What happened? How did humans respond to this challenge? by Mark Keller

2025-01-07 18:09:27 UTC

On March 24, 1989 the oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran around in Prince William Sound Alaska, Spilling 11 million gallons of oil.

The humans had to do something about the oil spill. The helped clean the oil spill while this cleanup effort 4 people was killed due to the cleanup the oil spill.

2025-01-07 18:10:24 UTC

On March 24, 1989; a tragic oil spill happened due to a drunk captain hitting a reef and striking the hull. The crew members did nothing about the spillage and carried on. The captain was fined and had to do community service. Humans responded to this challenge by starting cleanups. Wildlife such as sea otters, harbor seals, and killer whales were killed.

2025-01-07 18:10:30 UTC

Thousands of workers and volunteers helped to clean up after the oil spill, and Exxon provided $2.1 billion in funding. Despite these cleanup efforts, the spill exterminated much native wildlife, including salmon, herring, sea otters, bald eagles, and killer whales.

2025-01-07 18:12:20 UTC

On March 24, 1989 the oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran around in Prince William Sound, Alaska, spilling 11 millions gallons

31jwilliams3 — 2025-01-07 18:12:35 UTC

What happens:The Exxon Valdez spill is the second largest in U.S and it killed about 2,800 sea otters, 300 harbor seals, 900 bald eagles and 250,000 seabirds died

People responded by: cleaning up the area

31aramos4 — 2025-01-07 18:13:07 UTC

The captain of the ship was intoxicated at the time of the spillage and the crew members did nothing about the situation. Alaska was furious and the company had to pay more that a million dollars. 4 deaths occurred during the clean up.

31akeodara — 2025-01-07 18:13:40 UTC

The ship spilled more than 10 million of oil all over Prince William and about 250,000 seabirds got killed and the humans responded by doing a clean up and making habitats protected and safe.

2025-01-07 18:13:44 UTC

On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez disaster spilled around 11 million gallons of oil. After it, humans tried to clean it up which lead to 4 people dying from respiratory issues.

2025-01-07 18:14:17 UTC

On 1989, a major oil spill incident happened. Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker would spill 11 million gallons of oil. Due to the captain and crew members they were the ones that were the cause of this major incident. As the captain was believed to be drunk before the journey. The ship members did nothing and did not address the situation nor problem. As this resulted into 4 people dying due to the oil spill cleanup. As the Exxon employees would have to pay over 3.8 billion for the damages they caused. - Justin

2025-01-07 18:14:57 UTC

The humans responded how they learned to be careful with the right supplies and the right person to take responsibility. However, this didn't happen to the people's responsibility to help the oil as the captain was heavily drunk and crews didn't care nor responded to fix the situation that caused to spill one of the second largest waters of 11 billion waste of oil into the water. The company had to hire thousands of workers and more people to help dig out the harmful waste of the oil in the water that spent countless times as days passed of fixing the oil spilled. Because of the wreckage of their responsibility, thousands of wildlife have been taken away counting of many deaths and knew people had to respond to sweep it and knew to never trust people who aren't responsible

2025-01-07 18:16:28 UTC

On March 24, 1989 the oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska, Spilling 11 millions gallons.

2025-01-07 18:19:58 UTC

The ship spilled more than 10 million gallons of oil into the Bligh Reef. A lot of animals died when the oil spill happened. People responded to the oil spill by cleaning up the area.

2025-01-07 18:21:38 UTC

Exxon settle in 1991 with funds. (25 million$) criminal plea agreement, (100 million$) criminal restitution, (900 million$) civil settlement.

2025-01-07 18:22:26 UTC

The date at that time was March 24, 1989, a fairly large ship the Exxcon Valdez was sailing between the Prince William Sound as well as Alaska while spilling about 11 million gallons of oil. It was speculated that the oil spill was because of the coast guard, overworked crew members, and the "drunk captain. Later on in 1990 the captain was proved to be wrongfully charged.

When humans began to hear about the oil spill, many rushed to help. People joined together as a community tirelessly to rescue animals in danger. Others attempted to build contraptions to skim the oil out of the water. To this day oil is still lingering around but with the help of the community, the animal fatality was reduced.

2025-01-07 18:22:40 UTC

The Exxon Valdez oil spill released 11 million gallons of oil into the ocean in Alaska making it one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S history. The National Transportation Safety Board was responsible for the oil spill and it costed over 300 million dollars to repair the environmental harm as well as endangerment of people and animals. More than 32,000 people were affected by this disaster and some died of respiratory illness because of coming in contact with the oil. Some humans responded to this issue by cleaning it little by little with heavy equipment like backhoes. Even though many contributed to fix this tragedy, there is still remaining oil lingering in the ocean.

31kle6 — 2025-01-07 18:23:02 UTC

There were 11 million gallons of oil that spilled at the Gulf of Alaska. Humans respond to this by paying a heavy price to the company, and the American people are also angry.

2025-01-07 18:24:07 UTC

On March 24, 1989. The negligence of the Coast Guard, overworked crew members, and a drunk captain caused the oil spill. It was believed the captain was drinking before the journey, the workers did not bother to address any shipping problem, and the Coast Guard did not access the ship.

2025-01-07 18:26:51 UTC

There was a oil spill that happened on March 24, 1989 called Exxon Valdez because of a drunk captain of a oil tanker spilled over 10.8 million gallons of oil onto the Prince William Sound and killed a lot of animals and 4 people died. clean up people sprayed oil dispersant chemicals onto the ocean to decrease the oil and people rescued the animals. This was a horrible disaster.

31tngo2 — 2025-01-07 18:27:39 UTC

March 24, 1989, an oil tanker, company of Exxon Valdez, has spill over 10 million gallons of oil, killing thousands of sea animal and hundreds of eagles because of a drunk captain let a unlicensed third mate to steer the massive ship.

2025-01-07 18:30:51 UTC

On March 24, 1989, the tanker Exxon Valdez spilled 11 million gallons of oil in Prince William Sound, Alaska. The American people are very worried and angry