Father, son charged in oil spill in 2 streams that empty into northwestern Pa. reservoir

[davidnc76]

Source: AP

LUDLOW, Pa. (AP) _ A father and son are accused of intentionally releasing thousands of gallons of oil into two Pennsylvania streams in the Allegheny National Forest, killing an unknown number of fish, reptiles and amphibians.

Police said Andrew Horton dropped off his son Christopher at tanks where the younger man opened valves and damaged equipment, spilling at least 10,000 gallons of oil sometime Saturday or Sunday.

The Department of Environmental Protection originally estimated that about 36,000 gallons had been spilled in the northwestern Pennsylvania forest, but spokeswoman Freda Tarbell said Tuesday that getting an exact figure was difficult because of the damaged equipment.

About 2 miles of Indian Run and about 4 miles of Chappel Fork were polluted by the spill. An in-depth environmental assessment will begin this week, Tarbell said.

Read more: http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-oil-spill-vandalism,0,4294862.story

[Adsos Letter]

1. !

:wtf:

[valerief]

2. Hmm, was it the oil firm dumping oil? If so, is it the only one? If not, WTF? nt

[hendo]

4. nope

it was two idiots who were probably protesting the oil company. Either that, or since they were former employees they were probably pissed off that they got fired or something.

[valerief]

5. Oh, yeah, I didn't catch that "had been employees of" part. Thanks. nt

[hendo]

3. A**holes like this should go away

they do it as a protest and actually fsck up more than they help. Its like those idiots in ALF that break into laboratories and "free" the lab animals by just letting them roam free in the wild.

They are not helping anything, in fact they are hurting thier cause and making all environmentalists look stupid.

[Dr.Phool]

8. Read the whole article.

It sounds more like they were disgruntled employees, or former employees, not protesters.

And no, they shouldn't go away. They should be sent away for a very long time, and have all their assets seized to pay for the damage they did.

[tabasco]

19. Learn to read.

It helps.

[hendo]

20. i did

immediately after my first post, hence my responses to other posts. Which you should have seen since you posted 4 hours afer my second post in this thread.

[DRoseDARs]

6. Their punishment? Force them to drink the polluted water. n/t

:)

[L0oniX]

7. Repukes. n/t

[Wizard777]

9. Repeat after Exxon. We won't pay the fines!

[Turbineguy]

10. How

republican of them.

[Mnemosyne]

11. Bastards! That area is an absolutely beautiful old forest!

Rotten s.o.b.'s!!!

I bet they call themselves 'hunters' too.

[happygoluckytoyou]

12. IN A RELATED STORY---->

"What makes this especially painful, however, is that Chappel Fork is one of the very rare places in Pennsylvania where wild trout naturally reproduce," Tarbell said.

JOHN THE BUSH REPUBLICAN MCCAIN declared that the fish were fine and that the surge was working--- "fact is the fish will reproduce more quickly using the oil as a lube"

[bertman]

13. Make them be part of the cleanup, day and night until it's done, then throw the book at the

asswipes.

[lonestarnot]

14. 4 x 6 box for about 15 should do them some good.

Work release to clean up the mess.

[Anexio]

15. Security???

From the article: "The sites had security measures, but they were overcome, he said."

I am in no way excusing or condoning the two men that did this but I doubt very seriously that Snyder Brothers had an even rudimentary security system in place. Also, why is upwards of 36,000 gallons of heating oil being stored next to an environmentally sensitive area?

Again, Snyder Brother isn't at fault here but jeepers, get some decent security in place.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

16. "... spokeswoman Freda Tarbell...."

Is she any relation to Ida Tarbell? The Tarbells were from that area.

[Honeycombe8]

17. If it was intentional, that's a criminal act, right? nt

[tabasco]

18. Lock the assholes up for ten years each.

Ten fucking years.

[WriteDown]

21. I would like to knowt the ages of these clowns

This is A LOT of damage.

"According to state police, Christopher Horton, 22, opened valves on about 20 of Snyder Brothers Inc.'s oil tanks. He also smashed eight meter boxes worth about $2,000 each on the tanks and damaged a generator valued at about $500,000, police said."