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BREAKING NEWS - MASSIVE EXPLOSION AND FIRE - NJ [Actually, Staten Island NY: AM]
ME
| 2/21/03
| SELF
Posted on 02/21/2003 7:20:52 AM PST by LonePalm
I just turned and looked out my office window and saw a column of black smoke rising towards Union Beach/Perth Amboy NJ.
I then felt the force of an explosion rattle my window.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: michaeldobbs; refineryfire
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To: NFifty15
Yep. Also, it looks like the heat from the main fire is starting secondaries. I bet that nearby barge is toast.
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posted on
02/21/2003 7:47:47 AM PST
by
mikegi
To: cgk
no. I don't have Fox News.
142
posted on
02/21/2003 7:47:51 AM PST
by
yonif
To: Dog; hchutch; Howlin; Poohbah; ewing; rdb3; Southack; Sabertooth
It could be nothing, but stay alert, everyone.
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posted on
02/21/2003 7:47:53 AM PST
by
mhking
("The word is no. I am therefore going anyway..." --Admiral J.T. Kirk)
To: BushCountry
WOW! At least 55 thousands gallons of gasoline. There goes another $5 every time I fill up.
Dang.
Shalom.
144
posted on
02/21/2003 7:48:04 AM PST
by
ArGee
(I did not come through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a serving-man... - Gandalf)
To: ncpastor
It does seem too coincidental that these tragedies - in Chicago, Rhode Island, Newark - all have occurred within the past week.Yeah, who wudda thunk that Al Qaeda could have infiltrated an over-the-hill hard rock band so they could set a two-bit nightclub on fire and make it look like an accident?
Seriously, this refinery incident could be terrorism - I have thought for some time that refineries would be a very tempting target for terrorists. But it's nuts to think the club deaths were anything but accidents.
145
posted on
02/21/2003 7:48:04 AM PST
by
dirtboy
To: NFifty15
It isn't like there are people trying to kill us all...
Let's all go back to watching Jerry Springer..
146
posted on
02/21/2003 7:48:07 AM PST
by
Dog
To: cgk
"Some turban-clad leader was screaming about cutting heads off Jews with swords and allah is great." This is the preferred Islamic jihad killing method - renders the deceased an eternity without a head.
FWIW
Keep praying and reporting any suspicious activities to the FBI.
147
posted on
02/21/2003 7:48:14 AM PST
by
Happy2BMe
(It's All About You - It's All About Me - It's All About Being Free!)
To: LonePalm
MSNBC
| Huge fire at N.Y.C. oil refinery |
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| Blaze might have started on barge at Staten Island complex |
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MSNBC STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS |
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| NEW YORK, Feb. 21 ? A huge fire was burning Friday at an oil refinery on New York?s Staten Island. Intial reports said a barge had caught fire, starting a huge blaze that sent black smoke into the air, making it visible for miles. |
To: HELLRAISER II
"One's got to wonder what in the hell is up with all these fires & terrible things happening here in the states, i'm not a tinfoil hat freak but it makes you think."
Ya, it makes me think the media is EXTREMELY paniced and overemphasizes those things which happen daily but now have, for some reason, horrific importance.
I have been chastized on this group for asking people to wait to judge until facts are in. Recall the shuttle disaster when people on this forum were reporting that airplanes were seen flying alongside the shuttle!
The stupidity of that statement speaks for itself.
149
posted on
02/21/2003 7:48:22 AM PST
by
lawdude
To: All
Keep reporting...it's raining so hard here that it has my satellite tv reception blocked out. Thanks.
150
posted on
02/21/2003 7:48:27 AM PST
by
blam
To: NFifty15
It was an accidental spark? How the f do you know that?
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posted on
02/21/2003 7:48:28 AM PST
by
TBall
To: NFifty15
"religion of peace bump"
To: Redcloak
Good grief. They don't have to strike. We give them credit for everything anyway.
To: HELLRAISER II
THe others, I can't speak for. But the BP-East Chicago one certainly was no biggie.
However, an exploding barge does not make me comfortable after I read this.
To: yonif
ACCIDENTAL my A**!! This is begining to look VERY suspicious! Especial now that that terrorist professor has been arrested. Did you notice his smirk as he made his way to jail yesterday on the news clips?? The kind smirk that says...I know something you don't!! SCARY SH**!!
To: mhking
Looks like the flames just got bigger..
156
posted on
02/21/2003 7:49:17 AM PST
by
Dog
To: Hemingway's Ghost
The "expert" on FNC just said it contains about a million gallons, actually, although it is propane? This shouldn't affect gas prices should it?
Mrs K
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posted on
02/21/2003 7:49:25 AM PST
by
cgk
To: mhking
I was wondering where you were. Thanks for the Reed Alert!
I'm reserving judgement, but it's hard not to put on at least a little tinfoil hat about this.
To: *all
Anyone got a streaming video link that works.
MSNBC link comes up "Link not available"
Thanks!
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posted on
02/21/2003 7:49:50 AM PST
by
Johnny Gage
(God Bless President George W. Bush, God Bless our Military and God Bless America!)
To: NFifty15
i agree with you and they run around screaming and crying and wringing their hands all excited about every little thing that happens even those things that would not have even made page 6 in the local paper just a few years ago for some that is the legacy of 9-11 i guess many are now just scared of their own shadow that means the terrorists have won by default
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posted on
02/21/2003 7:50:13 AM PST
by
Hanging Chad
(not to be confused with "Hanging Ten" or "Hanging Wallpaper"...)
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