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Oil rig explodes in Gulf of Mexico
WAFB 9 ^ | 09/02/2010 | n/a

Posted on 09/02/2010 8:40:14 AM PDT by Pyro7480

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To: Pyro7480

Hope the rig operators are not too badly hurt, and that the blowout preventer is doing its designed job.


61 posted on 09/02/2010 8:55:40 AM PDT by RicocheT
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To: Dead Corpse

Yes I’d say “this requires the willful suspension of disbelief” or something similar.


62 posted on 09/02/2010 8:55:40 AM PDT by enduserindy (Conservative Dead Head)
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To: Northern Yankee

Whoever is trying to undermine our economy....so, maybe.

There was never an accident until Deepwater Horizon and now two explosions??!!

Sabotage!!!!! They’d better investigate this!!! This needs to be on TV and it needs to be floated as a terrorist attack on the USA!!

How can it be anything else??


63 posted on 09/02/2010 8:55:41 AM PDT by my small voice (A biased media and an uneducated public is the biggest threat to our democracy)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

The rig is known as “Vermilion 398.”

The rig is owned by Mariner Energy, which is based in Houston.

http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?s=13089364&clienttype=printable


64 posted on 09/02/2010 8:55:50 AM PDT by Raebie
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To: Right Brother

Eco-freaks shooting up newsrooms and blowing up oil derricks? Have they infiltrated the industry?


65 posted on 09/02/2010 8:55:56 AM PDT by November 2010
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Yep.


66 posted on 09/02/2010 8:55:56 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I don't have a 'Cousin Pookie'.)
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To: GreenAccord

There is a shallow shelf in the Gulf extending out past 80 miles. It’s probably only about 200’ deep.


67 posted on 09/02/2010 8:56:02 AM PDT by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: concerned about politics

” My guess is environmental terrorism “

Certainly begs an answer to that question....

Wonder when a commission will be formed?


68 posted on 09/02/2010 8:56:46 AM PDT by patriotspride
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To: enduserindy

Who stands to gain?


69 posted on 09/02/2010 8:56:49 AM PDT by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: my small voice
Our nation is under attack. Our rigs are being sabotaged! What other eexplanation?????

You're right!!!!

Big, complicated mechanical devices dealing with highly volatile high-pressure gases and flammable petroleum would never explode without help from bad guys! For sure, they never used to explode!

It HAS to be sabotage!

70 posted on 09/02/2010 8:56:49 AM PDT by r9etb
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To: ShadowAce

Garak: I believe in coincidences. Coincidences happen every day. But I don’t trust coincidences.


71 posted on 09/02/2010 8:57:35 AM PDT by Kartographer (".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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To: Pyro7480
Gee, if these oil rigs had been side by side the terrorists could have had a "twofir", just like the Twin Towers. This is mighty, mighty suspicious. Some local, homegrown, anti-American oil activists at work on behalf of ___________? You fill in the blank.

I never thought the first explosion was a total accident. This strengthens my conviction that there are forces at work here, for some political/environmental agenda.

Deep sorrow for the lives lost, again.

72 posted on 09/02/2010 8:57:35 AM PDT by CitizenM ("Do you miss me yet?" Yes, George, we do.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

It took 4 days of burning before deepwater fell, it burned the oil for 4 days.....then after it fell, it spewed into the water..


73 posted on 09/02/2010 8:57:39 AM PDT by Freddd (CNN is down to Three Hundred Thousand viewers. But they worked for it.)
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To: Pyro7480
from an article out of LA: GRAND ISLE, LA (WAFB) - The Coast Guard is responding to another oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. According to the Coast Guard, 13 people were onboard. Everyone is accounted for. Officials are reporting one injury. The injured worker is being taken to Terrebonne General Medical Center. The rig is located about 90 miles south of Vermilion Bay.
74 posted on 09/02/2010 8:57:41 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: Pyro7480
Now that just makes me sick!

Prayers up!

75 posted on 09/02/2010 8:57:50 AM PDT by diji (IF YOU DON'T STAND BEHIND OUR TROOPS, PLEASE, FEEL FREE TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM !)
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To: concerned about politics
"I agree. When the first 9/11 plane hit the tower, I thought it was a terrible accident. When it happened again to the second tower, I knew different"

BINGO!

76 posted on 09/02/2010 8:57:55 AM PDT by matthew fuller (2012: Bachman, Bolton, Brewer, Liz Cheney, Coburn, DeMint, Inhofe, Jindal, Palin and Pence.)
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To: my small voice
Well, Obama is determined to NOT have oil drilling offshore. Obama is determined to have U.S. dependent on our ENEMIES. This will please Obama even if he had nothing to do with it.
77 posted on 09/02/2010 8:58:16 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: Pyro7480

Guess it’s time for Obumbo to go golfing.


78 posted on 09/02/2010 8:58:24 AM PDT by CitizenM ("Do you miss me yet?" Yes, George, we do.)
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To: r9etb

LOL. Thanks for that.


79 posted on 09/02/2010 8:58:48 AM PDT by Fundamentally Fair (Bush: Mission Accomplished. Obama: Commission Accomplished.)
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To: Pyro7480
The report on WAFB currently states all are accounted for and only one injury.

It also states that the rig "was not actively producing product" at the time. They're assessing if there is/will be any environmental impact.

80 posted on 09/02/2010 8:58:51 AM PDT by batter (Wolverines!)
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