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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: Johnny Gage
try this link

http://www.cbsnewyork.com/

there is a link to live chopper footage
181 posted on 02/21/2003 7:54:02 AM PST by finnman69 (!)
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To: finnman69
Live Feed: WCBS-TV
182 posted on 02/21/2003 7:54:10 AM PST by mhking ("The word is no. I am therefore going anyway..." --Admiral J.T. Kirk)
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To: cgk
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?

I posted when the thread speculated gasoline, so you're probably correct.

183 posted on 02/21/2003 7:54:36 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost
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To: Hanging Chad
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

When we've seen terrorists strike the USS Cole while docked, and are in the midst of a "terror alert", it's reasonable for people to suspect there could be a terrorist element involved here.

184 posted on 02/21/2003 7:54:39 AM PST by NittanyLion
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To: mikegi
I bet that nearby barge is toast.

Those moored pleasure boats will go up in one puff when the fire line hits them.

I hope they shut off the supply soon, I don't think just a barge could keep up this intensity.

186 posted on 02/21/2003 7:55:18 AM PST by StriperSniper (Frogs are for gigging)
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To: xzins
Perhaps we as Free Republic members should organize.

International Freeperhood of News Watchers? (I.F.N.W.)
187 posted on 02/21/2003 7:55:22 AM PST by Az Joe
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To: lawdude
You're entitled to your opinion and quite honestly I believe your statement has merit, the media looks for just as many ghastly and terrible things they can find whether they have the facts or not. I don't think that all of these things are terrorist related, I just wonder if any of them are. There is a difference.
188 posted on 02/21/2003 7:55:55 AM PST by HELLRAISER II
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To: NittanyLion
When we've seen terrorists strike the USS Cole while docked,

And remember they also hit that French tanker the Limbourg.

189 posted on 02/21/2003 7:56:00 AM PST by aristeides
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To: yonif
it should be
the muslims vs. everybody else (ie. infidels)
190 posted on 02/21/2003 7:56:02 AM PST by eyespysomething
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To: All
Fox news said this was a storage facility and not a refinery... confirmed anywhere else yet?
191 posted on 02/21/2003 7:56:23 AM PST by Freedom2specul8 (Please pray for our troops....)
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To: finnman69
From WCBS-TV:

Staten Island Refinery On Fire
No Reports Of Injuries

Feb 21, 2003 10:28 am US/Eastern
(CBS) (NEW YORK) Fire broke out at an oil refinery on the edge of Staten Island, sending black smoke and flames hundreds of feet into the air over New York Harbor.

WCBS 880's Frank Lanza watching the fire from the top floor of the CBS Broadcast Center estimates that the flames are reaching 13 stories into the air.

It wasn't immediately clear how the fire started. It was reported shortly after 10 a.m., according to a spokeswoman for the New York Fire Department.

The fire is in the Port Mobile section of the boro.

No further information was immediately available.

192 posted on 02/21/2003 7:56:25 AM PST by mhking ("The word is no. I am therefore going anyway..." --Admiral J.T. Kirk)
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To: LonePalm
Back in the 1980s there was a massive explosion and fire at a Texaco refinery in Bayonne, New Jersey (right across the river from Staten Island). I was up late that night because I was sick, and it damned near knocked me out of bed even 10 miles away. People as far away as upstate New York and Connecticut (100+ miles away) reported that their houses shook.

There's no reason to rule out terrorism here, but it's not as if this hasn't happened before.

193 posted on 02/21/2003 7:56:50 AM PST by Alberta's Child
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To: NittanyLion
I think the biggest danger now is that the fire could spread and consume the entire refinery. I see dozens of storage tanks that are in danger
194 posted on 02/21/2003 7:56:50 AM PST by AngryAmerican
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To: Dog Gone
That's true. But they are also an obvious sabotage target just now. Fits the Iraqi propaganda line etc. Remain skeptical, yes - accident is the most likely explanation - but these things deserve much harder looks at this particular moment.
195 posted on 02/21/2003 7:56:51 AM PST by JasonC
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To: RecentConvert
WABC just reported flames as high as 1,200-1,300 hundred feet.

Guest saying there is possibility of more explosions.

Verrazzano Narrows Bridge still closed.

Coast Guard on the scene.

196 posted on 02/21/2003 7:56:52 AM PST by RecentConvert
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To: OldFriend
One of the cable networks had a shot of the fire....and it looks like two different fires.
197 posted on 02/21/2003 7:57:08 AM PST by Dog
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To: Johnny Gage
I filled up last night, and thus far gas is $1,52, $1.62, and $1.72 - no change. Go fill up now!
198 posted on 02/21/2003 7:57:09 AM PST by mabelkitty
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To: NFifty15
Hey dude, I never said or implied it was a terrorist attack! I think it might be a possibility, but the simplest solution is usually the best. The Occam Razor principle states that one should not make more assumptions than the minimum needed. Base on all available data this appears to be an accident.
199 posted on 02/21/2003 7:57:09 AM PST by BushCountry
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To: HairOfTheDog
Try that CNN one - it's intermittant.
200 posted on 02/21/2003 7:57:12 AM PST by mhking ("The word is no. I am therefore going anyway..." --Admiral J.T. Kirk)
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