Is Hawaii Ready For 'Worst Case Scenario' Oil Spill?

Courtesy Clean Islands Council

Floating black in a sea of blue. Birds covered in viscous goo. A devastated fishing industry. An ecological disaster.

Americans have been reminded this month, in graphic detail, what an oil spill looks like. Before all is said and done, the Deepwater Horizon explosion and subsequent leak in the Gulf of Mexico could be the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

While Hawaii does not have the off-shore drilling that caused the Gulf's problems, it does rely heavily on imported oil. The hypothetical worst-case scenario of a million-barrel tanker dropping its product into the Pacific should be enough to make every Hawaii resident ask: Are we ready?

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