The government imagery, along with additional photos taken by AP from a helicopter Tuesday, also show Louisiana port facilities, oil refineries and shipyards in the storm’s path where the telltale rainbow sheen typical of oil and fuel spills is visible in the water of bays and bayous.
Asked about reports of levee failures near the refinery Monday, Phillips 66 spokesman Bernardo Fallas said there was “some water” in the refinery and stressed that operations were shut down in advance of the storm. Asked Tuesday about potential environmental hazards emanating from the facility, Fallas referred a reporter to a statement on the company’s website saying its response is focused “on ensuring the safety and well-being of our employees and our surrounding communities.
Fallas did not immediately answer whether the leak was reported after AP sent the company photos four hours earlier. Three days after the storm moved through, Durant said Wednesday that no EPA personnel had yet deployed to the devastated region south of New Orleans. Asked if EPA staff had been reviewing the aerial photos taken by federal aircraft over the disaster zone, Durant said the imagery had not been provided to the agency.After AP sent photos of the oil slick to EPA on Wednesday, agency press secretary Nick Conger said the National Response Center hotline operated by the U.S.
Both state and federal environmental regulators said the emergency response to Ida had been hampered by blocked roads, washed-out bridges, electrical outages and a lack of communications. Both telephone landlines and mobile phone service in much of the region remained offline Wednesday.
Greeeeaaaaat…
Yes, but did they abandon all the K-9s on the oil rig before the evacuation, oh wait.......
The gulf could be all oil and no one in Texas or Louisiana would care
Climate crisis expedited.
Unfucking believable
💔
Greeeaat, right? Wreck the planet you reside upon for money...yep, sounds about right.
𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝔹𝕖 𝕆𝕀𝕃
Just great...
Again? A fucking gain
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