakes. The company had reported that less than 5 gallons of crude had escaped.