This post has nothing to do with the Senate races I typically discuss. I admit that there are some things I take for granted. For instance, when there is a major earthquake, huge brush fire, devastating flood, or, let's say, giant oil spill, I just expect to, through osmosis, hear about it in a timely fashion. And this really shocked me when a friend passed this on days later about a giant oil spill this past Tuesday.
From up in Prince William Sound:
The captain of a fishing vessel that spilled more than 3,000 gallons of diesel into Prince William Sound after running aground initially refused to take drug and alcohol tests, Coast Guard officials said Tuesday.
Granted it's not an oil transport, but a fishing vessel that, after grounding, simply spilled 3,000 gallons into the Sound. Still pretty bad on the "unnecessary things we can avoid" scale."
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