This was the scene yesterday around noon. A tanker loaded with 6,500 gallons of bulk motor, leaving the ARG refinery, misjudged a hill and curve, flipping over. A fill hole in the trailer began spewing motoroil out into the ditch, headed toward a creek about 200 yards away. Unfortunatly, I was at work and had to respond to this incident. Within a minute of arriving, I was standing in a slow flowing pool of motoroil up to my knees. This was not my part of my plan, it just happened.
Needless to say, my $150 pair of boots - junk. My $40 uniform pants, also toast. Overall, this isn't that big of a deal because the department will buy me new pants and supply $80 for new boots (this is the amount that they supply for boots every year, but I choose to wear more expensive boots). I have attempted to use multiple degreasers and other solvents on these things, but that oil just won't clean up regardless of what I do.
Anyway, my clothes are not a big deal, but the smell was terrible. The same smell that we all enjoy every day. It really stinks when you decide to wear it and soak in it for a few minutes.
Overall, I don't think I ever want to see or smell oil again.
Can you imagine the feeling of sticking your foot into a 5 gallon bucket of oil? Unfortuanatly, I can
