<p>Don’t call it a spill, its a nightmare, and the ineptitutde, slow response, lack of honesty has been astounding!!!</p>
<p>And thnk you to those that are trying to save the animals and the beaches</p>
<p>Birds are dying by the hundreds and hundreds, and the fish…and the beaches are all closed</p>
<p>And it could have been handled better</p>
<p>for those who want to help contact 1800 2284544</p>
<p>or <a href="mailto:volunteer@baykeeper.org">volunteer@baykeeper.org</a> </p>
<p>ctwr.com</p>
<p>please help</p>
<p>I am going to see what I can do…what a horrible mess</p>
<p>Also, UC Davis has a website - [UC</a> Davis: Oiled Wildlife Care Network](<a href=“http://www.owcn.org%5DUC”>http://www.owcn.org) - and will post volunteer info later this afternoon.</p>
<p>It’s a small spill, actually, although it does point out the need for safer tankers. I wonder if this was a modern double-wall ship?</p>
<p>Oiled Wildlife Care Network now has a volunteer number posted
If you want to volunteer:
Please call the volunteer hotline, (800) 228-4544.</p>
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<p>And, perhaps, the State enviro lobby should rethink its opposition to offshore loading sites… :)</p>
<p>what do you consider a “small” spill…this is an enclosed area with many beaches and interesting tides, so to call it small is playing into the coast guards coverup of mishandling this mess</p>
<p>it is not the largest spill ever, sure, but it is WHAT was spilled that matters- the dirtiest fuel there is</p>
<p>Small is as small does. This is the largest spill in SF Bay in a decade. Worse, it’s right in the middle of fall bird migration, herring spawning, and salmon runs (they swim through the bay on their way up the delta to spawn). So this spill is potentially disasterous. The bay ecosystem is stressed as it is - the smelt population is dropping drastically, and the salmon runs have been very low so far.</p>
<p>Visuals:</p>
<p>[San</a> Francisco Bay oil spill spreads - Los Angeles Times](<a href=“http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bay10nov10,0,4417250.story?coll=la-home-local]San”>Bay Area spill declared emergency)</p>
<p>Oh, this is so sad. The devastation to wildlife is unestimateable. I show my students: Dead Ahead, The Exxon Valdez Disaster, which is a sort of Hollywood version of what happened, not a documentary. Don’t we ever learn?</p>
<p>I remember my mom keeping me home from school to wash greebs when I was about 10 years old, when there was a horrible spill. I have very vivid memories of volunteering.</p>
<p>The spill in San Francisco resulted from a cargo ship, not an oil tanker like the Valdez. Here is an example of an oil tanker split in half by the seas. </p>
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<p>[Environmental</a> disaster as Russian tanker sinks | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited](<a href=“Environmental disaster as Russian tanker sinks | World news | The Guardian”>Environmental disaster as Russian tanker sinks | World news | The Guardian)</p>