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mikeB on September 3, 2005 - 1:40pm Permalink | Subthread | Comments top
I don't know if these are related to the reported spill, but these photos from NOAA show oil slicks in the Port Fourchon area. The site has some fascinating shots of the damage.

Clearly oil on water:

http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/storms/katrina/24414295.jpg

http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/storms/katrina/24414291.jpg

Boats helter-skelter, in oil slicks: Also WHAT the hell is that hulking THING stuck in the road in the TOP CENTER of this pic?:

http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/storms/katrina/24414291.jpg

Object in the ocean off Port Fourchon and plume of oil:

http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/storms/katrina/24413865.jpg

Oil slick:

http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/storms/katrina/24413922.jpg

Damaged marina, center:

http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/storms/katrina/24416460.jpg

Zoom in on cleanup operation, lower right:

http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/storms/katrina/24416460.jpg

If anyone has knowledgable comments about these images, PLEASE comment.

NOTE: the orientation in these photos is uncertain and changes throughtout.

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mikeB on September 3, 2005 - 1:44pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Mistake: zoom in on cleanup operation HERE, far right:

http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/storms/katrina/24414295.jpg

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