"SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 9 — Challenged by strong winds and tides, cleanup crews struggled Friday to contain an oil spill spreading in the San Francisco Bay as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency for the area.
No stranger to natural disasters in California, the governor traveled to the Bay Area on Friday for a briefing on the status of the 58,000-gallon spill, which started early Wednesday after a 900-foot container ship rammed into a tower of the Bay Bridge. The ship was crippled, and oozed the oil that has closed 16 beaches and, at last count, ****** more than two dozen water birds.
“There is tremendous damage on the wildlife and on the beaches,” Mr. Schwarzenegger said Friday, later adding, “If mistakes were made, then we will bring them out.” "
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No stranger to natural disasters in California, the governor traveled to the Bay Area on Friday for a briefing on the status of the 58,000-gallon spill, which started early Wednesday after a 900-foot container ship rammed into a tower of the Bay Bridge. The ship was crippled, and oozed the oil that has closed 16 beaches and, at last count, ****** more than two dozen water birds.
“There is tremendous damage on the wildlife and on the beaches,” Mr. Schwarzenegger said Friday, later adding, “If mistakes were made, then we will bring them out.” "
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