memories of nearly everyone I spoke to was an event that took place near these very grounds: one of the largest chemical leaks in American history. The leak was discovered in 1994 in a forty-year-old, mile-long underground pipeline connecting Condea Vista to the Conoco docks, which were a few miles from the Arenos’ home on Bayou d’Inde. The pipe carried ethylene dichloride (EDC) and was used to store it as well.
