On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Mark Sanders <marksanders_at_sandmarks.net>wrote: > > The only "Slicks" were our moves!!! > > On 5/1/2010 10:04 AM, Bradford R. Crain wrote: > >> >> Did you see any oil slicks out there? >> >> I suppose it's worth mentioning that oil seepage is nothing new to the industrial age. This article ( http://www.mms.gov/omm/pacific/enviro/seeps1.htm ) is just one example of the historical seepage of oil and natural gas from petroleum deposits underground (and under water). It might even have been slowed over the recent past because we've depleted so many of those deposits. A case could be made that oil drilling has actually reduced oil slicks (barring the odd catastrophe). Even I can remember walking on the beach at Santa Monica and seeing tar patches that my grandparents explained had washed in from the ocean. There is even a well-known tourist destination in Los Angeles that celebrates oil seepage: La Brea Tar Pits. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue May 04 2010 - 07:33:27 PDT
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