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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:58 PM Original message |
Have any large naturally-occurring oil leakage events happened? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. Good question, I don't know. |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. What happened in 1979 to clean up that mess.. the leak that spewed for 9 mos. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. People cleaned up what they could, and let nature handle the rest |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. The Mexican way |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. If it's on fire, let it burn |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. I assume that it must have happened - Slow leaks happen a lot |
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mattvermont (428 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. Le brea tar pits? |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. I don't know how large they are but ... |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. Probably not |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. You've never been to Texas, have you? n/t |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. You've never been right, have you? n/t |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. I'm not talking about exposed to air, but to water. |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
9. The closest would be Jed Clampett shootin' at some food. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Good point. After all, out from the ground came bubblin' crude. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
10. Google "tar pits" or "asphalt pits" - some of those across the world, including La Brea in LA |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. That's on land, and slow seepage. |
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MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
11. Did some googling |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. I'd found a bit of the same material... |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
13. I know that the beach in Santa Barbara, Calif. always has tar balls |
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