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It is a shuttle parking lot for a refinery. I looked at GoogleMaps, and I did not see where the refinery was.

After Katrina, I proposed to one oil company to put a 60 foot to 90 foot dirt wall around the refinery to protect against terrorism and storm surge.

It would also contain any explosion within the dirt wall.

The one refinery fire in California was due to a vapor cloud coming contact with a spark from an engine that was idling (fire truck, of all things).

That was the Chevron-Richmond fire. I had not heard of a second refinery fire in California/West Coast.

7 posted on 08/16/2012 5:59:46 AM PDT by topher (Traditional values -- especially family values -- which have been proven over time.)

The other cal fire I believe was at Shell in Martinez last week.

12 posted on 08/16/2012 6:08:41 AM PDT by Mouton (Voting is an opiate of the electorate. Nothing changes no matter who wins..)

"a vapor cloud coming contact with a spark from an engine that was idling (fire truck, of all things)"

Spark from a Diesel engine?

14 posted on 08/16/2012 6:11:11 AM PDT by Paladin2

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