You may have seen it, but if you haven’t, I urge you to watch my dear friend Eddie’s video A Day At Oil Beach — he took a camera down to nearby Ocean beach here in San Francisco and shot what he saw, which is intense. Especially since it’s not one of the closed beaches. (We just had an oil disaster/accident here in the Bay. Ocean Beach is a couple miles from my house.) Our birds are dying, crab season is halted until further notice and the beaches are… well, watch the video and see for yourself. It’s heartbreaking and angry-making all at the same time; and also lovely footage of the beach at sunset.
Eddie has a photo set of his experience here; sweet Lane Hartwell has amazing shots here of the tanker and birds being cleaned (and hopefully saved, only 50% survive after cleaning). Pal Mattymatt has an ongoing post about it here, with volunteer information and more info/activity in the comments.
Update: part of that beach is now closed.
