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A fact from 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 August 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that one day after the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill went ashore, Richard Nixon called for a complete cessation of local drilling except for a relief well?

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Expansion

This article begs for expansion in this day and age. Also need to maintain the Wikipedia goal of neutrality. It maybe already lacks that when you see the few references and their source. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.214.41.30 (talk) 17:55, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wow. Reading this craptastic article, you would think that the only effect of the spill was the death of 10,000 birds. In fact, for years afterwards, the beaches for over 100 miles south of S.B. were covered with sticky dollops of tar, and the once plentiful shellfish population was all but completely wiped out. It was possible to harvest edible crabs, clams, and mussels along the Southern California coast before the oil spill. Two years later the shellfish were GONE, and have not yet returned in significant quantities. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.215.115.31 (talk) 21:07, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

These updated links for the Daily Nexus sources should be incorporated:

http://www.dailynexus.com/2005-01-28/69-oil-spill-leaves-mark-on-sb-environmentalism/

http://www.dailynexus.com/2005-01-31/a-lasting-legacy-of-offshore-drilling/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.56.121.40 (talk) 23:49, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Rewrite, need pics

I'm working on a rewrite of this article in my userspace ... is anyone watchlisting this? Can someone help me find some public domain or copyleft pictures? I'm having a hard time finding anything useful; the best pics are copyright, typically by newspapers and press services. Antandrus (talk) 23:08, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This was all I could find. Plazak (talk) 03:56, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you -- definitely useful! It shows how the blowout is bubbling up at a distance from the rig. Antandrus (talk) 04:38, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Question for Antandrus: Is this the longest article you have ever written from scratch? - Darwinek (talk) 15:52, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. :) History of Santa Barbara is close ... Antandrus (talk) 16:59, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See, and you thought nobody will ever notice. :) - Darwinek (talk) 23:09, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Title

Isn't there a better word for this than "spill"? Crude Oil wasn't spilled and what actually happened was an off shore well blew out. I had trouble finding it under "oil spill"; was looking under: 'well blow out'.

Tyrerj (talk) 00:17, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's the standard naming convention we use -- see for example everything in Category:Oil_spills. I can find one exception, and this is a land event -- the Lakeview Gusher -- but otherwise we seem to use "spill" consistently. Bring it up on the village pump if you have a better idea, but I think "spill" works ok. Antandrus (talk) 02:02, 6 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pismo Beach Disaster Relief

Does this have anything to do with the "Pismo Beach Disaster Relief" mentioned in the 1995 film "Clueless"? 24.6.187.181 (talk) 21:33, 22 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not that I know of -- do you have a link to a clip of the scene? I know that the spill was detected as far north as Pismo Beach but I don't think it was a serious problem there. Antandrus (talk) 22:20, 22 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]