Arkansas ExxonMobil oil spill even worse than thought

[dixiegrrrrl]

NS,S.

An Arkansas state attorney general has announced that the ExxonMobil pipeline rupture that has leaked thousands of barrels of oil in central Arkansas is “substantially larger” than initially believed, but that the size of the leak still remains unknown.

Cleanup crews have already recovered about 28,200 barrels of ‘oily water’ and 2,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil and debris, but may still have a long way to go before all of the 22 residents evacuated from Mayflower, Arkansas, can return to their homes.
The company has remained largely mute about the extent of the spill. A no-fly zone above the disaster area has restricted media access, and ExxonMobil has kept quiet about the estimated size of the oil spill.

http://rt.com/usa/arkansas-exxon-oil-spill-701/

[Art_from_Ark]

1. Why the hell do they have a "no-fly zone" over an oil slick?

I know, it's a rhetorical question

[rdharma]

2. I'm sure it's because they don't want any mid-air collisions of news aircraft.

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. I read that Exxon may be spraying Corexit.

Which would explain why they don't want witnesses.
People in the area say there are planes flying at night spraying.
I tend to believe it, given the same reports were coming out from all over during the BP spill.
Sorry, cannot remember where I read this.

[Art_from_Ark]

6. If that's true...

Oh, shit

[bluedigger]

3. It's funny, isn't it?

They can determine to the drop how much they are extracting from Federal lands, but they have no idea how much goes missing when a pipe bursts. Curious, that.

[lob1]

4. It's always worse than they say.

Whatever ExxonMobil say the damages are today, it'll be proved a lie tomorrow.

[Seeking Serenity]

7. "An Arkansas state attorney general"?

Arkansas only has one attorney general, Dustin McDaniel.

We have several deputy attorneys general and manifold assistant attorneys general, but only one attorney general.

Poorly written lede.