SFist: Oil Spill Damage Is, Well, Damaging

lydia the tattooed lady

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:46:07 -0800

can we also start a sweater project like the Penguin Jumpers Project? the wool absorbs the oil while keeping the bird warm. http://www.tct.org.au/jumper.htm

mariconsoy

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:53:14 -0800

Good idea ChinaNob. Too much lead and GHB coming in from China anyway.

ChinaNob

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:22:47 -0800

How until the lefties start organizing to have shipping traffic banned from the Golden Gate?

TeamAwesome

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:34:52 -0800

Hey Brock, I just found these great links to how to get involved. Like Leanne said they dont appear to be taking volunteers right now, but I suspect that this is just becaue they are working on containment of the oil first before a major animal resuce opperation is organized. Check out these links though... http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/owcn/ http://www.uscgsanfrancisco.com/go/doc/823/181690/ http://www.dfg.ca.gov/ospr/news/2007nr/2007nr.html Hope this helps! http://www.uscgsanfrancisco.com/go/doc/823/181679/

suckafree

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:13:20 -0800

would it be too much to require container ships to have double hulls like the oil tankers do? channel 2 just said 3 birds have been found dead and 3 rescued up near tiburon

wsanders

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:10:50 -0800

According to Channel 4, some progress is being made: http://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=7325276 But a little goes a long way. Spill diesel fuel in water, and just a few drops will make a sheen a couple hundred feet in diameter.

Leanne

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:48:31 -0800

I just left this below: 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.

suckafree

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:46:38 -0800

there's a coast guard cutter cruising back and forth between the bay bridge abutment and the anchored tanker out in the bay, almost like they are treating it like a crime scene, which is the only positive thing i can think of right now. this is so fucking lame!