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Oil rig explodes in Gulf of Mexico
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| 09/02/2010
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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.
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: explosion; louisiana; oil; oilrig; plannedchaos; sabotage; thekenyan
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To: GreenAccord
Probably not as deep, IIRC the Deepwater Horizon was much further out (couple hundred miles). But I don’t know for sure.
}:-)4
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posted on
09/02/2010 8:47:01 AM PDT
by
Moose4
(November 2, 2010--the day that "YES WE CAN" becomes "OH NO YOU DIN'T")
To: windcliff; onedoug
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posted on
09/02/2010 8:47:09 AM PDT
by
stylecouncilor
(What Would Jim Thompson Do?)
To: my small voice
What other eexplanation?????It's Bush's fault.
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posted on
09/02/2010 8:47:49 AM PDT
by
mrreaganaut
(Coolidge for President!)
To: Pyro7480
This can be an absolute nightmare. It took them 100 days to plug the whole at the BP spill, this could be a lot worse.
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posted on
09/02/2010 8:47:53 AM PDT
by
Dengar01
(Go Blackhawks!!! and Go White Sox!!!)
To: Pyro7480
Local report says 13 people were working on rig, 12 accounted for. 7 Coast Guard choppers search and rescue, no sighting of oil in water.
half a minute ago via TweetDeck
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posted on
09/02/2010 8:47:58 AM PDT
by
Berlin_Freeper
(Being shipped back to Mexico builds character.)
To: Pyro7480
The linked article says: “80 miles south of Vermillion Bay”.
That’s about 100 miles south-southwest of New Orleans. Why couldn’t they use a landmark that more people recognize?
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posted on
09/02/2010 8:48:00 AM PDT
by
justlurking
(The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good WOMAN (Sgt. Kimberly Munley) with a gun)
To: my small voice
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posted on
09/02/2010 8:48:34 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Pyro7480
Two rig explosions in less than 6 months. It does seem a little hinky. Will be interested to hear further news
Prayers up for those involved.
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posted on
09/02/2010 8:48:36 AM PDT
by
onemiddleamerican
(FUBO - and all your terrorist buddies, too!)
To: Pyro7480
OK...WTH is up?!?!? No way two rigs explode within months like this. Who the hell’s doing this?
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posted on
09/02/2010 8:48:47 AM PDT
by
pgkdan
(When the same man...holds the sword and the purse, there is an end of liberty: George Mason)
To: Pyro7480
One is unfortunate. Two is a plot.
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posted on
09/02/2010 8:48:57 AM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(It's easy being a communist when you're rich.)
To: jersey117
Personally, I’m not much of a believer in coincidences.
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posted on
09/02/2010 8:48:57 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Pyro7480
This is no accident. Someone is doing this to push an agenda.
We have never had this happen like this before.
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posted on
09/02/2010 8:48:57 AM PDT
by
dforest
To: Pyro7480
This is fishy, a judge overturned bambi’s rule yesterday. Makes you go hmmm?
To: jersey117
This could be an operating platform which could be stationary.
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posted on
09/02/2010 8:49:11 AM PDT
by
wordsofearnest
(Brad Ellsworth is giving Indiana a twofer.)
To: my small voice
Does not matter to Obama - he is probably either planning another vacation or teeing up on the first hole at
Colonial.
To: Pyro7480
Baghdad Bob: There are no oil rigs exploding in the gulf, it is an American lie!
There’s something fishy about this.
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posted on
09/02/2010 8:49:40 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(I shook hands with Sheryl Crow and all I got was Typhus and a single sheet of toilet paper.)
To: thackney
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posted on
09/02/2010 8:49:57 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: BradtotheBone
Never had this problem with G. W. was at the helm, did we?
To: jersey117
I was thinking the same thing. Something really stinks with this.
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posted on
09/02/2010 8:50:18 AM PDT
by
dforest
To: my small voice
My thinking as well... Obama?
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posted on
09/02/2010 8:50:37 AM PDT
by
Northern Yankee
(Where Liberty dwells, there is my Country. - Benjamin Franklin)
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