Canada BS Thread

Very sad news. A 53ft tanker carrying jet fuel flipped into the Slocan River today. Meanwhile theres a forest fire in the same area. Firefighting efforts have not been affected due to fuel spill.

This is my home where i grew up, my dad lives right next to the river affected.

http://globalnews.ca/news/745372/st...valley-after-jet-fuel-spilled-in-lemon-creek/

 

That sucks

 

"I love the smell of kerosene in the morning..."

 

800 homes being evacuated

 

Is it in the creek too ?

 

The tanker flipped into Lemon Cr which flows into the Slocan River which flows into the Columbia River. 35,000 litres has spilled into the creek and is now flowing down the Slocan River. They are planning on trapping it at the Dam before it reaches the Columbia.

 

http://globalnews.ca/news/745372/st...valley-after-jet-fuel-spilled-in-lemon-creek/

 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/story/2013/07/27/edmonton-train-derailment-lloydminster.html

 

Goodbye fish

 

The local SAR groups there were tasked with providing the evacuation notices. Hopefully with fuel floating on the surface it can be easier to clean up or evaporate, and won't leave long lasting damage.

We've had three recent fires in our area that threatened to become urban interface fires. The fuel mitigation work (thinning out the lower branches of coniferous trees) in some of these fires has made a difference in preventing these fires from getting past a rank two.

 

Ive heard that most of the kerosene in the fuel has evaporated. But im sure there is still a bunch of oil residue remaining in the river. I believe Jet fuel is a mixture of kerosene and gasoline.

 

Evacuation order lifted

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/07/27/bc-lemon-creek-fuel-spill.html

 

http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/six-dead-after-crash-near-lloydminster-sask-1.1386555

this happened ~8km from my place.

 

Is that as well as the derailment ?

 

ya, two national headlines in one day.

 

Wow

 

Good news i guess. Some of my friends left their place last night because the smell was so overwhelming. Lots were saying that the smell had dissipated the following morning.

I wonder what the environmental impacts will be. Lots of locals rely on the river as a source of water

 

I hope they can clean it up , there was a fuel spill here a few years ago into the Goldstream River and they are still dealing with it

http://www.cowichannewsleader.com/news/120079954.html

 

Jet Fuel A = very close to diesel without any lubrication additives, and also very similar in density to Kerosene fuel.

 

example of long lasting impact; it can wipe out an entire generation of fish. I imagine the leak was so large in volume that it displaced water, or disrupted the ability to oxygenate the water. Either way pretty bad outcome.