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Crude oil in Burrard Inlet Risk Assessment May, 2010

 
 

 

5. Determine the risk

 

 
 
  • A spill of 20 million gallons of crude oil will travel into Indian Arm, Burrard Inlet, English Bay, False Creek and Georgia Strait. Based on the Exxon Valdez oil spill, I estimate that the oil will reach Nanaimo by day four and Courtney by day eight. The Exxon Valdez spill traveled 470 miles in 56 days.
 
 

 

  
 
  • Such a spill would be an ecological disaster.
  
 
  • Real estate values would decline.
  
 
  • Vancouver will become known for the largest oil spill on the Pacific Coast.
 
 
  • This would cause an evaporation of the “Supernatural” and “Green” image in B.C.
  
 
  • Port closure: Fouled ships and fouled water. Cargo will be rerouted to American ports for an indeterminate time. Perhaps forever. Railways and trucking impacted.
  
 
  • The end of tourism and fishing.