NOAA Responds to New Orleans Barge Collision Oil Spill

By Harmony Mendoza Meteorologist
Source/Story by: NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration and the NOAA National Weather Service
July 25 2008 | text size: small medium large
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NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration and the NOAA National Weather Service are on scene in New Orleans aiding in the response to the estimated 419,000 gallons of #6 fuel oil spilled early on the morning of July 23 when a 600-foot chemical tanker and 200-foot fuel barge collided on the Mississippi River just north of the Crescent City Connector Bridge in New Orleans, La. The spill is approximately eight times larger than the 53,000 gallons of fuel oil spilled in November, 2007 from the Cosco Busan in San Francisco Bay.



For the full story by NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration and the NOAA National Weather Service, click the link below:


http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080724_oilspill.html



For photos of the Spill Visit NOAA's Incident News Website:


NOAA Office of Response and Restoration:


http://www.incidentnews.gov/incident/7861

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