Southern California oil spill

[Brendan]

     I think its too early to tell how bad it may be. I guess we will see. I'm not selling vehicles and walking to work over it but still a bad thing to happen.
Time will tell. Tight lines, Brendan.

[Wompus Cat]

Like you guys have not got enough trouble ,all the Fires ,Drought , housing,etc.
Man when will it END ...........

[oc1]

Don't wish for it all to end because then there'll be....................................... nothingness.

I don't understand what's going on.  They say it is not crude oil like BP Horizon, but processed oil.  What is processed oil doing in a pipe between an offshore well and shore?  I have no concept of how it will affect fishing for AT family but wish you the best of luck.

[Bill B]

Despite what the local news is reporting the hazmat response was pretty quick and on going.  They seem more worried about the bird, mammal, and fish impact more than anything.  

[Brewcrafter]

Saturday we were out getting ready for bugging in Long Beach harbor.  Didn't know about the spill, but we did have a sailboat pass by on its way into the harbor where the waterline was...ugly and black.  Clearly he had cruised through the spill. - john

[Swami805]

The oil from offshore here is very poor quality, more like sludge/tar. They have to heat it up to get it to flow thru the pipes. It takes a lot of refining to make it into fuel. It's better suited to make products like asphalt.
There's natural seeps off the coast of Santa Barbara where it bubbles up, a few places it looks like an oil jakuzi. It's not as bad as it used to be, the offshore rigs relieve a lot of pressure and they've capped the worst ones with a pyramid looking structure. When the wind blows the right direction it blows it onto the beaches here in the form of tar, makes a mess of feet,dogs and anything else it hits.