1.0Reef Checkhttps://www.reefcheck.orgreefcheckdevhttps://www.reefcheck.org/author/reefcheckdev/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="o8NUOqyX4w"><a href="https://www.reefcheck.org/santa-barbara-oil-spill-response-missed-the-boat/">Santa Barbara Oil Spill Response Missed the Boat</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.reefcheck.org/santa-barbara-oil-spill-response-missed-the-boat/embed/#?secret=o8NUOqyX4w" width="600" height="338" title="“Santa Barbara Oil Spill Response Missed the Boat” — Reef Check" data-secret="o8NUOqyX4w" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.reefcheck.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/refugio.jpg300450The recent oil spill at Refugio Beach north of Santa Barbara was a drop-in-the-bucket compared to the huge blowouts and repeated spills in Santa Barbara in 1969 – a reported 100,000 gallons this time versus 200 million then. Given that almost half a century has passed, and we have had several monster spills since 1969, one would expect that we would be well prepared to deal with such disasters. Unfortunately, the response to the Refugio spill missed the boat in one important area.