The Ocean Caught on Fire
On the list of things that would catch on fire, “the ocean” would rank near the bottom in an ideal world. But that world is not ours to live in, friends. Just as the U.S. was sliding into July 4 weekend, a series of tweets that looked like a trailer for a new Michael Bay movie emerged. Footage shot from a helicopter captured the azure waters of the Gulf of Mexico ablaze as boats tried to put the burning water out with… water. (????) If we’re being honest, it’s a pretty good metaphor.
The fire was the result of a ruptured pipeline in the Ku Maloob Zaap oil field managed by Pemex, Mexico’s state-owned oil company with a long history of mishaps and questionable safety videos. Not that we needed another reason, but having the ocean not catch fire is certainly another pro on the “stop extracting fossil fuels” pro/con list.
🚨 Sobre el incendio registrado en aguas del Golfo de México, en la Sonda de Campeche, a unos metros de la plataforma Ku-Charly (dentro del Activo Integral de Producción Ku Maloob Zaap)
Tres barcos han apoyado para sofocar las llamas pic.twitter.com/thIOl8PLQo
— Manuel Lopez San Martin (@MLopezSanMartin) July 2, 2021
