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September 09, 2005

Update: Katrina related oil spills

An update on the oil spill story posted here on September 2.  Looks like combined, the oil spills into the Mississipppi are about 3.7M gallons.  About 1/3 the size of the Exxon Valdez spill.  The environmental impacts are still uncertain. Tracking...(I've been wanting to write that for a while).

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"About 1/3 the size of the Exxon Valdez spill. The environmental impacts are still uncertain."

well if exxon spill is any indicator the impact will be short lived, small, and non-identifiable in 5 years....but enviornmentalists will point to it time and time again...dispite the lack of any permenent damage.

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10,000 dead human beings and we are going to have the same f*****ing oil soaked bird, over and over and over again.

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