<div dir="ltr">Thanks so much Scott for putting all this together, listening to hydrophones, hoping we don't hear any whales - <div>Susan</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#0000ff" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" size="4">Susan Berta, </font><div><font color="#0000ff" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" size="4"><b>Orca Network </b> </font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" size="4"><i><b>Connecting Whales and People in the Pacific Northwest </b></i></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Programs include the Whale Sighting Network, Langley Whale Center, Central Puget Sound Marine Mammal Stranding Network, Free Tokitae Campaign, Educational programs, Advocacy and Events</font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#0000ff" size="4"> </font><br></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#0000ff" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#0000ff" size="4"><i><br></i></font></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 12:22 AM Scott Veirs <<a href="mailto:sveirs@gmail.com" target="_blank">sveirs@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">David, Don, Grace and other members of locate@ list and original recipients -- <div><br></div><div>Regarding the 2600-gallon diesel spill today between County Park and Smuggler's Cove, San Juan Island, I am offering my opinion as an oceanographer ASAP -- </div><div><br>Based on the <a href="https://faculty.washington.edu/pmacc/LO/p5_PS_speed_top.html" target="_blank">UW Live Ocean model of Puget Sound surface currents</a> (animation of today and forecast for next 2 days) and many sightings today of J, K, and L pod members until sunset from Whale Sightings in San Juan Island and other Facebook groups (summarized at <a href="http://acartia.io" target="_blank">acartia.io</a> where any hearings tonight will be added in real time as red circles) suggest to me that now/tonight and tomorrow would be optimal times to be deterring the SRKWs from northward travel in Haro Strait, if the spill has not been contained and the surface concentrations in air or water are deemed deleterious. The first ebb is peaking now and there will be a bigger one tomorrow (8/14) from 10:00-17:00, and in the interim there will be a low-exchange tidal cycle in which surface diesel concentrations should be expected to peak above the sunken vessel. In any of these tidal phases, it would be non-optimal were the whales to travel north through the spill from their last known position off Eagle Point at 21:15.<br><br>Please see screen grabs for a visual synopsis, including photos taken by the Marine Monitor system of the responding USCG vessel Swordfish.</div><div><br></div><div>The <a href="http://live.orcasound.net" target="_blank">Orcasound</a> listening community has been activated and along with the sighting networks, we will continue to add points to the Acartia map as they come in from visual or acoustic observations tonight. <br><br>Does anyone know what time the vessel sank, or more specifically, when the diesel slick began to form? If it was much before today's big ebb set in around 8am, the SRKWs may have already been exposed...<br><br>Best of luck (to the SRKWs),</div><div>Scott (in Seattle)</div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_l6szup794" alt="aerial-slick.jpeg" width="526" height="395"><br></div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_l6sydi6m1" alt="Screen Shot 2022-08-13 at 10.56.19 PM.png" width="303" height="560"><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><img src="cid:ii_l6sxmjqz0" alt="Screen Shot 2022-08-13 at 10.56.43 PM.png" width="560" height="472"></div><div><img src="cid:ii_l6szn36o2" alt="boom.jpeg" width="526" height="296"><br><img src="cid:ii_l6szn37g3" alt="uscg.jpeg" width="526" height="296"><br><br><br><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 7:50 PM Susan Berta <<a href="mailto:susan@orcanetwork.org" target="_blank">susan@orcanetwork.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Boom is there on scene but not being effective due to high current, from WDFW. They will be doing another overflight in about an hour.<div>Update/correction - the dive team is en route and won't arrive until this evening and then will work tonight to remove remaining fuel and or tow the boat out of there.</div><div>sb</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#0000ff" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" size="4">Susan Berta, </font><div><font color="#0000ff" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" size="4"><b>Orca Network </b> </font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" size="4"><i><b>Connecting Whales and People in the Pacific Northwest </b></i></font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Programs include the Whale Sighting Network, Langley Whale Center, Central Puget Sound Marine Mammal Stranding Network, Free Tokitae Campaign, Educational programs, Advocacy and Events</font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#0000ff" size="4"> </font><br></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#0000ff" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" color="#0000ff" size="4"><i><br></i></font></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 7:38 PM Howard Garrett <<a href="mailto:howard@orcanetwork.org" target="_blank">howard@orcanetwork.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large">Thanks Fred, Roger that. Very scary. Js, Ks and Ls just came in from the Ocean to the south end and are shuffling northward up SJI. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large">Last seen a few minutes ago of Edward Point, 1 mile south of Landbank's Westside Preserve. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large">Stewart is at CWR and will watch and listen for blows.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large">Divers are trying to plug leaks, but so far there isn't a boom around the sheen that is blowing north at last report.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large">Fred are you on island to watch and listen for whales?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large">Howard<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 7:06 PM Fred Felleman <<a href="mailto:felleman@comcast.net" target="_blank">felleman@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>Subject:</b> <b>Fwd: Sunken 50-Foot Fishing Vessel Near San Juan Island - 8/13/2022 @ 1755</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>r</span>Vessel Near San Juan Island - 8/13/2022 @ 1755<blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Resource Partners – Ecology is responding to a sunken 50-foot fishing vessel, the ALEUTIAN ISLE, on the west side of San Juan Island. This incident started as a search and rescue, and reportedly all persons on board were rescued safely. The vessel sank in approximately 100 feet of water at lat/lon: 48.552778/-123.1725. The fishing vessel has a fuel capacity of 4,000 gallons and was reported to have 2,500 gallons of diesel on board at the time of the sinking. The Coast Guard performed an overflight of the area and is reporting a two mile oil sheen traveling north from the sinking location.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Ecology, the US Coast Guard, and San Juan County are responding, and two response contractors are enroute; Global Diving and Salvage and Tow Boat USA. Global Diving is mobilizing a dive team tonight and will attempt to either remove or secure the diesel fuel on board.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I have attached a draft ICS-232 Resources at Risk. Please let me know if you have any comments on the resources and potential strategies identified.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>This is all the information I currently have on this incident, and I will provide updates as additional information is available. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Best Regards,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>David Byers</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Response Section Manager</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Washington Department of Ecology</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>PO Box 47600, Olympia, WA 98504-7600</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Cell: 360-790-6899 | Email: <a href="mailto:david.byers@ecy.wa.gov" target="_blank">david.byers@ecy.wa.gov</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:david.byers@ecy.wa.gov" target="_blank">david.byers@ecy.wa.gov</a>></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></div></blockquote></div><div dir="auto" role="textbox" aria-label="Message Body"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"></div></blockquote></div><div dir="auto"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)"><b><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="2">Howard Garrett<br></font></span></b></span></div><font size="2" color="#0000FF"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><b>Orca Network</b></span><br>
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