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Is it oil?
updated: Jun 30, 2012, 2:20 PM
By Edhat Subscriber
I saw this in the harbor this morning. Is it from an oil spill?
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COMMENT 292967
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2012-06-30 02:40 PM |
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the water here looks just like the water around the edges of the bird refuge right now.... water quality in these areas are clearly telling.
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COMMENT 292968
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2012-06-30 02:40 PM |
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Nope. That's just normal oil from the boats in the harbor and sediment rising to the top and staying there due to tidal fluctuation. It's pretty normal, particularly during summer when it's hotter and there is less breeze over the top of the water. Not to say it's not gross or an eco-burden. But it's not dangerous or from a spill.
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COMMENT 293013P
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2012-06-30 06:53 PM |
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Agreed, it's just gunk; doesn't look like oil to me. But as for the Bird Refuge, I just drove by there along Cabrillo and did not smell the rotting scent, although the water was brown.
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COMMENT 293025
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2012-06-30 07:18 PM |
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Do people living on boats at the harbor go overboard instead of going to the loo?
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COMMENT 293026
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2012-06-30 07:19 PM |
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Just your typical generic pollution. Nothing to hang on the usual suspects, except it's definitely from human activity. I know.... duh, huh?
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INQUIRING MIND
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2012-07-01 07:17 AM |
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025 the people who live aboard or use the harbor regularly generally don't pollute. Not to say that there may not be some bad characters occasionally, but our harbor has tested pretty clean from the reports that I've heard. Also, nature is pretty kind and flushes it regulary with the tides.
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COMMENT 293129
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2012-07-01 10:27 AM |
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I believe any boat with toilet facilities onboard and a septic storage tank must place a dye pack into the tank and any discharge (totally illegal) in the harbor will discolor the water making it easy to spot an offender followed by a very expensive citation!
The light film or sheen shown in the photo is just processed oil that flushes out of water cooled engines operating in the harbor. Oil spill scum is brown and much thicker and easily spotted.
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COMMENT 293147
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2012-07-01 11:18 AM |
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What a shame. A lost opportunity to bash evil corporations. Drown that sorrow with a Summer Blonde at the harbor.
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COMMENT 293205
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2012-07-01 04:58 PM |
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Sometimes I think I belong to a different species.
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COMMENT 293234
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2012-07-01 07:27 PM |
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There are socialist nanny-state blame the corporations and stick it to the Man species. AKA: The victim species. The blamer species. And there are the live with your own choices and take the consequences of their own decisions, who thoughtfully make those very same choices for themselves and others species. AKA: The personal responsibility species. Really not more than just those two.
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