Officials coordinating the response to the Orange County oil spill say divers have confirmed that a 4,000-foot section of a 17.7-mile pipeline was moved out of place by as much as 105 feet and a 13-inch "split" in the line was detected.
The beaches of Orange County were empty. The whale-watching boats were canceled. The reek of petroleum was in the air. Here's a tour of the tainted coastline while we wait to learn how bad the oil spill will be for kelp beds, whales, birds and, of course, humans.
While some cautious optimism has been expressed about the scope of harm to wildlife to date, one official said, "We don’t fully know the magnitude of this spill quite yet.”
An underwater pipeline leak off the coast of Huntington Beach, California, has sent tens of thousands of gallons of oil into the Pacific Ocean impacting.
Officials coordinating the response to the Orange County oil spill say divers have confirmed that a 4,000-foot section of a 17.7-mile pipeline was moved out of place by as much as 105 feet and a 13-inch "split" in the line was detected.