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It's not Ixtoc worthy, but...... Holy EPA Clean-Up Batman!! Shocked

The beach got invaded with tar overnight. Access Rd 3 to Newport Pass Rd. was pretty bad. Most of it is weathered, but I did find some really fresh stuff. I have some pictures, but my phone does not want to 'talk' to my computer right now.

[I will be throwing tar off my tires for miles..............] CS

STXwaterfowler · Pony Mullet Joined: 26 Apr 2015 Posts: 76

whaaaaaat??? How?

ziacatcher · Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 2:49 pm Post subject:

my doctor had his grandkids out there yesterday and he said it was really bad. Didn't know there was any coming in. No sargassum, but now tar.

landlocked beachbum · Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 6:40 pm Post subject:

Back in the summer of 1972 the stuff was so bad that I would head for Fish Pass jetties with a stripped and freshly waxed surfboard deck, and at the end of the outing ( 3-4 hours ) the deck would be a dingy chocolate brown and getting slippery with all the oil and silt combined with the surfboard wax.

As little kids, we would sometimes come home from the beach and grampa would give us old rags and Varsol to clean our feet before coming in the house...... Rolling Eyes

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RedSniper · Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 6:56 pm Post subject:

yikes!
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fishinglady · Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 7:47 pm Post subject:

Was SBH this afternoon and saw the tar there too. Some of the blobs were still "soft and gooey." Don't know if it's related, but I heard on the news that a well offshore from LA had some problems, then caught on fire, workers evacuated, and reports of oil slick in the Gulf.

ziacatcher · Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 10:41 pm Post subject:

Was wondering what caused the tar to be coming in. Asked my fishing / softball buddies, they didn't know.

Central Scrutinizer · Posted: Thu May 28, 2015 8:08 am Post subject:

Figured out the computer issues, and here is what I found yesterday around Access Rd. 3.

Most of the beach looked like this:

Farther up towards Packery, it looked like the County had a crew out picking up tar, but once they got down to where I was, they ought to have their hands full, as some places were pretty bad:

And not all of it was weathered, as there was some fresh stuff in the 'Back Lake' that has become part of the landscape now:

Overall Yuckiness........ Crying or Very sad

ROBDOG · Posted: Thu May 28, 2015 9:24 am Post subject:

I saw some fresh stuff at Fish Pass jetties on Friday. I am curious to se if this was a natural phenomenon or part of a spill.

AnmRanch · Flour Bluffian in training Joined: 26 Jul 2013 Posts: 353

Thanks for the update, I was going to take my boys fishing today, but between the high tides and now tar, they will just have to wait.
You saved me about a 1-1/2 hour drive today.

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Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

Wow that looks too much to be natural. Shocked

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shorty · Posted: Thu May 28, 2015 10:19 am Post subject:

Thought I'd share but WD40 works to ..

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Chef Lefty · Posted: Thu May 28, 2015 1:14 pm Post subject:

This in today's Galveston County Daily News. Wonder if its related....

Spill
Top Story

Cleanup crews fill bags with oiled sand and debris at Big Reef in Galveston on Wednesday. Crews continued using booms and other equipment to collect oil in environmentally sensitive areas such as Big Reef on Sunday. Volunteers to hit the beaches today to search for more tar balls

GALVESTON
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