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A sad day on the San Francisco Bay

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A sad day on the San Francisco Bay
Ive always tried to be an advocate for clean water through the Friends of the Water website I created. It was my attempt to try to bring awareness about the small things you can do to help protect our waterways.Last Wednesday a truly ecological disaster hit the San Francisco Bay when a container ship hit the Bay Bridge and spilled 58,000 gallons of oil in the the San Francisco Bay. Getting out on the water to practice seems really insignificant compared to the damage that was being done to the Bay. Already hundreds of marine animals have died and the coast lined is lined with oil. I felt a little helpless standing on the shore the as the cleanup effort was being run from the water.Unfortunately I had to leave for the w-end but as I understand the public has been able to help more with the clean up in the days after the spill. Over 500 people showed up at ocean beach on sunday to clean the blobs of oil washing up on shore. I am sure we are just starting to see the brunt of the damage as the ecosystem will be effected for months and years to come.To view a snapshot of the areas affected by the oil spill into the bay: check out the following google map that shows the extend of the spill so far.http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=114962321823640491705.00043e75d7fb328f94e05&ll=37.828362,-122.454987&spn=0.116605,0.235863&z=13&om=1Ive also uploaded some photos form SFgate.com that show some of the clean up efforts:While the rest of the media is focusing on someone to blame, the real effort should be towards cleaning it up.If you want to help out with the clean up- here are some organizations that allowing the public to aid the effort:http://www.zunasurf.com/oilspill Surfrider Foundation is conducting "unofficial" clean ups, which are advertized on their website at http://www.sfsurfrider.org/. As always, though, please be sure to use protective gloves and clothing to keep your skin from absorbing the toxic chemicals in the oil. It is also very important not to put oily materials in the regular trash. It must go to a hazardous waste facility to keep from contaminating the groundwater.http://sfoilspill.blogspot.com/http://www.baykeeper.org/www.stevebodner.com Full Story »

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