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Massive Fire, Explosions at Southwest Philadelphia Refinery; Roads Closed
NBC-TV 10 Philadelphia ^
| 06-21-2019
| NBC-10 Philly
Posted on 06/21/2019 3:26:01 AM PDT by Drago
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To: Born to Conserve
Local news is saying it’s butane.It’s contained at 3 alarms but not under control.
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posted on
06/21/2019 4:44:59 AM PDT
by
fatima
(Free Hugs Today :))
To: HighSierra5
Pipelines are fine. Refineries should not be in very populated areas.
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posted on
06/21/2019 4:56:32 AM PDT
by
Wuli
To: fatima
Wow.
Have a relative in Abington.
To: Vigilanteman
No, it wasn’t Frank Rizzo.
It was Wilson Goode, the first black democrat mayor of Philly that burned down a predominantly black neighborhood.
Here he is taking “full responsibility” for it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eHpRjxk7N4
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posted on
06/21/2019 5:16:05 AM PDT
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: Drago
Look for the gougers to use this as an excuse to jack the price of gas right at the start of summer driving season.
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posted on
06/21/2019 5:18:16 AM PDT
by
IronJack
To: neverevergiveup
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posted on
06/21/2019 5:19:07 AM PDT
by
IronJack
To: Born to Conserve
One hell of a blast...
I remember when the Marcus Hook explosion happened, too.
Bad, bad stuff.
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posted on
06/21/2019 5:20:04 AM PDT
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
Just saw the one worker say they have it contained to one tank-Hopefully -local news has great coverage.
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posted on
06/21/2019 5:20:14 AM PDT
by
fatima
(Free Hugs Today :))
To: Drago
“Plot to raise gas prices and crash Trump’s approval rating conspiracy theories” coming in 3....2....1...
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posted on
06/21/2019 5:58:01 AM PDT
by
Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
To: Born to Conserve
Drove my BLEVE to the levee,
blew the levee sky high...
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posted on
06/21/2019 6:12:23 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Stamp out philately!)
To: NFHale
Thanks for the correction. However, I clearly remember that Rizzo was the one who got blamed. Maybe it was "the atmosphere he created while he was mayor" or some other PC nonsense.
You know, sort of like Bush crated the ObaMao recession and OaMao created the Trump boom.
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posted on
06/21/2019 6:12:58 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(The politicized state destroys all aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
To: Drago
This good get a whole lot worse.
There is an Ammonia Nitrate plant right next to the refinery.
I know this to be a fact, because I know someone who works there.
To: Drago
Of course. Just in time to raise gas prices for the holiday.
< /deep state conspiracy >
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posted on
06/21/2019 6:24:43 AM PDT
by
BlessedBeGod
(To restore all things in Christ~~Appeasing evil is cowardice~~Francis is temporary. Hell is forever.)
To: Vigilanteman
Rizzo had been out of office for several years at that point; prior to Wilson Goode, there was Mayor Bill Green 1980-1984, who was the mayor immediately after Rizzo.
Greene declined to run for re-election, and Wilson Goode replaced Bill Greene.
As for blaming Rizzo... I’ll just say this: when Rizzo was mayor, I never had to escort my grandmother to the supermarket with a baseball bat. He was a good guy and he loved his city and his people.
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posted on
06/21/2019 6:28:17 AM PDT
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: Long Jon No Silver
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posted on
06/21/2019 6:36:27 AM PDT
by
Eleutheria5
(If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
To: HighSierra5
Yup.
We should stop helping the dirt world and get refineries/, nuclear power plants etc. all up and going.
It’s infrastructure/security related.
To: Drago
Been by that place a hundred times, viewing it from I-95. Always seemed odd that a refinery would be so close to Center City.
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posted on
06/21/2019 6:46:11 AM PDT
by
moovova
To: moovova
“...so close to Center City...”
Only 5 miles from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia - luckily they are north and slightly west so upwind.
To: Falcon4.0
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posted on
06/21/2019 7:06:15 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Stamp out philately!)
To: Long Jon No Silver
The timing of this event does seem odd
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posted on
06/21/2019 7:13:13 AM PDT
by
Java4Jay
(The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people.)
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