[gondramB]

>>It amazes me that we keep have the blasts in Texas at oil installations but it is NEVER a terrorist attack. I think the Bush people are withholding the truth from the American people.
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Are you joking or wearing your tin foil? Or do you mean the truth that the oil industry pays remarkably little attention to safety?<<

Hopefully he was joking.

Explosions and fires have been happening around oil and gas a lot longer than there has been a serious threat of terrorism in the U.S.

BTW, here a link for streaming audio to the station where they are reporting on the fire.
WBAP- windows audio

[Milwaukee_Guy]

“The paint was peeling off cars on the nearby freeway..”

“The fire looked liked a second sunrise...”

What a bunch of well coiffured poets.

Amazing how captivated the media is with fire.

[johnny7]

Explosions and fires have been happening around oil and gas a lot longer than there has been a serious threat of terrorism in the U.S.

Just ask any wingnut who tried to jumpstart his grill with high-test.

[CedarDave]

Explosions and fires have been happening around oil and gas a lot longer than there has been a serious threat of terrorism in the U.S.

Safety, safety, safety -- That's the catch word to reduce incidents of this type. Transport of flammable liquids by pipeline is the safest method of transport. Imagine if our energy always traveled by truck or train. However, it is always subject to incidents like this for whatever reason. Federal law requires notification before digging or disturbing a buried line. As of this month there is one national number for notification: 811.