Oil spill at Port of Albany contained

[hrmjustin]

Paul Grondahl

ALBANY — About 100 gallons of crude oil spilled from a pipeline at the Global Partners tank facility at the Port of Albany Wednesday afternoon, but it was contained to a small area and did not reach the nearby Hudson River, state Department of Environmental Conservation officials said.

Albany firefighters, DEC spill responders and other emergency personnel responded around 3:45 p.m. and there were no injuries reported, Albany Fire Chief Warren Abriel said.

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Oil-spill-at-Port-of-Albany-contained-5701410.php

[Cooley Hurd]

1. Good news!!

I just loooove the North River (see what I did there, Justin? I referred to the Hudson by what NewYawkers refer to it by. See what I did there again? I said "NewYawkers" as a tip of the hat to my old pal and your fellow Brooklynite, NewYawker99). I could riff for hours...

[hrmjustin]

2. What do they call the Mohawk River up there?

[Cooley Hurd]

3. Most areas, "the canal"...

...except in dentists' offices.

[hrmjustin]

4. That is interesting.

The port of Albany needs to get its act together. Too many issues.

[Cooley Hurd]

5. I totally agree...

I was riffing on the years of my Ocean Liner History study in which the Hudson was referred to as "The North River" in various texts, driving me to atlases at the Library looking for this fabled "North River", only to discover they were talking about the Hudson!

[hrmjustin]

6. I have never heard it called the North River.

We always call it The Hudson.

[Cooley Hurd]

7. Might be a mid-century (or before) term

...and NewYawker99 is a legend here on DU. She went out of her way to greet ALL of us after our 1st posts back in the day.

[hrmjustin]

8. I heard about her.

I wish I got to meet her.

[Cooley Hurd]

9. She was a pal of mine, and she was awesome! I miss her...

DU hasn't been the same since she stopped posting.

[hrmjustin]

10. Do you know what happened to her?

[Cooley Hurd]

11. No one does...

...not even Skinner. She just stopped posting.

[hrmjustin]

12. I am sure no matter where she is she is still watching over DU.

[Cooley Hurd]

13. I hope so...

She really was a gem here. Ask Rhiannon12866 about her. We were all pals...

[hrmjustin]

14. She told me. The Upstate NY crew.

[Cooley Hurd]

15. You're an honorary member, my friend!

[hrmjustin]

16. Lol thanks.

I am starting a new thing where I will start a upstate ny news thread.


This is todays; http://www.democraticunderground.com/106817633

[Cooley Hurd]

17. Great Idea - rec'd!

[hrmjustin]

18. We shall see how it works.

I keep the casino threads together.