OOO That Smell....

Basically, if you do the math...10,000 barrels is approximately 400,000 gallons of No. 6 fuel oil, ready to ignite. Not to mention mixing in the Mississippi forming a gumbo of harm to the environment.
A 29-mile stretch of the Mississippi River could remain closed for days after a tanker collided with a barge being pulled by a tugboat, slicing the barge in half and causing hundreds of thousands of gallons of heavy fuel oil to spill into the waterway.
So, thats what is going on... for a minute, I thought it was the fleets of road repair warriors slappin' (and I use that term loosely) tar and oil and all the makings of asphalt who were to blame for noxious odor. The Irish Channel has been over run with them for brief spurts of time now going on 2 months. We have new curbs and totally destroyed (worse than they were) streets. Supposedly, this "One" project will eventually restore all roads to a smooth condition as well as update the seweRage system.
For now, no one seems to really be using the curbs.....

If you are any where with in 10 blocks of the river you are inhaling it.

"State Department of Environmental Quality officials warned the unrefined, tar-like # 6 fuel oil is so thick that it could sink, complicating the cleanup efforts. Therefore, the fuel oil won't simply evaporate off the surface, which means workers will try to remove it before it starts to sink.

"This is not our first rodeo; we've seen spills before," said Roland Guidry of the Oil Spill Coordinator's Office."

Thanks Mr. Guidry, for the vote of confidence in your office's efforts.
I would like to know how the companies involved in the accident will be accountable for their actions in destroying the air I breathe.

I am thankful the rain came to wash some out of the air but the sooner I get to New Mexico, the sooner I can detox.