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COFFEYVILLE, Kan. - The flood engulfing homes to the rooftops carried an extra curse Tuesday as a slick of 42,000 gallons of thick crude oil floated downstream with the mud and debris, coating everything it touched with a slimy, smelly layer of goo.
The oil slick had been expected to float into Oklahoma?s Oologah Lake, about 30 miles northeast of Tulsa, early Tuesday, said Dave Bary, a spokesman for the Environmental Protection Agency in Dallas.
However, officials who flew over the river said that by late morning the slick was still about 5 or 6 miles from the lake entrance.
COFFEYVILLE, Kan. - The flood engulfing homes to the rooftops carried an extra curse Tuesday as a slick of 42,000 gallons of thick crude oil floated downstream with the mud and debris, coating everything it touched with a slimy, smelly layer of goo.
The oil slick had been expected to float into Oklahoma?s Oologah Lake, about 30 miles northeast of Tulsa, early Tuesday, said Dave Bary, a spokesman for the Environmental Protection Agency in Dallas.
However, officials who flew over the river said that by late morning the slick was still about 5 or 6 miles from the lake entrance.
