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doxieone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:27 AM Original message |
BREAKING: Explosiion rocks west Texas refinery |
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fed-up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
1. quick-fill up your gas tank-another excuse for them to raise prices-hope no injuries nt |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I'm hearing that at least one person is injured. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
39. My eyes are bad. I thought you wrote "The blast was right about BAM" |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. My first thought was that everyone who was working is safe |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
2. Not good. |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
3. With the FISA bill expired maybe this is what * was warning us about! |
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liberalnurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Probably working short staffed, over-worked, underpaid |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. and I'm sure workplace safety inspections in Texas are lacking |
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hedgetrimmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:03 AM Response to Reply #16 |
49. starting pay is $20.00 an hour |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
5. Isn't this the second time in a week? WTH? nt |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Kind of, but not really. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. There Was A Sugar Refinery Explosioon Last Week Too |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
6. How many times does his happen a week.... n/t |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Might depend on how vulnerable cheney is feeling |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. it happens evey time they want to raise gas prices |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
36. Bush's budgets don't pay for inspectors. |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
7. I don't remember us having regular refinery explosions before |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Refineries ARE getting old. (Companies don't want to build new due to enviro regs) |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Yep. Infrastructure crumbling everywhere |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. They don't want to spend the extra $$ on environmental requirements |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. here is the problem w. grandfathering |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. this is why I'm always amused when people say... |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. More then just enviro laws |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:51 AM Response to Reply #24 |
48. With the profits they are making, they should have gold plated fittings. |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
27. that refinery is 70 years old!! |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 08:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
45. that doesn't really mean anything- how old are the working parts? |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:04 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Most of the plants are LARGER then they were 30 years ago |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
52. No one wants to build refineries now that we're past peak oil |
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Phred42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
10. The Fascists needed a new excust to raise the price of Gas |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
13. How would you like to be down wind of this right now? (pic) |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I can see it from my back deck on the horizon |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. 185 miles! |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. it's just a smudge on the horizon and around here there's not much |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. That explains why they evacuated the local college campus and canceled the local ISD classes. |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. those stacks that look like matchsticks? |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. Try this pic....Wow |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. It looks like a you-know-what explosion |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. If I got up, looked out my window and saw that, not sure which I'd jump for first |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
42. Wow. Just wow. |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
15. what is it now in Texas - an explosion every week |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
20. Nice to see Big Oil soundly investing their modest profits... |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
25. $7.50 a gallon, anyone? |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
28. Sure Have Been a Lot of These Lately |
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Drifter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
30. Wait for it .... |
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Algorem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
32. Cheney has his assassin cells do these things between murders? |
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Outlier (98 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. It's only a 70,000 bpd refinery |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
35. This Has All the Markings Of An Al-Kida Attack |
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99th_Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
41. Check out this excerpt from 911 post RE: "aborted" false flag op in works in Texas in '06 |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
43. By the looks of things here, |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:43 AM Response to Reply #43 |
51. They really weren't a big gas refinery.. |
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carly denise pt deux (855 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
46. Here's a link to other pics |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
50. My bank account was rocked when I pumped gas earlier tonight. |
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