Michigan Oil Spill

[YamiGekusu]

I just can't ignore this. Four days ago, a pipe leaked near a small town east of where I live. The oil leaked into a small watery area, and went down the river and it's heading west, possibly toward Lake Michigan. It's terrible.

It smells like oil where I live, and I live maybe four or five miles away from the river. So yeah. Houses close to the spill have been evacuated and some other homes are also being passed out bottled water because the normal water that is covered in oil can't be boiled in order to kill bacteria.

The river not too far from my house is so beautiful, now there's an ominous sheen.

Read these articles for more info-
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...googlenews_wsj
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/...-spill-worsens

[Manty]

First the gulf, now THIS?

People need to be more careful with their oil.

[Villerar]

I hope they'll quickly clean it up. It must be awful with a nasty oil smell around all day.

Also Manty, oil spills aren't exactly new, at least this one is not intentional neglect (opposed to practices in Africa).

[YamiGekusu]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100729/...iver_oil_spill

This is making national news. I hope the spill here doesn't get ignored