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"We've never seen this before"
AP: Giant oil skimmer being tested in Gulf of Mexico
"The Taiwanese vessel dubbed "A Whale," which its owners describe as the largest oil skimmer in the world, began showing its capabilities on Saturday just north of the Macondo Deepwater well site."
"The U.S. Coast Guard, along with BP, are waiting to see if the vessel, which is 10 stories high and as long as 3 1/2 football fields, can live up to its makers' promise of being able to process up to 21 million gallons of oil-fouled water a day."
By some estimates, that'd be about break even... oops, nope, that's just the flow of oil, not the amount of oil fouled water. Can we get a fleet of these things?
WWL: Tulane researchers find evidence of possible oil in Gulf food chain
Blue crabs and their larvae are important in the Gulf food chain, eaten by many other species. Researches found "Orange blobs inside the larvae”. “We've never seen this before. Right now we know that there is a signature of hydrocarbons (in the larvae), so that would suggest that it's oil."
"Grey said the research team found the orange blobs trapped between the infant crabs’ shells and inner skin.
"“We've never seen it before, and I've talked to experts who have been looking at crab larvae for over 40 years and they're like, 'This looks new to us.'""
NY Times: Banned Trailers Return for Latest Gulf Disaster
Toxic FEMA trailers which poisoned Katrina survivors reused to poison oil disaster cleanup workers.
Mississippi Congressman Seeks Justice Department Inquiry on Trailers.
CS Monitor: Gulf oil spill: Will it hit Miami, Fort Lauderdale soon?
"Oil is more likely to keep moving east because of the so-called loop current, NOAA officials said in a report issued Friday. The likelihood of the Gulf oil spill soon hitting the Keys and the southeastern coast of Florida is 80 percent, according to the officials."
"The Taiwanese vessel dubbed "A Whale," which its owners describe as the largest oil skimmer in the world, began showing its capabilities on Saturday just north of the Macondo Deepwater well site."
"The U.S. Coast Guard, along with BP, are waiting to see if the vessel, which is 10 stories high and as long as 3 1/2 football fields, can live up to its makers' promise of being able to process up to 21 million gallons of oil-fouled water a day."
By some estimates, that'd be about break even... oops, nope, that's just the flow of oil, not the amount of oil fouled water. Can we get a fleet of these things?
WWL: Tulane researchers find evidence of possible oil in Gulf food chain
Blue crabs and their larvae are important in the Gulf food chain, eaten by many other species. Researches found "Orange blobs inside the larvae”. “We've never seen this before. Right now we know that there is a signature of hydrocarbons (in the larvae), so that would suggest that it's oil."
"Grey said the research team found the orange blobs trapped between the infant crabs’ shells and inner skin.
"“We've never seen it before, and I've talked to experts who have been looking at crab larvae for over 40 years and they're like, 'This looks new to us.'""
NY Times: Banned Trailers Return for Latest Gulf Disaster
Toxic FEMA trailers which poisoned Katrina survivors reused to poison oil disaster cleanup workers.
Mississippi Congressman Seeks Justice Department Inquiry on Trailers.
CS Monitor: Gulf oil spill: Will it hit Miami, Fort Lauderdale soon?
"Oil is more likely to keep moving east because of the so-called loop current, NOAA officials said in a report issued Friday. The likelihood of the Gulf oil spill soon hitting the Keys and the southeastern coast of Florida is 80 percent, according to the officials."