[Travis McGee]

I'm jumping into this late, excuse me if this has been covered.

This type of scenario as a terrorist attack has been a huge worry since 9-11. All ships coming into the USA are now boarded by armed coasties etc. to prevent their being turned into huge guided bombs.

A weak link in this security is barge and river transportation, where one or two jerks with pistols could hijack a tug and send a PLO barge into a refinery.

Just saying, don't rule it out yet.

[theophilusscribe]

On Special Report with Brit Hume, Mansour Ijaz speculated that this would be the next type of attack (exploding barge). Speculation, of course—but it is an eerie coincidence.

[harpseal]

Since itis clearly way too early for a definite cause of the fire and there has just been another refinery fire reported in San Diego I agree most heartily on not ruling anything out. Then again gasoline barges and refineries have a strange tendancy to be fire hazards.