I know the oil spill here in the Bay Area is bad, and I know that environmental disasters that are close to home make more of an impact. But, the 58,000 tons of oil spilled into the SF Bay is nothing compared to the oil spill in the Black Sea. Nearly half of 1.3 million gallons of fuel oil, and over 7,000 tons of sulfur dumped into the sea because a major storm sank 10 ships including a Russian freighter.
We have so many people helping to clean the Bay here. But imagine how much effort will be needed to clean up the oil spill in the strait. Imagine the devastation that will linger throughout the decades.
Why, why, why didn't the freighter turn around when it was warned of the stormy weather?
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