Portion of Mississippi reopened after oil spill; ships still stuck 

By: Molly Hennessy- Fiske

After a devastating oil spill, the Mississippi River was closed for 65 miles. (Fiske). This oil spill had occurred at the beginning of the weekend and part of the river was still closed until Monday. The U.S. Coast Guard had said that there were 29 ships stuck because of this conflict. "Officials had closed a 65 mile stretch of the river and the port of New Orleans after 31,500 gallons of light crude oil spilled from a barge that ran into  a towboat Saturday about 50 miles west of New Orleans." (Fiske 1). They had kept this river closed for so long because of the risk that that would cause more pollution. People with the Environmental Safety & Health was urging people to be cautious with the use of water. "As of Monday, there are no reports of contamination to drinking water. (Fiske 1).

The spill had occurred by the town of Vacherie in St. James Parish and then reported that there was no contamination spreading from the river. (Fiske). There is a threat to so much when their is an oil spill. They are worrying about people, animals, vessels, and anything in the river. There is so much to take into consideration and people need to take caution. Overall, this has not been the longest time that a major river like this has been closed for a couple of days, but even with the river closed for a couple of hours, it affects to many people. (Fiske).



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