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Showing Original Post only (View all)BREAKING: Storm hits Mayflower, Arkansas site of Exxon oil spill. [View all]
Contaminated water pumped into Lake Conway as citizen journalists report live.A manmade disaster was made even worse by nature Wednesday night, as a severe thunderstorm hit Mayflower, Arkansas spreading the Exxon Mobil oil spill to the yards of homes along the cove and the main body of Lake Conway. For nearly two weeks, Exxon has maintained that oil has not reached Lake Conway, despite clear evidence both from aerial video and on-the-ground guerrilla reporting that showed oil had spread throughout a cove and wetlands, which are connected through ground water and drainage culverts to the main body of the lake. Images captured Wednesday night should put any doubt to rest that the main body of Lake Conway is now contaminated with oil.
Citizen journalists, Jak and Lauren, reporting for Tar Sands Blockade, braved the severe weather Wednesday, which included hail, lighting and chance of tornados, to report on what was happening to the site of the oil spill.
Using the live video streaming service, UStream, Jak and Lauren broadcast from multiple locations, including the contaminated cove, Highway 89 that separates the cove and Lake Conway and the wetlands that were first documented in the now viral Tar Sands Blockade video.
A couple pieces of important news were reported by the duo Wednesday night. Their footage is not currently available to embed, but I took screenshots of their live broadcast to show what they were witnessing. I'll embed the video when it becomes available.
http://www.treehugger.com/energy-disasters/happening-now-storm-hits-mayflower-arkansas-causing-exxons-oil-spill-spread-yards-and-lake-conway.html
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BREAKING: Storm hits Mayflower, Arkansas site of Exxon oil spill. [View all]
OneGrassRoot
Apr 2013
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Saw 1 photo of Exxon "cleanup" guy hosing oil from the street/gutter into storm water drains
Divernan
Apr 2013
#2
Doubt they'd be THAT blatant. Almost certainly a sequestration trap of some sort...
TheMadMonk
Apr 2013
#13
It is not oil they are "Cleaning up" if it was they would be paying into the cleanup fund. It is
Vincardog
Apr 2013
#15
I know what it is. Floating isn't the issue here. The issue remains bulk consolidation,...
TheMadMonk
Apr 2013
#16
Rev Pat is just as bad as Rev Phelps. He just does it without the profanity/slang. n/t
woodsprite
Apr 2013
#12
No, the Koch brothers own Brawny, so that would be the paper towel of choice.
mountain grammy
Apr 2013
#9