Mayor Thomas M. Menino asked a federal judge Friday to ban a tanker containing flammable liquefied natural gas from entering Boston Harbor on Monday because of fears of a possible terrorist attack.
About 20 years ago, early in college, I read an article about the potential damage that would be done if someone lit up a liquified natural gas tanker in New York Harbor. Pretty devastating. Now I worry that they'd try to light of more than one at the same time. And maybe in multiple ports...