We still have the tanker here folks, or the barge, or what's left of it. I only saw about 6 people out there looking at it when I went out today. I finally went poking around on both sides of the river to find it, I wasn't sure where to go to get the best view. I'm talking about the oil spill here on the river, for future posterity, due to an unlicensed skipper's run-in with a tanker. First I went on the west bank (which is south of the city) since I really like that view of the bridges but I realized when I got there that I should have stayed on the city side of the river to see it better. There is still welding going on, they're welding plates onto the barge so they can hoist what's left of it easier. I could not see any oil in the water but I wasn't all that close. You can still see the drag nets they've got in the water to try and help stop the oil travelling to the banks of the river. I saw some photos online somewhere showing air cannons they've got set up along the river to scare off the birds so they don't land and get coated in oil. That's a smart idea, huh? I went for a drink with an architect from work last week and he said some guys there that night he heard talking were workers who had come in to do that barge work, specialists of some sort. It has been raining pretty much every day, at least some, and most days way more than some. I wonder what that's doing for the spill....making it better or worse?
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