Oil spill OC beaches: Death of Surf City, USA

KFI AM 640 (iheart.com); Ashley Wells, Ananda, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

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Oh, no! What have you humans done now?

HUNTINGTON BEACH (City News Service) - Operators of an oil rig in Huntington Beach (aka "Surf City") waited more than three hours to shut down a ruptured pipeline despite receiving a low-pressure alarm early Saturday morning. Hundreds of thousands of gallons of crude oil spilled in the meantime.

It appears a [German] ship's anchor may have hooked the pipe [pulled it, ruptured it] and caused the leak, according to preliminary findings by federal investigators.

Meanwhile, divers contracted to investigate the source of the massive oil leak off the coast of Orange County, California, confirmed that a large section of the thin 17.7-mile pipeline was moved out of place by as much as 105 feet.

A 13-inch “split'' in the line was detected in the displaced section 4 1/2 miles off shore. According to the unified command responding to the leak -- including the Coast Guard, State Department of Fish & Wildlife, and oil rig “Elly'' and pipeline operator Amplify Energy -- the divers confirmed conditions,,, More