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 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒓-𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒍, 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒌, 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌-𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆.
- 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅 78 𝒏𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒔 (𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒙𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 144 𝒌𝒎) 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉.
- 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒘𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑺𝒆𝒂.
- 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍l𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒙𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 63 𝒏𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒔 (118 𝒌𝒎) 𝑾𝑵𝑾, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 30 𝒌𝒎 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒈𝒐’𝒔 𝑬𝑬𝒁.
- 𝑾𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅 14 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒔 𝑬 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒆, 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒕 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒊𝒍 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌.
- 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆.
- 𝑽𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒊𝒍-𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒚.
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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