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Re: A Day at Oil Beach

rene — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:52:58 -0000

Thanks eddie. Your video showed more globs than the video at sfgate. I hope you washed your hands! according to the MSDS on Bunker Fuel, that stuff causes cancer.

Re: A Day at Oil Beach

Sarah — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:25:35 -0000

Wow, this is terrible, heartbreaking and unsettling. Like some grotesque thing just vomited onto an otherwise lovely beach. I wish I were there to help. Great citizen reporting, though, Eddie.

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violet blue — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:47:43 -0000

amazing video. ever since I was a kid, seasonally jellyfish wash themselves up on the beaches here in some sort of mass lemming thing -- but those are always like in the hundreds and they're really tiny (clear or purple, and they have a 'jellyfish smell'). they're like maybe the size of sand dollars. but I've never, *ever* seen ones on the beach that big. it's shocking. I'm guessing the oil got 'em. this is so fucked up.

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jay dedman — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:35:38 -0000

jesus, this makes me so angry.
turns out it was the ship's first voyage with a new crew.
This wouldnt be a problem if they were simply honest when they wrecked and started leaking oil. Cleanup could have occurred sooner. Instead they've only cleaned 10,000 gallons of the 50,000 gallons spilled. The rest is as you found it...everywhere.

A good lesson why we need clean energy now.

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willotoons — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:50:30 -0000

aww... so sad. :(

thank you for taking this. i had no idea it would be affecting ocean beach too! ug. sooo horrible.

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Oscar — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 02:33:04 -0000

Thanks for the video, what a shame. I've been hearing about people threatened with arrest for helping to clean up the spill. Public safety is great, but threats may not be the best way to pursue it.

All the more reason for all of us to keep our cameras close at hand as much as possible. And all the more reason to get out of the oil game as soon as possible.

-Oscar

Re: A Day at Oil Beach

Steve Woolf — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:54:13 -0000

ugh, how disgusting and sad and enraging. thank you for taking this video and putting it up so we can all get a firsthand account of what's going on with even the most lightly affected beaches in the bay area.