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Tobago Oil Slick now 144 KM in Length

February 15, 2024
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THE Tobago Emergency Management Agency TEMA says that the oil slick from the capsized vessel off the Tobago southern coast is now 144 kilometres in length.

A post on TEMA’s Facebook on Wednesday noted the following info:

  • 𝑻𝒉𝒆 π’Šπ’Žπ’‚π’ˆπ’†π’“π’š 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒂 π’”π’Šπ’π’—π’†π’“-π’π’Šπ’Œπ’† π’”π’π’Šπ’„π’Œ π’†π’Žπ’‚π’π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’‡π’“π’π’Ž 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’˜π’“π’†π’„π’Œπ’†π’… 𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒍, π’‚π’„π’„π’π’Žπ’‘π’‚π’π’Šπ’†π’… π’ƒπ’š π’”π’•π’“π’†π’‚π’Œπ’” 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 π’•π’‰π’Šπ’„π’Œ, π’ƒπ’π’‚π’„π’Œ-π’π’Šπ’Œπ’† 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆.
  • 𝑻𝒉𝒆 π’‚π’π’π’Žπ’‚π’π’š π’Žπ’†π’‚π’”π’–π’“π’†π’… 78 π’π’‚π’–π’•π’Šπ’„π’‚π’ π’Žπ’Šπ’π’†π’” (π’‚π’‘π’‘π’“π’π’™π’Šπ’Žπ’‚π’•π’†π’π’š 144 π’Œπ’Ž) π’Šπ’ π’π’†π’π’ˆπ’•π’‰.
  • 𝑻𝒉𝒆 π’”π’‘π’Šπ’π’ 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 π’‡π’“π’π’Ž 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’˜π’†π’”π’• 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’π’π’“π’•π’‰π’˜π’†π’”π’• π’Šπ’π’•π’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π‘ͺπ’‚π’“π’Šπ’ƒπ’ƒπ’†π’‚π’ 𝑺𝒆𝒂.
  • 𝑻𝒉𝒆 π’”π’π’Šπ’„π’Œ 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍l𝒆𝒅 π’‚π’‘π’‘π’“π’π’™π’Šπ’Žπ’‚π’•π’†π’π’š 63 π’π’‚π’–π’•π’Šπ’„π’‚π’ π’Žπ’Šπ’π’†π’” (118 π’Œπ’Ž) 𝑾𝑡𝑾, π’˜π’‰π’Šπ’„π’‰ 𝒉𝒂𝒔 π’π’π’˜ 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 30 π’Œπ’Ž 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 π‘»π’“π’Šπ’π’Šπ’…π’‚π’… 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π‘»π’π’ƒπ’‚π’ˆπ’’𝒔 𝑬𝑬𝒁.
  • π‘Ύπ’Šπ’π’…π’” π’Žπ’†π’‚π’”π’–π’“π’†π’… 14 π’Œπ’π’π’•π’” 𝑬 π’…π’–π’“π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’”π’‚π’•π’†π’π’π’Šπ’•π’† π’Šπ’Žπ’‚π’ˆπ’†, π’ˆπ’–π’Šπ’…π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’‘π’π’•π’†π’π’•π’Šπ’‚π’ π’…π’“π’Šπ’‡π’• 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’π’Šπ’ π’”π’π’Šπ’„π’Œ.
  • 𝑻𝒉𝒆 π’‰π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰ π’„π’π’π’‡π’Šπ’…π’†π’π’„π’† 𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍 π’Šπ’” π’‚π’•π’•π’“π’Šπ’ƒπ’–π’•π’†π’… 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’Œπ’π’π’˜π’ 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 π’‘π’π’Šπ’π’• 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆.
  • π‘½π’‚π’“π’Šπ’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’π’” π’Šπ’ π’”π’π’Šπ’„π’Œ π’•π’‰π’Šπ’„π’Œπ’π’†π’”π’” π’˜π’†π’“π’† 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 π’•π’‰π’Šπ’ π’π’Šπ’-π’π’Šπ’Œπ’† 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 π’˜π’‚π’” 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕 π’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’Šπ’Žπ’‚π’ˆπ’†π’“π’š.
Map showing oil slick

Drone surveillance and ground truthing were also conducted to increase the confidence level. Advanced aerial truthing is to be done, the TEMA post stated.

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