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Oil Spill in Squamish, BC

Postby skypilot » Sat Aug 05, 2006 1:41 am

Looks like we have had an oil spill from one of the tanker's in our local kite spot in Squamish, BC.

The leak has just occured and details are still coming in - see pics attached

http://www.skypilotkiteboarding.com/for ... 9088#89088

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Postby CharlestonKiter » Sat Aug 05, 2006 2:45 am

God that sucks. Not just in terms of it being at your local kite spot but just in general terms of being a water lover. Hope it gets cleaned up quickly with minimal eco impact.

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Postby skypilot » Sat Aug 05, 2006 4:18 am

more pics have been added by Chris Glazier

http://www.skypilotkiteboarding.com/for ... php?t=3570

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Postby cglazier » Sat Aug 05, 2006 5:05 am

Squamish is incredibly beautiful with snow capped mountains all around and a wildlife estuary just downwind. And it is perfect for kitesurfing, steady wind, flat water, etc. For this to happen is a tragedy and for this to happen in the middle of our best kiting seasons is a disaster for Vancouver area kitesurfing. We will probably not be kiting there again for quite a while (the oil spill was big, several hundred meters wide slick of bunker oil).

Ugghhhh.

Well, I have to go now and try to wipe more oil stains off myself (where did I put that paint thinner..).

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Postby simplelife » Sat Aug 05, 2006 2:26 pm

my condolences. i hope that the estuarine life recover ok. what a beautiful looking spot.


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Postby smokey » Sat Aug 05, 2006 3:46 pm

SO what company own's the ship?and what actions are be done in regards to the captain or the harbour pilot?

It truely is a shame that such a beautiful one of a kind spot, as been ruined to its inhabitants for years to come.

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Postby skypilot » Sat Aug 05, 2006 5:16 pm

The first shots of the beach are coming in this morning. We are blocked from getting to the beach from the police and clean up crew. This was taking off our webcam.

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You can check out the webcam directly to see the cleanup and oil slick

http://www.skypilotkiteboarding.com/web ... amish.html

Things are proceeding very slowly regarding cleanup - the authorities and news agencies are reacting painfully slow.

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Postby jlew » Sat Aug 05, 2006 7:40 pm

Smallish looking crews are on the shore and water now, 20 hours later :(

There are many volunteers waiting on the side line for a thumbs up from the contractor. We hope to get out there tomorrow to help out! What a sad sad event!
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Postby Vrtclhykr » Sat Aug 05, 2006 8:37 pm

This a great tragedy for our community in Squamish. For those that have had the opportunity to look at our webcam that entire area when you pan to the right is bird estuary. As a windsurf/kite community for years have dealt with the estuary society about the recreational use of these waters.

To put it into the scope of Kiters. This is a long weekend saturday with temperatures between 23-28 degrees. PERFECT...TEXTBOOK...Squamish kiting day.
Over the course of today we would expect to see anywhere from 30-50 kiters. (which can be seen daily on the cam)
As of now we are all sitting at our computers watching our summer go down the drain.

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Postby skypilot » Sat Aug 05, 2006 9:11 pm

Here is a new forum post that has been set up to help with the volunteer clean up process.

http://www.skypilotkiteboarding.com/for ... m.php?f=15

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