So I just received a phone call about an oil spill, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez was headed for Washington at 9:12pm last night. A harbor pilot guided the ship through the Narrows; he returned control to Joseph Hazelwood. Joseph Hazelwood is the ships master and began to navigate the ship after consuming alcohol. After 11:00pm he tried avoiding any icebergs headed his way. The coast guard gave permission to go out through the inbound lane with precautions, but Hazelwood failed to keep watch and the ship struck Bligh Reef earlier today at 12:04am. I had thought to myself people are going to want to know about this, so I should blog about it. According to the official reports the ship was carrying 53.1 million U.S. gallons of oil. About 10.8 million U.S. gallons were spilled into the Prince William Sound.
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