Molasses Spill

b) your thoughts on the effects of the molasses spill (How should people respond to this? Could this have been prepared for? What should be done next?).

Effects of Molasses Spill:
 In Hawaii's Honalou Harbor, 230,000 gallons of thick molasses spilled into the harbor. The spill contaminated thousands of fish and other living things that are in the ocean. All over the harbor fish were dying and floating all throughout the water. The ocean went from a blue water to a cola brown color not safe for the animals making it not safe for the divers to go down. The molasses made a thick layer on the bottom of the ocean, it also sucks all of the oxygen out of water. All of the living things were hiding but took a turn for the worse and all started to die.

 

No one is to blame for accidents like these that occur in the ocean but there should be more things to be done to prevent it from happening. Cleaning up molasses spills, oil spills etc. are not easy to do. I t takes alot of time and effort and also cost a great deal of money. It is necessary to do so to save the ocean life though. The ocean is a place where many discoveries are made. We need the ocean so cleaning it up after a spill is needed for us and for the animals and creatures living in it as well.  People should want to help clean up when a spill occurs and i think most people would want to help. People everywhere should want to help keep are ocean clean.





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