Anyone in S. New England needs to keep an eye on this.
1 posted on
07/18/2006 8:01:23 PM PDT by
Semper911
To: Semper911
Did anyone see a bright light ascend toward the tanker just before the explosion? Oh, 270 of you did? Then this was caused by a spark in the fuel tank.
2 posted on
07/18/2006 8:03:55 PM PDT by
ClearCase_guy
("He hits me, he cries, he runs to the court and sues me.")
To: Semper911
Will this cause a BIG BOOM?
3 posted on
07/18/2006 8:04:17 PM PDT by
AZRepublican
("The degree in which a measure is necessary can never be a test of the legal right to adopt it.")
To: Semper911
Practically a zero chance that the LPG tanker will explode. Fire nearby won't do it.
4 posted on
07/18/2006 8:04:28 PM PDT by
Dog Gone
To: Semper911
Prayers for all those in danger.
6 posted on
07/18/2006 8:08:24 PM PDT by
skr
(We cannot play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent.-- Ronald Reagan)
To: Semper911
LPG = Liquified Petroleum Gas?
To: Semper911
Watching local Providence TV station NBC 10.
This is a gigantic blaze. It is an industrial area....no homes involved but concern is that other tanks could blow.
19 posted on
07/18/2006 8:15:13 PM PDT by
JulieRNR21
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To: Semper911
Are you sure it was lightning? It could have been Patrick Kennedy.
To: Semper911
Provincetown is flaming no matter what
37 posted on
07/18/2006 8:25:35 PM PDT by
woofie
To: Semper911
Ch12 WQRI says 80-90 firefighters at the scene.
Crash crew from airport is contributing more foam.
They are making sure other valves are shut off near the fire.
Reports that......Fuel is thought to be gasoline.
They think it is contained (all valves closed) ...once they begin to foam...... it will take an hour to put out.
46 posted on
07/18/2006 8:34:11 PM PDT by
JulieRNR21
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To: Semper911
I don't get it. Ships, including tankers, get hit by lightning all the time.
The oil in a tanker is kept in compartments with zero oxygen in order to minimize the risk of explosion. So how did oxygen get to the oil?
Perhaps, if they were in the process of off-loading oil in the middle of a storm, something could be broken by a lightning bolt, oil could be spilled, and then ignited. But I still wonder how the whole ship could go up in this way. Either something extremely unusual went wrong, or this story is missing a few details.
59 posted on
07/18/2006 8:46:04 PM PDT by
EternalHope
(Boycott everything French forever. Including their vassal nations.)
To: Semper911
Fire just smoldering now, firefighters are starting to get near enough to cool the area, no injuries reported, 80-90 FF and USCG on scene.
Situation seems to be heading toward code 4.
77 posted on
07/18/2006 9:13:24 PM PDT by
Semper911
("We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it." -Marge Simpson)
To: Semper911
Know there was stormy weather in some of the Northeast tonight, not sure if it extended that far north, imagine it may have. Not taking a position here on whether it was lighting or not. Just stating that I believe there could have been bad weather at the time. I am sure we could check on the weather to try to provide a more accurate and factual picture than I have here.
To: All
Once is happenstance, two times is coincidence, three times is enemy action.
848746563832932 times is Iran.
The balloon may be going up.
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92 posted on
07/18/2006 10:11:55 PM PDT by
jeffers
To: Semper911
Great. Who let Patrick Kennedy drive the oil tanker?
101 posted on
07/19/2006 7:01:12 PM PDT by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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