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08-07-2012, 07:05 AM
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Loving Life!!!
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Metro-Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Huge Oil Refinery Fire San Francisco Bay
Huge fire erupts at San Francisco Bay oil refinery
"A huge fire has broken out at the Chevron oil refinery in Richmond, California as more than 160,000 residents were being warned to stay indoors to protect themselves from the hazardous smoke.
At least two large blazes erupted at the refinery sending thick plumes of black smoke into the air over the San Francisco Bay-area plant.
Fire crews are fighting to contain the blaze, which erupted at 6.15pm, and can be seen for miles across the city. There have been no fatalities, one of the refinery workers was injured with non life-threatening burns. The cause of the fire is not yet known."
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz22q1Jl8Z3
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08-07-2012, 07:39 AM
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08-07-2012, 10:00 AM
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wow!
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08-07-2012, 03:04 PM
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Tragic to say the least. Anybody wonder why they had all those private firefightes handling it primarily? besides the fact that they where already on site. wouldnt it be best handled with the private and the public firefighters working together? pooling resources and all? idk just wondering is all. thanks for the story aeri
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08-07-2012, 03:49 PM
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All that smoke blowing straight to Oakland...
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08-07-2012, 05:18 PM
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I'm surprised your can see the smoke... with how dirty their air already has to be
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08-07-2012, 05:23 PM
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hope they dont try to jack prices again
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08-07-2012, 05:45 PM
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Same Ole, Same Ole......
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I lived within blocks of that refinery. Housing's surprisingly cheap! lol
Saw it burn two or three times in the thirty+ years I lived inSF.
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08-07-2012, 06:50 PM
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Senior Moment
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Death
hope they dont try to jack prices again
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They've been looking for an excuse... I can't see why they wouldn't jack the prices. |
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08-07-2012, 07:09 PM
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My original home-town. Was born in Richmond, back when it had the Kaiser Shipyards making warships. My dad was one of the thousands of workers who went to that place. Guess it is still heavy industry.
Also interesting is how many stories about the US I don't hear about in the US. Have to get our news from the Daily Mail UK.
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