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To: thackney

caused by strong winds

yet our rigs are built to withstand hurricanes like Katrina and worse- and they have

68 posted on 04/30/2010 6:29:56 AM PDT by silverleaf (Karl Marx was not one of the founding fathers ....)

To: silverleaf

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita destroyed 113 oil platforms, and damaged 457 pipelines.

Far more rigs and platforms were significantly damaged.

70 posted on 04/30/2010 6:41:28 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)

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