[texbirds] Re: TEXAS CITY DIKE CLOSED(?) DUE TO BARGE COLLISION
- From: Stenmead@xxxxxxx
- To: hondashop@xxxxxxxxxxx, josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 12:13:48 -0400 (EDT)
Thanks so much David! For those that do not read to the end. The number
to call if you encounter oiled birds or wildlife is 888-384-2000.
Stennie Meadours
San Leon
In a message dated 3/23/2014 11:03:36 A.M. Central Daylight Time, ho
ndashop@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
http://www.galvestondailynews.com/free/article_6340123e-b1fc-11e3-987d-0017a
43b2370.html
Here is the link from the Galveston Daily News report on the spill, which
states 160,000 gallons of thick, hard to clean-up crude has been leaked
into the bay. Not good.
David Stekoll in Austin
> Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 18:52:26 -0500
> Subject: [texbirds] Re: TEXAS CITY DIKE CLOSED(?) DUE TO BARGE COLLISION
> From: josephkennedy36@xxxxxxxxx
> To: Stenmead@xxxxxxx
> CC: mirampellerin@xxxxxxx; texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> There is oil leaking including hydrogen cyanide which sent some fishermen
> to the hospital. Very large barge but they said that the oil is a thin
> skin. But the dike is closed and with little winds there can be gas
> anywhere and when the front starts to arrive there could be gas on
bolivar
> so check weather etc.
> The barge is sunk so 1,000,000 gallons will need to be offloaded etc and
> that can be hard to do with a leaky vessel as sparks can occur at anytime
> when things bang together. Purportedly only one tank was hit. The usual
> iphone pictures were taken of the crash but they missed the crash end of
> the barge and only had the unhit end in the frame.
>
> The barge appears to be closer to Bolivar and the dike and is sunk but
> parts are above the water.
>
> It happened at noon and very little on the evening news. When the front
> arrives, the wind etc will push everything toward pelican island and then
> out the channel as the current will go out with the wind.
>
> If you were at the end of the dike, you can see a little space between
the
> sunken barge and the tip of Bolivar. It happened at 12:30 but not much
news
> due to the weekend.
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 6:14 PM, <Stenmead@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > It was very foggy this morning, and I left the house at about 9am and
could
> > not have seen it with the fog. But will check on it in the morning, too
> > foggy now. There are Oystercatchers nesting just north of the dike,
sure
> > hope it did not reach them, or any wildlife for that matter.
> >
> > Stennie Meadours
> > San Leon
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 3/22/2014 6:08:48 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> > mirampellerin@xxxxxxx writes:
> > Just now watching T V news when I saw information about the closing of
the
> > TC Dike because of leaked fuel from a collision of a barge and a
tanker in
> > the AM fog. They did not mention when it is expected to open again.
> >
> > Mira M. Pellerin
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> Joseph C. Kennedy
> on Buffalo Bayou in West Houston
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