Shocking: Tar sands oil flows through Arkansas neighborhood’s streets

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/31/shocking-tar-sands-oil-flows-throw-arkansas-neighborhoods-streets/

Video published to YouTube on Sunday evening purports to show tar sands oil flowing through the streets of an Arkansas neighborhood following an Exxon-Mobil pipeline rupture on Friday.

“So that is a pipeline that has busted and has flooded the neighborhood, and is going all the way to a drain at the end of the street,” the cameraman explains as he drives down a neighborhood street coated on one side with a thick stream of black liquid.

“The smell is unbelievable,” he says. “Incredible. That is oil.”

It’s not just any oil, either: it’s tar sands, a heavy, gritty and more toxic type of oil that is particularly difficult to transport and even more difficult to clean out of water sources.

[October]

1. In our area

Some time ago, during WWII, a large tank of oil ruptured underground and has continued to this day (!) to pollute nearby streams/grounds. As a runner, I can see and smell the oil when I pass this area. It is astoundingly strong, yet nothing is being done about it. No cleanup, no protests, nothing.

That is 70 years ago, and I can smell/see it. Realtors don't mention it to home buyers - and we nearly bought near there. A friend who had grown up in the area told us all about it and begged us not to buy. She said, drive around there with the windows down...you'll smell it.

Horrifyingly, we did! And this was one tank of oil that leaked, so it is/was a finite amount!

[Frustratedlady]

2. This video should be seen, nationwide.

Is this possible in YOUR neighborhood? Would you purchase property anywhere near the track that these pipes run? I would be sick. You could never sell the property.

This is becoming a common occurrence. Isn't this the 3rd one this week? It seems like I've read of 2 others in the past few days.

[Cannikin]

3. I've been posting photos and info in GD

Please make sure you spread the word. Exxon and state legislators are doing their best to minimize info leaks.

Saturday morning:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022586921


http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022596067