Yellowstone Oil Spill

On Jul 6, 1:59*pm, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:
Bob wrote:
Though a spill of 1000 barrels is not insignificant and is a tragedy
that will have measurable negative impacts, *its not as bad as is
being portrayed by some.
Remember:
1. This occurred ~ 150 river miles downstream of the park.
2. The fishery is primarily carp, catfish,& *other warm water species..
3. The Yellowstone is in full flood and flowing very swiftly, thus
much of the oil will be in the lower Missouri& *the Mississippi and
widely dispersed very soon.
4 The amount of petroleum product that was released into the
Yellowstone-Missouri-Mississippi basin is probably less than enters
the system in one day following any significant rainstorm - runoff
from roads& *parking lots, waste oil dumped on the ground or even into
storm drains, minor industrial spills, etc.

So Bob guesses all is "probably" not as bad as all that and
"probably" all should "don't worry, be happy".

We could have received just as much information from Big Mouth
Billy the Singing Bass.

Thanks a lot Billy, er ... Bob.

--
Ken Fortenberry

So I guess that you are one of the sky is falling contingent. No
where did I even intimate a "don't worry be happy" sentiment. My
points 1 & 2 were simply in response to the many comments I have seen
about how the pipeline should never have been allowed in the park, and
how this spill would destroy a pristine trout fishery. My point 3 was
in response to many comments I have seen saying that the oil will wipe
out most of the aquatic life in that part of the Yellowstone as it
lingers in that ecosystem. My point 4 was to simply show that while
spills such as this are bad news, in the list of abuses that we heap
upon this planet on a regular basis, this event is relatively small
potatoes