"At about 7:30 am local time on December 7, 2007, a crane barge owned by Samsung Heavy Industries being towed by a tug collided with the anchored Hong Kong registered crude carrier Hebei Spirit, carrying 260,000 tonnes (290,000 ST) of crude oil. The incident occurred near the Port of Daesan on the Yellow Sea coast of Taean county. The barge was floating free after the cable linking it to the tug snapped in the rough seas. Although no casualties were reported, the collision punctured three of the five containers aboard the Hebei Spirit and resulted in the leaking of some 10,800 tonnes (11,900 ST) of oil." (Wikipedia, 2007)
This is the same beach today:
It's a total loss.
"Mallipo, an important stopover for migrating birds including snipe, mallards and great crested grebes, also has an abundant fishing industry.
Choi Kyung-hwan, a 58-year-old fisherman, came to the beach Sunday to help, but despaired for the area where he has lived for 30 years.
"Mallipo is finished," he said.
Choi, wearing a thick winter coat, said the strong odor of oil had sickened his wife.
"But I came here because I have to do something," he said. "I don't know when we can finish. But we have to continue." (USA Today, 2007)
2 comments:
Thanks for the congradulations... This is really sad... and being an el ed teacher is really hard...
Wow, how terrible. Did you hear that the US is finally imposing higher fuel efficiency standards for the first time in almost 40 years. Good thing it won't be enforced until 2020.
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