Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

China's largest reported oil spill

The beach I walk to (look at last blog post) was hit with the oil from the pipe that burst only a few miles away from our home. We have neighbors who were driving in the area and saw the fire, they said it was really scary. The flames were up to 10 feet high.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38337393/ns/world_news-world_environment

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xtracts from one of today's news reports:
....a pipeline explosion caused the oil spill that spread across more than 183 square kilometers (70 square miles) of sea.