Word: reefs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...heads for the mailbox these days, he no longer waves to his neighbors in Huntington Bay, N.Y. Instead, his head sagging, he hurries back indoors to the lonely anguish that has engulfed his life since the early morning of March 24, when his tanker, the Exxon Valdez, struck a reef in Alaska's Prince William Sound and leaked 11 million gal. of crude oil into the pristine waters...
Last week the Coast Guard, National Guardsmen and private contractors made unusually good progress in cleaning up the uncanny string of spills. In Narragansett Bay, where the Greek tanker World Prodigy struck a reef and spewed 420,000 gals. of No. 2 fuel oil, most of the residue had evaporated or was rounded up by week's end. While the fuel may have long-term toxic effects on some marine life, fishermen were able to harvest shellfish for the first time since the accident. After an initial investigation, the ship's captain, Iakovos Georgudis, was charged with one misdemeanor count...
...Friday, the Greek tanker World Prodigy struck a rock at Brenton Reef, just south of Newport, R.I., spewing about 600,000 gal. of fuel that immediately began drifting toward Newport Harbor. A few hours later, a tanker collided with an oil-filled barge near Houston, releasing 250,000 gal. of oil. Then, shortly before 5 a.m. Saturday, a tanker from Uruguay ran aground in the Delaware River just south of Claymont, Del., causing a discharge of up to 1.6 million gal. of industrial fuel...
After the tanker Exxon Valdez plowed into a reef in Alaska's Prince William Sound, causing the worst oil spill in U.S. history, Exxon Chairman Lawrence Rawl made himself scarce. He waited almost a week before he publicly commented on the disaster, and it was more than two weeks before he ventured to Valdez. Last week, at Exxon's shareholder meeting, Rawl was forced to confront -- personally and directly -- a very angry public...
...Board continued a week of investigative hearings into the spill. The board disclosed new evidence that the tanker's captain, Joseph Hazelwood, had at least two drinks in the hours before the accident. James Kunkel, the ship's chief mate, described the terrifying moments after the ship hit the reef. "I feared for my life," Kunkel said. "I wondered if I would see my wife again...