Spraying over oil spill.
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Spraying over oil spill.
Just saw the news article about the Chinese ship grounded and leaking oil. There was footage of what looks like an 802 spraying. Anyone know what it is they are spraying?
Just curious....
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Admittedly it's been a few years since I did it but the dispersants then were great for crude but ineffective against heavy fuel oil which is probably what this ship is leaking. That said I'm not sure what 60K ton of coal will do!
Just superb, isn't it? 
Only 15km outside the shipping lane, too. As if the poor planet didn't have enough to try and deal with.
I hope the reef is more resilient than recent worrying reports tend to indicate.
Only 15km outside the shipping lane, too. As if the poor planet didn't have enough to try and deal with.
I hope the reef is more resilient than recent worrying reports tend to indicate.
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As if the poor planet didn't have enough to try and deal with.
I hope the reef is more resilient than recent worrying reports tend to indicate.
I hope the reef is more resilient than recent worrying reports tend to indicate.
- if there is a spill, even a big one, on 'the reef' the tiny proportion actually effected will be in greater danger from the clean up than the oil. Have you ever actually seen 'the reef'? Its HUGE - thousands of reefs over hundreds of 1000s of square nm constantly being replenished of polyps from other reefs further out in the Pacific/PNG etc. The Great barrier Reef is not fragile.
Love the comment on the ABC yesterday:
"Investigators say that the ship that ran aground shouldn't have been where it was".
No sh!t Sherlock!
"Investigators say that the ship that ran aground shouldn't have been where it was".
No sh!t Sherlock!
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what happens to the man who polluted one of the seven natural wonders of the world back in homeland China..doesn't bear thinking about..still though pollution is par for the course over there 
what happens to the man who polluted one of the seven natural wonders of the world back in homeland China.
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Yeah imagine if we missed a waypoint by 15km!!
I've been nearly 30nm off-track after going nine hours without an update across the Pacific. There was a pretty big heading change when we finally got a couple of DME's off LA.
I hope the reef is more resilient than recent worrying reports tend to indicate
Clean up the mess, tho no need to get hysterical about it...
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Last edited by Flying Binghi; 6th Apr 2010 at 05:42.
Cc, yes, I've seen the reef. Part of it, anyway. Snorkeled on it, spent the day there, and listened to marine biologists talking about what is currently causing concern. (Marine biologists who were there, and also subsequently, on various documentaries. I don't believe all of them are crying "wolf".)
Things ain't what they were, apparently, years ago, when a pollution event -although horrid - did only temporary damage. I don't remember all the details, but many different ongoing events, including water temperature change, the slowing of the currents, overfishing, and increase of UV light, are collectively and cumulatively, having quite a bad effect on the reef's health.
I was led to believe that although it is not fragile, it is, in our time, in fairly worrying trouble.
A bit like some cancers. By the time the symptoms become obvious, it may be already too late.
Things ain't what they were, apparently, years ago, when a pollution event -although horrid - did only temporary damage. I don't remember all the details, but many different ongoing events, including water temperature change, the slowing of the currents, overfishing, and increase of UV light, are collectively and cumulatively, having quite a bad effect on the reef's health.
I was led to believe that although it is not fragile, it is, in our time, in fairly worrying trouble.
A bit like some cancers. By the time the symptoms become obvious, it may be already too late.
Whats the name of the reefs halfway between Oz and NZ where all them wrecked ships are parked. Think it were Ben Cropp who did a doco out there diving amoungst all the wrecks on the pristine reefs. No mention of any oil cleanups out there...
Edit; found a ref - "...at least 32 vessels are known to have been wrecked on the reefs; 17 on Middleton Reef and 13 on Elizabeth Reef. Some authorities believe the real figure may be as high as 90..." Considering the small size and isolation of these reefs its probably a good study of what happens to a reef after a shipwreck. Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Park Reserve - Home Page
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Edit; found a ref - "...at least 32 vessels are known to have been wrecked on the reefs; 17 on Middleton Reef and 13 on Elizabeth Reef. Some authorities believe the real figure may be as high as 90..." Considering the small size and isolation of these reefs its probably a good study of what happens to a reef after a shipwreck. Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Park Reserve - Home Page
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