Holy Frack! what could possibly go wrong?

[HarveyDarkey]

This is a backyard picture of the Mayflower, AR oil spill on that Exxon pipeline. The local authorities have denied the press access to these areas so few have actually seen the extent of the spill. This picture was taken by a friend's daughter who lives next door to this house.

[Buzz Clik]

1. Fracking? This was a fracking accident?

[HarveyDarkey]

2. Pipeline carrying the sludgy, abrasive, toxic "petroleum" that fracking generates

[Buzz Clik]

3. Actually not. The crude was from tar sands.

This story is far more relevant to the Keystone XL pipeline.

[Champion Jack]

5. the line was carrying Wabasca Heavy crude

the line was carrying Wabasca Heavy crude from western Canada when it ruptured.
Wabasca Heavy is a type of diluted bitumen, or dilbit, from Alberta's tar sands region, according to the Canadian Crude Quality Monitoring Program, an industry source that provides data on different types of Canadian oil.
Bitumen extracted from tar sands has the consistency of peanut butter and must be diluted to flow through pipelines.

[progressoid]

4. Oh, that's nothing a couple shop vacs can't fix.

[PCIntern]

6. ...and as far as human safety goes,

It is the equivalent of eating two bananas a day!

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. I knew it...we all need to stock up on bananas.

[The Wielding Truth]

23. bananas? What am I missing?

[zeemike]

12. Better yet...through some gravel on it

And you have your back yard paved for free....least I don't think the oil company would charge you for it, but I don't know.

[progressoid]

19. I'm told that cat litter works great too.

Use pine scented litter for that natural smell!

[Ruby the Liberal]

7. Is that someone's yard

or a small pond that is holding the mess??

[localroger]

17. It's a yard

Note the redwood fence and air conditioning unit. That's a barbeque grill in the extreme up close foreground.

[Ruby the Liberal]

20. Mind blowing.

[winter is coming]

21. How many air conditioners do you see in ponds?

That crap's probably in their house, too. I hope they've got insurance that covers this.

[tout_le_monde]

8. Imagine this happening on a larger scale..along Keystone Route

That'll be the end of the ballgame for sure.

[KG]

9. oil pipe lines, yay! Keystone XL, yay! what could possibly go wrong?

i'll be thrilled when the prez signs off on this!

[winter is coming]

22. A pic like this, with "Keystone XL: what could go wrong" should go viral on Twitter

if it hasn't already.

[beyurslf]

10. How does that ever recover?

Their homes have lost all value and will never recover.

[joanbarnes]

11. K&R This NEEDS to go viral.

[JVS]

13. This lawn is going to need a lot of TLC over the summer.

[NutmegYankee]

14. Given modern DEP rules, the lawn is gone.

The state will likely require the soil to be removed and all the tress and such in the middle will be removed as well. If the oil got under the foundation of the house, that may be condemned as well.

[WillyT]

15. K & R !!!

[Fla Dem]

16. This is so wrong, unnatural and unhealthy .

Every congress person who supports these pipelines should have to go to this person's house and apologize in person. Then they should have to wade thru this primordial ooze in their bare feet. Just like the dinosaurs in the La Brea tar pits.

[Safetykitten]

24. See? Oil is everywhere. Just there for the using. Oil BBQ anyone?