The molasses spill was very shocking to everyone. A ship that was carrying molasses leaked as much as 233,000 gallons of molasses. This ship was carrying the molasses from Hawaii all the way to California.
Thoughts on the effects of the molasses spill
"This is the worst environmental damage to sea life that I have come across, and its fair to say this is a biggie, if not the biggest that we've had to confront in the state of Hawaii," said Gary Gill, deputy director for the Environmental Health Division of the Health Department. (http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com)
The molasses damaged the life under water, killing all of the ocean life. There is not much people can do to clean the water that has been affected by the molasses. Hawaii's people are in shock and very upset to see that their water is contaminated and all the life under water has been killed. All the fish, reefs, and other ocean life lie dead at the bottom of the sea.
I personally think that this molasses spill could have been prevented. The people working on the ship and working on the ship should have had a back up plan to prevent a spill. There are many smart people that could have came up with a plan B to prevent such a tragic problem. All they can do now is fix the problem and find a way for this to never happen again. They need to improve the ships so that there will not be another spill that will kill the ocean life and contaminate the water.
