[Consort]

Could it be caused by:

— The owners, to collect the insurance?
— Terrorists, to hurt the US?
— Peace activists, to hurt the US?

[tje]

Add ELF.. Oh, you have terrorists already listed..

[mr.pink]

Could it be caused by:

— The owners, to collect the insurance?
— Terrorists, to hurt the US?
— Peace activists, to hurt the US?

- or an accident.

[AppyPappy]

Probably static electricity (just a guess). TD does this stuff for a living I think

[XRdsRev]

Consort wrote....

Could it be caused by:
— The owners, to collect the insurance?
— Terrorists, to hurt the US?
— Peace activists, to hurt the US?

XRds wrote....

Owners - No, the refineries are all owned by huge fuel concerns who value the contents more than any insurance money.

Terrorists - Hopefully this was just a tragic accident but these Arthur Kill refineries present attractive targets that unfortunately are very vunerable to land and water attack.

Peace Activists - Doubtful, most of them don't wake up until noon.

[steveegg]

Isn't choices 2 and 3 the same?

According to FoxNews, that is a storage facility, not a refinery, and that it was a propane tanker that exploded. The fire appears to be limited to the barge and unloading areas.

[blue jeans]

RE: Could it be caused by:
— The owners, to collect the insurance?
— Terrorists, to hurt the US?
— Peace activists, to hurt the US?

Here's a few more....
- captain of the barge was down below sleeping it off (ala the Valdez)
- man at the controls had been smoking pot earlier (ala the train accident about 15 years ago).

There's been plenty of bonehead things done in the past... wouldn't surprise me if it happened again (especially with those preventable tragedies at the clubs the past couple of nights).

Our stupidity/irresponsibility is sometimes our own worst enemy!