November 8, 2007
Ew: 58,000 Gallons of Spilled Fuel Close SF Beaches
After yesterday's fog-induced Cosco Busan/Bay Bridge crash -- resulting in 58,000 gallons of fuel and 8,000 gallons of "heavy-duty bunker fuel oil" spilling into the Bay -- Baker Beach, Crissy Field, China Beach, Kirby Cove, and Fort Point beaches (or "beaches" to some of you purists out there) have been closed.
Large blobby slicks as big as 50 yards long and 20 yards wide have been spotted off Tiburon and near Mill Valley's Bayfront Park. And oil was found just off the Embarcadero yesterday. The Chronicle reports that "[r]epresentatives from 13 agencies are meeting at Fort Mason this morning to discuss the next steps...the Coast Guard launched at first light today to check for sheen in the water and to track the flow of oil."
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there's some new horrible pictures of the spill and first of many marine casualties to come on sfgate:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2007/11/08/BAD8T8PLU.DTL&o=4
makes me want to never drive or buy something from korea again
FYI, I hear parts of the spill have now spread as far south as Fort Funston.
This makes me so sad. Does anyone know of a place where people like me can volunteer to help clean up this terrible fiasco? If so PLEASE send it this way!
i asked the chronicle writer that to teama. he said so far they have not asked for any help from the public but would let me know. i'll let you know if gets back to me.
Check out the UC Davis Oiled Wildlife Care Network site periodically over the next few days. They don't need volunteers right now, but it could change.
There's also Marine Mammal in Sausalito.