Posted on 05/05/2010 10:57:54 AM PDT by TXnMA
SAN ANTONIO -- An 18-wheeler being loaded with fuel at a San Antonio refinery has exploded.
Television stations showed footage Wednesday of an enormous black plume spewing from the AGE Refining Inc. unit on the city's southeast side.
Refinery marketing director Jeff Morrow says the truck exploded late Wednesday morning at the facility that refines gas and jet fuel, but he had no other details.
San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood told KENS-TV that the fire had spread to the refining facility, and authorities were trying to assess whether neighbors should be evacuated.
This didn’t happen all by itself............
Actually, heavy raid is probably the best wording.
A heavy raid on the pocketbooks of the taxpayers.
I can see $4.00 a gallon from my house..............
I’m sure it’s all a coincidence /sarc
May - 18-wheeler explodes at San Antonio refinery
April - Second drilling rig overturns, LA
April - Firefighters battle flames at oil refinery in Memphis, 1 critically injured - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2503735/posts
April - Deep Rig Fires Up, Explodes, Sinks - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2498776/posts
April - Officials: 2 coal miners dead in Kentucky accident - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2503359/posts
April - 25 killed in West Virginia mine blast - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2487460/posts
April - 5 die in Anacortes, Wash. refinery blast, fire - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2485880/posts
Then you have the attempts at NYC, Philadelphia, and the exploding bag just this week...
Third sentence in the above article:
"Refinery marketing director Jeff Morrow says the truck exploded late Wednesday morning at the facility that refines gas and jet fuel, but he had no other details".
Pray that nobody was injured. Might want to gas up.
I see $4.00 a gal by summer...
2 posted on Wednesday, May 05, 2010 1:58:59 PM by TSgt (We will always be prepared, so we may always be free. - Ronald Reagan)
—————————We’ll see that in a month.
I see $6
Obozo’s and the LSM’s predictable responses:
(1) It wasn’t terrorism.
(2) If it was terrorism, it was a racist angry white guy, ie a Tea Partier. GW’s, Rush’s, and FoxNews’ fault.
(3) We can only get control of this problem with more gun control, taxes, and government regulation.
(4) But it wasn’t terrorism. Even if the driver’s name was “Kill All Infidels Jihad.”
Baloney!
I grew up in the "oil patch" south of Houston. We learned to recognize each of the petrochem refineries and plants along the Houston Ship Channel by their fire alarms. Quite frequently, we would hear a "BOOM!!", followed by an alarm, and we'd say, "There goes Shell Chemical", or "There goes the Sinclair Refinery"...
Folks, petroleum products are flammable and explosive, and loading trucks (rolling static generators) is always dangerous...
We FReepers need to stop seeing a terrorist every time someone stubs their toe!
For every dime it goes up, Americans spend that much less on other commodities...
It's a lose lose.
If hit, large urban centers could quickly decend into chaos, riots, etc. This will likely become a new topic of Talking Heads on cable news.
Nothing to see here ...
Move along!
It was the North Koreans in a mini-sub!
Yeah, that’s the ticket!
Just a coincidence. No evidence of terrorism.
Move along
And using non-explosive fertilizer means no terrorist act?
You forgot the volcano in Iceland.
Good Grief..It’s bad enough without suspecting all are terrorist plots.
Talkers and talking heads predict $5 a gallon by summer.
Just in time for the election. Bye Bye rats!
North Koreans in a mini-sub.. By the way, were the “11 missing” oil rig workers ever found?
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