Posted on 06/21/2019 3:26:01 AM PDT by Drago
A massive fire has erupted at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery in Southwest Philadelphia shaking nearby homes and sending thick smoke into the air. Homes as far away as South Jersey were rocked by a series of explosions as the blaze, which erupted shortly after 4 a.m., burned. Some residents in Philadelphia said the explosions knocked art off their walls. The fire is contained on the property off Passyunk Avenue of the refinery, fire officials said shortly before 6 a.m. Authorities have not yet said if any workers were injured or not.
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It's sort of like New Orleans. They just got used to the disrepair, old levees, and various risks creeping up until one day, WHAM!
And don’t get me started on the restaurants...
Wow! Well okay then, have an awesome weekend and welcome to summer.
Same to you. Apparently I got triggered! Apologies.
Thanks for posting those links, fatima!
Actually, when I was growing up, it was a neighborhood full of WWI, WWII, and Korean war veterans.
Flags on every porch. 35 rowhomes on each side of the street.
It really was a nice place. Until the “blockbusters” real state assholes destroyed the neighborhood and housing prices.
RE MOVE:
They were a bunch of black commie assholes that harrassed every person that walked past their “compound”.
RE “supposed police brutality against blacks. “
Most of which was brought on by their own attitudes.
Like I said... when he was mayor, I didn’t have to escort my grandmother to the supermarket with a baseball bat.
I read an article years ago that his biological dad had taken him after the firebombing and was raising him normally in the Jersey suburbs. He looked good then, in his teens. A tragic life and a tragic death.
Yeah, I figured that was the case. Same thing happens with airports...then prople complain about the noise.
Rizzo was corrupt. But he was the best democrat mayor Philly ever had. He supported the police and loved his city. His brother was the worst Fire Commissioner ever.
They were awful just in a different way. Frank Rizzo is like MLK,Jr. The myth is way different than the reality. He was loved in Philly for some reason...but, he did support his police and was the last philly mayor that actually gave a damn about the people. His brother, the Fire Commissioner, totally sucked and sent his men into that ‘75 refinery fire when he wouldn’t go in. Coward.
Yep.
Love you!
My father was a firefighter and I remember that fire clearly as we waited outside to see if he came out (and he did). My brother Jack has the ring and I keep telling him I get it when he dies and it will go to my kids.
Joe Rizzo was a disgrace and his brother Frank is only remembered fondly because he was the last philly mayor that actually loved philly, its people, and supported the police.
Anyway, I remember seeing the 75 fire... drove past it at night and it was pretty dramatic.
I’d forgotten about that, but it’s true!
Agreed. Frank Rizzo was a kick ass police chief.
Aw, hi, dollface, how you doin’ allright? :-)
I’ll side with wooden shampoos for ghetto retards.
It’s Rocky and Nick Foles. Shit, we aren’t Mexicans. Irish, Italians, and Spades...
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