Posted on 09/02/2010 8:40:14 AM PDT by Pyro7480
WWL-TV in New Orleans has confirmed the Coast Guard is responding to a rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.
Dozens are reported injured.
According to the Coast Guard, it happened 80 miles south of Grand Isle.
Rescue choppers from New Orleans and Houston are responding.
The injured will be taken to hospitals in various coastal areas from Houston to the Louisiana/Mississippi border area.
All your rigs are belong to us
Ahh! ...just in time to counteract the current pressure to end the drilling moratorium!! How conveninient, eh?
Obummer’s got good dumb luck, or another low blow to the economy?
Geesh, if they blamed bush for 911, why not blame Obummer for oil industry sabotage?
This also gives Zero the opportunity for a "do over".
Damn North Korean torpedoes! I tell you this is worse than that Jap submarine shelling the Horrywood ferris wheel! Worse than Jap paratroopers landing in the alfalfa fields of Palmona in 1941(/movie sarc)!!!!!!!
Depends, could be 2000 feet to 6000+ feet.
On the other hand this definitely Barry’s problem now.
He did say implement a review of ever rig in the gulf.
Guess they skipped one.
But, they will use this to Fed the gulf and screw the energy industries.
Sorry Southern folk.
Dope and Strange.
Y’all voted for him. You got him and he never hid his agenda to implement policies that would cause the price of energy to skyrocket.
Deepwater Horizon was about 190 miles SE of Grand Isle.
I agree. When the first 9/11 plane hit the tower, I thought it was a terrible accident. When it happened again to the second tower, I knew different.
My guess is environmental terrorism. They've demanded we follow their earth worshiping religion, and we've refused.
Might be a chick thing.
They love the color of vermillion.
Ya got that right.
There sure is.
Just damn.
FNC: Coast Guard reporting that all personnel are now accounted for and everybody has gotten off the rig.
Fox News is reporting that all workers have been accounted for...
If this cannot be proven 100% to be an accident, then I think the time has come for the military to defend the Constitution.
We will never know the truth with Obamamedia/lamestream media...
FOX TV reporting that all of the workers are safe and accounted for. No report on level of damage.
Too suspicious for words.....
ELF?
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