AP Wire South America

Y2K??????

-- PJC (paulchri@msn.com), January 22, 2000

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Your link brought only United States.....? (As far as I could tell...:)

-- Birdlady (Birdlady@nest.home), January 22, 2000.

BAD LINK ABOVE.....SORRY...

Associated Press South America

JANUARY 22, 19:19 EST

Brazilians Work To Clean Oil Spill

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP)  Hundreds of volunteers and experts cleaned up muck-covered beaches and tried to save endangered birds Saturday as the massive oil spill polluting Rio's Guanabara Bay continued spreading.

The work continued four days after a pipeline sprung a leak and spewed 338,000 gallons of crude oil into the bay, according to Petrobras, the government-owned oil company. Local environmentalists say it is the worst ecological disaster to hit Rio de Janeiro in a decade.

CBN Radio reported Saturday that Petrobras President Henri Phillipe Reichstul has fired the company's corporate and environmental affairs directors as a result of the spill. He apparently held them responsible for corrosion that caused the pipeline to leak and faulty software that he said allowed the accident to go unnoticed for several hours.

The oil slick spread through the Guapimirim and Jequia mangrove swamps, both protected areas and important spawning grounds for fish, birds and crustaceans. State biologists said it would take decades for nature to undo the damage.

Winds and tides carried the oil toward the mouth of the bay and the open sea, prompting Rio de Janeiro Governor Anthony Garotinho to urge Petrobras to put down more barriers to contain the spread. Despite the drift seaward, the state environmental office said it was unlikely the oil would reach ocean beaches such as Copacabana or Ipanema.

As the spill widened over more than 16 square miles, hundreds of workers and volunteers took to the beaches in hard-hit areas to mop up the oil and dump it into steel drums. Other volunteers helped biologists wash off oil-blackened birds and crabs.

President Fernando Henrique Cardoso has said the $27.5 million fine the government is likely to slap on Petrobras will be used to pay for the cleanup.

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-- PJC (paulchri@msn.com), January 22, 2000.

(for educational purposes only)

"JANUARY 22, 19:19 EST

Brazilians Work To Clean Oil Spill

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP)  Hundreds of volunteers and experts cleaned up muck-covered beaches and tried to save endangered birds Saturday as the massive oil spill polluting Rio's Guanabara Bay continued spreading.

The work continued four days after a pipeline sprung a leak and spewed 338,000 gallons of crude oil into the bay, according to Petrobras, the government-owned oil company. Local environmentalists say it is the worst ecological disaster to hit Rio de Janeiro in a decade.

CBN Radio reported Saturday that Petrobras President Henri Phillipe Reichstul has fired the company's corporate and environmental affairs directors as a result of the spill. He apparently held them responsible for corrosion that caused the pipeline to leak and faulty software that he said allowed the accident to go unnoticed for several hours.

The oil slick spread through the Guapimirim and Jequia mangrove swamps, both protected areas and important spawning grounds for fish, birds and crustaceans. State biologists said it would take decades for nature to undo the damage.

Winds and tides carried the oil toward the mouth of the bay and the open sea, prompting Rio de Janeiro Governor Anthony Garotinho to urge Petrobras to put down more barriers to contain the spread. Despite the drift seaward, the state environmental office said it was unlikely the oil would reach ocean beaches such as Copacabana or Ipanema.

As the spill widened over more than 16 square miles, hundreds of workers and volunteers took to the beaches in hard-hit areas to mop up the oil and dump it into steel drums. Other volunteers helped biologists wash off oil-blackened birds and crabs.

President Fernando Henrique Cardoso has said the $27.5 million fine the government is likely to slap on Petrobras will be used to pay for the cleanup."

(end of article)

Now, what kind of faulty software would that be?

-- Rachel Gibson (rgibson@hotmail.com), January 22, 2000.

Sorry, PJC. You and I were posting at the same time. :(

-- Rachel Gibson (rgibson@hotmail.com), January 22, 2000.

Report said, "faulty software."

The last I heard there's no such thing as faulty software, it's a squirrel in a tree. (just making fun here)

Who wants to take bets this does not make the mainstream news here, or at least there'll be no mention of faulty software. Thank you both for the post.

-- Richard (Astral-Acres@webtv.net), January 22, 2000.

So any software glitch is now y2k?

-- futureshock (gray@matter.com), January 23, 2000.

fired the corporate...affairs director

roflmao

This did lose a little in translation, didn't it?

In the Northern Hemisphere a Corporate Affairs Director is a Public Relations flak!

They are being blamed for an oil spill?? ;-)

-- cgbg jr (cgbgjr@webtv.net), January 23, 2000.