My sister shot and killed - FReeper HeartofGold - Please pray for her children
Posted on 05/24/2004 1:55:54 PM CDT by EternalVigilance
I just received word that my sister Sally was shot and killed last night in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Her ex-husband Shane died only 3 days ago.
Their kids, Samantha, 18, and Christopher, 16, have lost both their parents in 3 days.
I'm in complete shock.
I loved her so much. Other than my own kids, she was the one I was the closest to on this earth.
She didn't freep much, but she was here occasionally as HeartofGold.
I have to find the fastest means back to Iowa, so I won't be here much.
But please prayer for Sammy and Chris.
Tom aka EV
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1141325/posts
Oh No! Velveeta, I'm so sorry to hear about this. Prayers on the way.
I didn't see this posted yet:
Olympic pipeline remains shut after rupture, blaze in Renton
By Nick Perry
Seattle Times Eastside bureau
The region's fuel supplies were disrupted yesterday after a fire shut down a 400-mile-long pipeline.
Although officials appeared to have the situation under control late yesterday, they could not say when federal and state authorities might give approval for Olympic Pipe Line to start pumping again. The pipeline supplies all of the aviation fuel used by the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and much of the region's gasoline.
The fire began at about 8 a.m. yesterday in Renton after a three-quarter-inch pipe ruptured. It was a stainless-steel testing line that feeds from the main pipeline. The test line, used to monitor fuel flow, is on Olympic Pipe Line property in an industrial area.
An employee working in a nearby operating room noticed an explosion or flash about the same time as two passers-by did. Flames shot out about 20 feet at one point before firefighters extinguished the blaze around 11 a.m. Fuel continued leaking from the initial break before it was capped at 3:45 p.m. A second leak was discovered soon after and continued spilling fuel until it was capped at 5.30 p.m.
Three firefighters were taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for observation after gasoline splashed on them. Fire crews from Renton, Kent, Tukwila, King County and Boeing rotated at the scene throughout the day, with about 50 on duty at any one time.
The rupture, in the 2300 block of Lind Avenue Southwest, is in a wetlands area. Environmental Protection Agency officials were waiting until the surrounding area was deemed safe before taking a closer look at possible contamination. EPA spokesman Bill Dunbar said that he hoped most of the spill was captured by a layer of clay under the test line.
Before the pipeline can be reopened, several agencies including the federal Office of Pipeline Safety, the National Transportation Safety Board, state and local authorities have to agree that it's safe, officials at the scene said yesterday.
The pipeline, which runs from Ferndale, Whatcom County, to Portland, pumps about 12 million gallons of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel each day.
It has been dogged by controversy in recent years.
Five years ago, three people died near Bellingham after 237,000 gallons of gasoline spilled from a rupture in the pipeline and exploded.
Two of the victims' families later settled a $75 million wrongful-death lawsuit against Olympic and four other pipeline companies.
Last year, Olympic Pipe Line, which is owned by BP and Shell, filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
The company also rejected demands by Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels for high-pressure water testing on the pipeline's Seattle spur last year. In a letter to Olympic, Nickels claimed that tests had revealed anomalies in 131 seam welds on the spur. Olympic said Nickels' demands were costly, unnecessary and legally unenforceable.
SeaTac spokeswoman Rachel Garson said last night that the airport has about two or three days' supply of fuel — about 3 million gallons — sitting in tanks near the airport. No disruption to flight schedules is expected as a result of the fire, she said. The airport was able to truck in fuel after the Bellingham disaster, she added.
Bobby Talley, Olympic's president and district manager, said it is too early to say what caused the rupture.
"Our top priority is safety," he said. "We will continue to work with safety inspectors, address the cause and make sure it doesn't happen again."
Talley said that as well as supplying SeaTac, the pipeline feeds gasoline and diesel to about 10 major distribution points that feed into hundreds of gas stations.
He said gas stations often keep about one or two days' supply on site.
The disruption comes at a time when vehicle owners in Seattle and across the country are coping with record-high gas prices.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001937020_olympicfire24m.html
MY DEAR HEART VELVEETA!!!!!
MY HEART GOES OUT TO YOU AND HER KIDS.
Certainly will pray.
Who will take care of the kids?
Do you have what you need for the trip? I don't have any resources to help you with but I can certainly make noise in your behalf! And I can pray. But if you have a need, please let this wonderful thread know! We are a pretty effective community hereon, if my perceptions are any clue.
May God wrap each involved in your family in His strong, gentle arms of Love and power to heal, to supply, to support, to comfort, to clarify, to direct and guide.
May the peace that passes understanding be yours and those kids. I hope they get lots of strong affection from at least a handful of loving healthy men in their lives--even those ostensibly not so 'into it.' They all need it whether they can admit it or not.
prayers just sent. . .
OMG Velveeta....I'm sooo sorry!
How did Shane die?
Who shot your sister?
Deepest prayers to you and your family.
I'll pray for them Velveeta.