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NOLA.com: Reported Diesel Fuel Spill on Mississippi River
Posted on 4/12/18 at 1:21 pm
Posted on 4/12/18 at 1:21 pm
Link: NOLA.com Article
Pics are from the article but the spill can be seen easily from my office view downtown. Supposedly there is also an odor. Happy French Quarter Fest Ya'll.
quote:
The Coast Guard confirmed a vessel has collided with a pier near Nashville Wharf along the Mississippi River around noon Thursday (April 12).
A visible sheen filled the water near French Quarter Fest.
The vessel leaked diesel fuel into the water, said Petty Officer Third Class Brand Giles of the Coast Guard. It was unknown how much fuel had been spilled or if the leak had been contained.
The RTA stopped ferry service between Algiers and Canal Street, saying the Coast Guard had shut down the river.
Pics are from the article but the spill can be seen easily from my office view downtown. Supposedly there is also an odor. Happy French Quarter Fest Ya'll.
This post was edited on 4/12/18 at 1:23 pm
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Posted on 4/12/18 at 1:23 pm to Rox
Price of crawfish just went up.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 1:24 pm to Rox
quote:
from my office view downtown.
braggart
Posted on 4/12/18 at 1:24 pm to Rox
The river is still seriously running if that happened about noon, and it's already passing the Quarter/Algiers Point.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 1:24 pm to Rox
I've seen worse go into the river 
Posted on 4/12/18 at 1:24 pm to Rox
Somebody's bout to get raped on some ER work 
Posted on 4/12/18 at 1:24 pm to Rox
quote:
Joanne Crawford, a first-time visitor to New Orleans from California who came for French Quarter Fest, stood at the river watching the oil slide by.
"It's a lot," she said. "We're not getting on the water."
i love reporting
Posted on 4/12/18 at 1:24 pm to tgrbaitn08
That is a shame. Hope it gets straightened out.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 1:25 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:
from my office view downtown.
braggart
Saying you work in downtown nola isnt bragging
Posted on 4/12/18 at 1:26 pm to Deactived
quote:
"We're not getting on the water."
Posted on 4/12/18 at 1:28 pm to upgrayedd
Guess she thought we have wakeboard events out there?
Posted on 4/12/18 at 1:29 pm to Rox
quote:
said Petty Officer Third Class Brand Giles
LOL why is that piss ant giving statements to the media?
Posted on 4/12/18 at 1:29 pm to Rox
Hopefully nobody throws a match into the river
Posted on 4/12/18 at 1:32 pm to Packer
Burning it would be a fantastic way to get rid of it if it wouldn't frick up so much stuff.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 1:33 pm to Rox
quote:
my office view downtown
Posted on 4/12/18 at 1:33 pm to Rox
Man. How are all the neckbeards gonna get from Algiers Point to the French Quarter Fest?
Tell the hippies to be sure they don't throw their lit cigs and joints into the river.
Tell the hippies to be sure they don't throw their lit cigs and joints into the river.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 1:35 pm to Nado Jenkins83
quote:i legit loled.
Guess she thought we have wakeboard events out there?
it's so messed up when i see these articles. my heart breaks for all the wildlife and the people whose jobs will be affected. it runs right out into the gulf too.
hopefully, it's dealt with as quickly and effectively as possible. i don't even know how you go about getting that out of the water.Posted on 4/12/18 at 1:37 pm to SlowFlowPro
I would give up this river view in a hearbeat for an office not located downtown haha. Just saying it's easy AF to see, if you can see the river.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 1:38 pm to Rox
quote:I'm sorry but a little diesel fuel would be the least of my worries coming out of that river.
The RTA stopped ferry service between Algiers and Canal Street, saying the Coast Guard had shut down the river.
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