Refinery Fire: Blaze Erupts on New York’s Staten Island

02/21/2003 | AP, Reuters

[nutmeg]

Can you see the smoke from where you are?

[Humidston]

CORRECTION: He says "most likely gasoline, not fuel.

(I KNEW he'd have a correction if he looked at my post!)

[OldFriend]

Media reporting two men missing from the barge.

[OldFriend]

MSNBC also reported that the fire and explosion was in Woodbridge, NJ..........they are certainly not on the front line of accurate news.

[Humidston]

BTW, hubby said (from the looks of that pic earlier on thread) that looks like a Bouchard barge.

[Admin Moderator]

It is still there unless I am missing something.

[Boss_Jim_Gettys]

This just in from my employer:

"An FBI alert prompted the city (Baltimore) to send out the police to check all trucks entering chemical plants. The police will be in place until it is determined that the incident (Staten Island) was not terrorist in nature."

That is all.

[OldFriend]

Sensible precaution.

[RS]

"It will give those wackos in California that were protesting gas prices on the news the other day "

Hey ! Even us Freepers are getting raked onver the coals here - This is one subject where almost everyone out here agrees -

My gas went up 30 cents a gallon between fillups !

[JustPiper]

Someone asked the poster to refrain from jokes

For some reason there are many jokes here during the day and at night more serious posters (shrug)

[Diddle E. Squat]

You are correct. My use of foul language was innappropriate and inexcusable. Unfortunately I let my emotions cloud my judgement, so I apologize. Thanks for calling me out on this, it won't happen again.

[Diddle E. Squat]

I also owe you guys an apology. Thanks for being kind enough to remove my innappropriate post #59. It won't happen again.

[Clemenza]

I was in Manhattan when I happened, but neighbors told me they could see the smoke quite clearly (and smell it too). Remember that you could practically touch Staten Island from Bay Ridge if you stretch long enough! ;-)