Friday, August 14, 2015

'All hands on deck' Enbridge oil spill drill planned for Mackinac straits

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<> 'All hands on deck' Enbridge oil spill drill planned for Mackinac straits - The "mother of all exercises" to gauge Enbridge Inc.'s ability to respond to an oil spill under the Mackinac straits will happen next month -- Sept. 22-25 and involve hundreds of responders, more than a dozen boats, multiple helicopters, drones, underwater vehicles, wave gliders and other equipment designed to gauge real-time wind, wave and current data in the heavily trafficked waterway.