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Greetings all. I'm sure that a lot of you have heard about the oil spill that occurred last Wednesday in the San Francisco Bay. The cargo vessel Cosco Busan sideswiped the San Francisco-Bay Bridge last Wednesday and began leaking 58,000 gallons of sticky, heavy bunker fuel into the bay. So far some 12,000 gallons of oil have been collected and an additional estimated 4,000 gallons had evaporated. But about 42,000 gallons remain. This is an ecological disaster and EVERYONE'S help is needed. So grab a friend, grab 5 and go down to the beach and pick up some oil globs! Contact Oiled Wildlife Care Network at (415) 701-2311Cleanup and ask how you can help. Or just get on line and find out other ways you can help with this devastating tragedy.
This is a toxic substance and clean up of it should not be taken lightly. The city of SF officially requires anyone who wants to clean up to take a four hour class on how to handle and dispose of the substance. I don't know how strict they are with this on the other beaches, but they are totally mellow on Ocean Beach. If you want to take the class, look up oil spill beach clean up class' on google. That is what I was told to do by a man who had taken the class, he couldn't remember the exact site to go to . I myself am a rebel and have been cleaning up Ocean beach without having taken such a class. It is VERY important that you find a specified dumping station that the city has set up on many of the beaches. DO NOT THROW IT AWAY IN THE GARBAGE CAN!!!
I have been down there the past two days cleaning up oil globs for hours. Here's a list of what I would suggest to bring/wear 1. An old pair of long pants and shirt that you are willing to sacrifice to the oil globs 2. A pair of dish washing gloves (the thin latex gloves don't cut it! take it from me I learned the hard way) 3. a pair of comfortable shoes covered in plastic bags (these oil globs stick to everything!) 4. A bucket lined with heavy trash bag or double up safeway plastic bags 5. a boom box, all your clean up buddies will love you or your ipod if you don't have a boom box (don't worry your clean up buddies will still love you) 6. a kitty litter scooper to sift out the oil clumps from the sand (I personally prefer to pick the globs up with my fingers, it's faster) 7. a respirator dust mask or at least a bandanna, the smell gets to you and your body 8. WATER gots to stay hydrated 9. Sun block yourself before you get out there and wear a hat and/or some shades 10. BIG SMILES 11. Bring Friends, it makes the whole experience so much fun and gets the beaches clean that much faster :)
This oil spill is going to effect our bay for a long time. Any help that you can give will make a difference and will inspire others to do the same. This is an opportunity to step up, clean up and help our Mother Earth and all of her beautiful creatures. Let's network and set up some clean up dates. Let's Do This!!!!!!
MaDDLuVBlessingS~Laurel
This is a toxic substance and clean up of it should not be taken lightly. The city of SF officially requires anyone who wants to clean up to take a four hour class on how to handle and dispose of the substance. I don't know how strict they are with this on the other beaches, but they are totally mellow on Ocean Beach. If you want to take the class, look up oil spill beach clean up class' on google. That is what I was told to do by a man who had taken the class, he couldn't remember the exact site to go to . I myself am a rebel and have been cleaning up Ocean beach without having taken such a class. It is VERY important that you find a specified dumping station that the city has set up on many of the beaches. DO NOT THROW IT AWAY IN THE GARBAGE CAN!!!
I have been down there the past two days cleaning up oil globs for hours. Here's a list of what I would suggest to bring/wear 1. An old pair of long pants and shirt that you are willing to sacrifice to the oil globs 2. A pair of dish washing gloves (the thin latex gloves don't cut it! take it from me I learned the hard way) 3. a pair of comfortable shoes covered in plastic bags (these oil globs stick to everything!) 4. A bucket lined with heavy trash bag or double up safeway plastic bags 5. a boom box, all your clean up buddies will love you or your ipod if you don't have a boom box (don't worry your clean up buddies will still love you) 6. a kitty litter scooper to sift out the oil clumps from the sand (I personally prefer to pick the globs up with my fingers, it's faster) 7. a respirator dust mask or at least a bandanna, the smell gets to you and your body 8. WATER gots to stay hydrated 9. Sun block yourself before you get out there and wear a hat and/or some shades 10. BIG SMILES 11. Bring Friends, it makes the whole experience so much fun and gets the beaches clean that much faster :)
This oil spill is going to effect our bay for a long time. Any help that you can give will make a difference and will inspire others to do the same. This is an opportunity to step up, clean up and help our Mother Earth and all of her beautiful creatures. Let's network and set up some clean up dates. Let's Do This!!!!!!
MaDDLuVBlessingS~Laurel
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