NEWS: Oil Facility (IN MY HOME TOWN!) Explosion, Staten Is.
 

A oil storage facility about 20 minutes from my house exploded about a 1/2 hour ago, now there's thick black smoke all through the island. So far, NO terrorist activity is suspected.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/875562.asp?0cv=CB10

[quote:db489]NEW YORK, Feb. 21 — An explosion that occurred while a barge was unloading barrels of gasoline sparked a massive blaze Friday at an ExxonMobil petroleum storage facility on Staten Island, a company spokesman said. One employee was injured, and two people associated with the barge were missing, said the spokesman[/quote:db489]

did you hear it or jsut see the smoke?

I should think something that big makes a godawful noise when it blows up.

I wasn't home, but my friend said it felt like an earthquake, and he saw all the smoke. The pictures are just like Sept 11th.

[img]http://a799.g.akamai.net/3/799/388/731437a6e4b751/www.msnbc.com/news/1798137.jpg[/img]

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A very odd reminder:
[img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030221/capt.1045844743.refinery_fire_nyr101.jpg[/img]

Damn you joe you had to beat me! biggrin:

[quote="Colonel Klink":20793]Damn you joe you had to beat me! biggrin:[/quote:20793]

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This really sucks. Now all my friends are asking me if its a terrorist attack.

I woke up and saw the thing on CNN. So far they haven's said anythign about terrorists.

Wow, I was just on CNN reading about the Club Fire in Warwick Rhode Island at the Great White show and they flash the explosion at NY. Damn scary everything is blowing up and catching on fire these days. I wonder if this shit is giving terrorist any ideas.

nothing they haven't thought about before

AWESOME! INHALE THAT SWEET SMELL OF BURNING PETROL FELLAS!!! LETS PUNCH A HOLE IN THE OZONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It could be terrorists, you never know.
They don't even have to be ragheads, various radical groups like Aryan Nations support Al Quaeda because they hate the government for "supporting Israel".

Remeber that teh anthrax attacks were caused by an American.

I used to live near there! Well sorta.. I used to live on Long Island. We had Amy Fishcher (a.k.a. Long Island Lolita) stay at our house! I sorta remember that part of the area of Staten Island.

[quote="Bazooka_Joe":86c00][quote="Colonel Klink":86c00]Damn you joe you had to beat me! biggrin:[/quote:86c00]

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ROFL thats from money pit LOL!

Anyway yeah man i heard about that shit, anyone know how many dead?

[quote="Capt. John Miller":45ffb][quote="Bazooka_Joe":45ffb][quote="Colonel Klink":45ffb]Damn you joe you had to beat me! biggrin:[/quote:45ffb]

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ROFL thats from money pit LOL!

Anyway yeah man i heard about that shit, anyone know how many dead?[/quote:45ffb]

I posted, 1 injured, 2 reported missing.

man and I thought living near a chemical plant was bad, there are gonna be so many health problems related to this

Sucks... hake:

Strange no one has posted about the Fire in RI. Within miles of where Rudedog and Myself live. The thing started so fast, the death count is up to 86. Scary because I was watching live last night and the reporters made no indication that anyone was dead, just some injured.

I was suprised at this too, just read 92 reported dead now. Unbelieveable man. hake:

[quote="Bazooka_Joe":c59ef]I was suprised at this too, just read 92 reported dead now. Unbelieveable man. hake:[/quote:c59ef]

it was sad seeing all the people piled up at the door trying to get out

i wish they wouldnt put that stuff on tv sometimes