Pipeline spews crude in California but none reaches beach (Update)

[The Sushi Bandit]

Source: Phys.org

An underground pipeline spewed thousands of gallons of crude oil Thursday near the Southern California coast but the foul-smelling goo was contained in a lengthy stretch of ravine and never reached nearby beaches.

About 29,000 gallons of oil spilled and flowed at least a quarter-mile in the canyon near Ventura, fire authorities said.
Resident Kirk Atwater said he called 911 after smelling and hearing the flowing crude. "We started getting this horrendous smell and I knew right away what it was," he said.

Atwater, 56, said he went up the canyon on his motor scooter and found the oil gushing from an above-ground box that he surmised covers equipment. "It was just pouring out like water coming out of a fire hydrant," he said.


Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-06-california-pipeline-gallons-crude-oil.html#jCp

Read more: http://phys.org/news/2016-06-california-pipeline-gallons-crude-oil.html

[upaloopa]

1. Not far from the one we had south west of Santa Barbara last year

[intrepidity]

2. Awesome (not)

The 11th spill since 2006 for this company.

[scscholar]

4. And how many people have been put into prison because of that?

Hopefully dozens since you know that not just the rulers of the corporation are guilty. Engineers, technicians, and construction workers also decided to agree to cut corners in order to cause leaks.

[onecaliberal]

3. :

[phazed0]

5. Don't know what everyone is upset about, this is what we're voting for. nt

[JunkYardDogg]

6. Located Hall Canyon on Google Maps,...

But I could not isolate "Prince Barranca",
this does not seem to be a well known spot,

The spill was in a canyon at least a mile from the beach, maybe more. But the natural downhill flow is through a normal residential neighborhood. Looks like it was contained in the canyon part.

for a map , see :

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hall+Canyon,+Ventura,+CA+93001/@34.2844484,-119.2916399,11687m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x80e9ad135db69421:0xf465df1c65cf13e5!8m2!3d34.284444!4d-119.256621

for the story covered by our local paper, see:

http://www.vcstar.com/news/local/ventura/crews-respond-to-hazmat-incident-in-ventura-35f2b7cb-2076-3711-e053-0100007fd158-384104981.html
If this was bad, it would have been real nasty for the residential areas. And the beach where it would have flowed to is a real nice, raw, natural open beach.
Lucky it was not a bad spill.

[xocet]

7. Random Free Association: the FIXX - Reach the Beach....