questions about what caused this pipeline to break. they will take that piece of pipe they will take it and have it inspected by a third party, metallurgical engineers to determine. that could take weeks and months to get that information back. plains all american says it inspects the pipe every three years, above and beyond what the federal government requires. the company now on the hook for cleanup costs. where oil is spilled, a company will have to pay money for the recovery of that oil regardless of whether they took good care of the pipeline or not. so far, crews have recovered about 10,000 gallons of oily water. right now we ve got five to six-foot swells, 20 mile an hour winds, you can feel it rocking back and forth and that can slow down a cleanup. 17 boats are working to corral the oil slicks with more booms arriving today. high above, nbc s miguel almaguer puts in the perspective. environmentalists say the true impact on not just the environment but animals will
damages from the explosion and fire are estimated by authorities to be $2 million, plus $1.5 million more in cleanup costs. the video doesn t really do it justice. actually watching it, and it was just, yeah, once in a lifetime thing. i m never going to see something like that again. dallas, texas. december 8th, 2005. an ice storm causes major headaches during the morning commute, as cars and trucks spin out on the slick roads. we get true ice storms. you may not have much snow. the snow is really just sheets of ice. and i do think that there s not enough drivers around here that see it frequently enough, they don t understand the concept that you have to slow down all the time. tv reporter mark johnson is in a helicopter covering accidents and traffic jams caused by the severe weather.
damages from the explosion and fire are estimated by authorities to be $2 million, plus $1.5 million more in cleanup costs. the video doesn t really do it justice. actually watching it, and it was just, yeah, once in a lifetime thing. i m never going to see something like that again. dallas, texas. december 8th, 2005. an ice storm causes major headaches during the morning commute, as cars and trucks spin out on the slick roads. we get true ice storms. you may not have much snow. the snow is really just sheets of ice. and i do think that there s not enough drivers around here that see it frequently enough, they don t understand the concept that you have to slow down all the time. tv reporter mark johnson is in a helicopter covering
1,500-foot radius around the blaze and are on scene for 14 hours. damages from the explosion and fire are estimated by authorities to be $2 million, plus $1.5 million more in cleanup costs. the video doesn t really do it justice. actually watching it, and it was just yeah, once in a lifetime thing. i m never going to see something like that again. dallas, texas, december 8, 2005. an ice storm causes major headaches during the morning commute as cars and trucks spin out on the slick roads. we get true ice storms. you may not have much snow. the snow is really just sheets of ice. and i do think that there s not enough drivers around here that see it frequently enough.
fire are estimated by authorities to be $2 million, plus $1.5 million more in cleanup costs. the video doesn t really do it justice. actually watching it, and it was just, yeah, a once in a lifetime thing. i m never going to see something like that again. dallas, texas. december 8th, 2005. an ice storm causes major headaches during the morning commute, as cars and trucks spin out on the slick roads. we get true ice storms. you may not have much snow. the snow is really just sheets of ice. and i do think that there s not enough drivers around here that see it frequently enough, they don t understand the concept that you have to slow down all the time. tv reporter mark johnson is in a helicopter covering accidents and traffic jams caused by the severe weather. he hovers over a jackknifed