Arrr! The Dutch be sailin' to the Caribbean to clean up a right nasty oil spill. Aye, mateys!
2024-03-01
Arrr mateys, the Dutch be sendin' their forces to Bonaire to scrub the beaches clean of oil spillage from afar. 'Tis a grand gesture from Amsterdam, but methinks they be wishin' they had a faster ship to get there!
Avast ye mateys! The Dutch have sent their armed forces to Bonaire to clear the beaches of oil spillage from a barge mishap hundreds of miles away. Arrr, the military be swabbing the decks of several beaches, which were finally opened to the public on Friday."Arrr, the situation seems to be under control," said the acting Lt. Gov. Reynolds Oleana. But shiver me timbers, who knows what may come in the days ahead?Meanwhile, environmental officials be waitin' to assess the damage once the polluted areas have been scoured clean. The spill started near Trinidad and Tobago, where a national emergency was declared.Arrr, the government there be suckin' up at least 420,000 gallons of oil mixed with water from the waters nearby. But they be warnin' that the real amount could be more, as some oil be driftin' across the Caribbean Sea or be mixed with sand and sargassum.Aye, a preliminary investigation found that the barge set sail from Panama and was bound for Guyana before it started to sink. The scallywag owner of the barge be nowhere to be found.Tobago officials be sayin' it'll take up to eight moons to clean the spill completely, with another three years to replenish the ecosystems. Avast ye, a true pirate's tale of woe!