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Forum » Retro People & Events » The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Vaporman87
Today in 1989, the Exxon Valdez poured hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude oil into the Prince William Sound. 


What do you remember about this huge environmental disaster?

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shakin steak
The Exxon station in my town took down the sign with the tiger on it when it happened.
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Vaporman87

shakin steak wrote :
The Exxon station in my town took down the sign with the tiger on it when it happened.


As an act of protest, solidarity ...?
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shakin steak
I don't truly know, but my guess is somebody wanted to avoid questions like "how dare you use a wild animal to advertise when you destroy the environment?"

If it weren't for this thread causing me to look this stuff up, I would have thought the company stopped using the tiger entirely. I haven't seen him since the spill but apparently they continued to use him in many locations.
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shakin steak wrote :
I haven't seen him since the spill but apparently they continued to use him in many locations.


Indeed they did. And still do.
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raptor
Just all the images of ducks being cleaned off by environmental people. Bad deal.
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