Oil mat cleanup under way in Orange Beach
Published: Friday, December 03, 2010, 8:10 PM
ORANGE BEACH, Alabama -- City officials were checking out a mat of oily material found this week on the sea floor just off the beach in about 3 feet of water.
The mat was about 600 feet wide and very narrow, Tim Tucker, Orange Beach public works director, said. Tucker said BP crews removed about 8,000 pounds of material today and would be back at work on Saturday. He said he looked at the work today and no oil had reached the beach.
“It wasn’t floating up and it wasn’t washing ashore,” Tucker said. “BP knows exactly where it’s at and they’re working to remove it.”
West said that in the four months since the leak from the Deepwater Horizon well was stopped, some oil has mixed with other substances and become heavier, sinking below the surface.
“This wasn’t unexpected in my opinion,” West said today. “The oil just gets worked into a tar or asphalt as it rolled around, becoming buoyancy neutral or heavy enough to sink.”
From HC CREEKKEEPER,
This Phillip West is a real JERK! Orange Beach needs to get rid of this SOB fast!
Mr. West... "
West said that in the four months since the leak from the Deepwater Horizon well was stopped, some oil has mixed with other substances and become heavier, sinking below the surface.
OTHER SUBSTANCES MY ASS. Why is this Orange Beach official afraid to say the words Corexit or Dispersant?
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| Photo by John L. Wathen |
"“This wasn’t unexpected in my opinion,” West said today. “The oil just gets worked into a tar or asphalt as it rolled around, becoming buoyancy neutral or heavy enough to sink.”
Only a fool would make such a moronic statement.
How could anyone say this was "unexpected" when this material mysteriously disappeared?
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| Photo by John L. Wathen |
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