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To: Cindy; Velveeta; WestCoastGal; LucyT; Rushmore Rocks; All

Valero refinery in Houston:

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=local&id=4626735

>>At approximately 9:35am the Valero refinery had an incident in the refinery which caused the refinery to sound the alarm. We are surveying the community for any impact and we are in the process of accounting for personnel and notifying agencies."
According to the Houston Fire Department, sulfur dioxide was spilled. Eyewitness News has learned about 40 patients are being treated. Some have been transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital. <<


251 posted on 10/04/2006 8:51:51 AM PDT by KylaStarr (Stay ready)
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According to Fox:

US has detected activity around sites in North Korea.


252 posted on 10/04/2006 9:02:27 AM PDT by Kimberly GG (Tancredo '08)
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To: KylaStarr

Thank you KylaStarr.

From you article:

SNIPPET: "The plant was in the middle of being shut down for normal maintenance when the gas leak occurred, said Valero spokesman Fred Newhouse.

Company officials did not immediately know if there was a direct relationship between the plant's shutdown and the gas leak from a sulfuric acid tank, or if something else caused the vapor release."

Updates appreciated.


257 posted on 10/04/2006 12:26:08 PM PDT by Cindy
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