Half million gallons of diesel

[boomerbust]

Spilled in the Mississippi. Pukes are awful quiet about this disaster. This might be the reason MCcain canceled his oil rig gig. Drill Drill Drill

[RC]

1. Source?

[NMDemDist2]

2. the spill is real

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/07/ap_collision_closes_mississipp.html

[Danascot]

4. Obama Gets Attention, John McCain Gets Louisiana Fuel Spill

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/24/mississippi.spill/

http://www.bayoubuzz.com/News/US/Politics/President_Race_2008/Obama_Gets_Attention_John_McCain_Gets_Louisiana_Fuel_Spill__6848.asp

[uppityperson]

5. links to topics going on it... and k&r for this one.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3407926&mesg_id=3407926
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3663678&mesg_id=3663678
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3406137&mesg_id=3406137

[malaise]

3. But but but

McSame said only yesterday that the technology today means no more oil spills. :shrug:

[spanone]

6. rollin' down the mighty mississippi.....and ALL traffic on the river is halted.

[malaise]

7. That's not all

<snip>
Residents in Algiers, Gretna, St. Bernard Parish and Plaquemines Parish are also being asked to conserve water, as water intakes for those communities are closed to prevent contamination of the drinking water supply. Water flowing through the tap is from reserve supplies.

Parish can request assistance from the the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, which would activate stand-by contracts to deliver water to the affected areas, the Department of Health and Hospitals announced.