Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 1989

On March 23, 1989 the Exxon Valdez an oil supertanker operated by Exxon left the port of Valdez headed for Long beach, CA with almost 54 million gallons of crude oil on board. Shortly after midnight on March 24, 1989, the supertanker collided with Bligh Reef, a well known navigation hazard, ruptured 8 of its 11 cargo tanks and spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil into the pristine waters of Prince William Sound. The result was catastrophic. Although the spill was radioed in shortly after the collision Exxons response was slow. In fact, there was no recovery effort for three days while Exxon searched for clean up equipment. During that time millions of gallons of oil began to spread down the coast. Days later as the clean up effort began the oil slick was no longer containable. It eventually extended 470 miles to the southwest, contaminated hundreds of miles of coastline. For more information on the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill go to the Website - Sound Truth and Corporate Myths: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill at http://www.soundtruth.info/ This website is from Riki Ott, PhD, a marine oil pollution expert and former commercial fisherman in Alaska's Prince William Sound. She was on the scene before, during, and after the Exxon Valdez oil spill and experienced firsthand the spill's effects, including environmental devastation, economic losses to the fishing industry, and psychosocial trauma to the close-knit community. For a look at worker health and safety issues during the oil spill cleanup, view the video clip, Worker Safety Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 1989, on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgjo-4UnBF0&feature=channel_page . For a detailed federal government review of worker health and safety issues, read the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) report, Alaska Oil Spill Health Hazard Evaluation (HETA 89-200 & 89-273-2111), published in May 1991 and available on the NIOSH website at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/hhe/reports/... . This is clipped from the 2009 NOAA video, Hindsight and Foresight: 20 Years After the Exxon Valdez Spill. The entire film can be viewed and downloaded at http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/video.html .

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[markdcatlin]

But cpt hazelwwod was not in charge before the crash. Exxon company policies had the greatest role to play in the many cuases of the crash.

[haxor758]

FUCKA YOU BP!!! Anda FUCKA YOU EXXON!

[chena3]

22 yrs later

dig a hole on any beach

in prince william sound

and there will be oil ..

forever and ever...

was it worth it...

[Meta5917]

@chena3 he'll yes it was worth it

[nevilleblackphoto]

@haxor758 & ENBRIDGE TOO.

[cutis1000]

The captain's only conviction in the case was for negligently discharging oil. He was fined $50,000 and this summer will begin performing 1,000 hours of community service, picking up litter along Alaska highways. After his trial Captain Hazelwood became a teacher at a maritime academy. Recently, he's been working as a consultant for a law firm in New York.

[Tdfries]

4:20 for presentation

[duncan7599]

As it turns out captain Joseph Hazelwood was not even responsible for the accident. He set the right course and left the bridge to his crew like any captain would do. And his idiot crew screwed up and missed the turn that Captain Hazelwood instructed. He was blamed anyway and fired and his life ruined because of lack of competant journalists in this country only looking for the sexy story.

[TheShanghaiNoob]

5:22-5:23 has an error. It suddenly changes scene when prev scene not finished

[thefluidic]

It was an OK film. Some parts seem to be missing or something; a few sections of the film "skip" or seem to have been poorly edited "out". Nonetheless, thumbsup for the positive thinking and positive action in posting this. Peace.