Disaster_Accident

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A worker drags viscous snare pom poms along the waters' edge on East Beach in Galveston, Texas, to snag oil, Monday, March 24, 2014. Thousands of gallons of tar-like oil spilled into the major U.S. shipping channel after a barge ran into a ship Saturday. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

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In this photo taken on Sunday, March 23, 2014, oil containment booms are spread out near the idle Galveston-Bolivar Ferry terminal in Galveston, Texas. The Coast Guard partially reopened one of the nation's busiest seaports to ship traffic Tuesday, March 25, three days after a collision between a barge and a ship spilled up to 170,000 gallons of tar-like oil into the waters south of Houston. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool) MANDATORY CREDIT

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Oil sludge floats on the surface of the water as pelicans sit along the jetty nearby on East Beach in Galveston, Texas, Monday, March 24, 2014. Thousands of gallons of tar-like oil spilled into the major U.S. shipping channel after a barge ran into a ship Saturday. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)