Whoopsie

The truth, as I understand it anyway, is that this sort of thing actually happens all the time but after Macono we've acquired a heightened sensitivity to it.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Coast Guard says a towing vessel hit an oil well early Tuesday in a waterway north of Barataria Bay in south Louisiana and there are reports of oil spewing from the damaged wellhead.

Not to say that this is improper. Louisianians live in proximity to an impressive amount of oil and gas production infrastructure and have little idea of its scope or its hazards and the frequency with which they are exposed to them.