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Oil Rig explodes in Gulf of Mexico - Coast Guard Reports
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Here we go again??
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Oil Rig explodes in Gulf of Mexico - Coast Guard Reports (Original Post)
democrat_patriot
Nov 2012
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WWL-TV: US Coast Guard does not suspect oil rig fire in the Gulf of Mexico will produce a spill. nt
Comrade_McKenzie
Nov 2012
#7
Locking, sorry, this is a duplicate. Please continue discussion and post updates here:
Rhiannon12866
Nov 2012
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democrat_patriot
(2,774 posts)1. CG spokesman on after commercial...
will post more when I know more...
Edit: 20 miles south of Louisianna. Black Elk? is company...
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ehrnst
(32,640 posts)2. Here's more information
http://www.khou.com/news/local/Coast-Guard-reports-offshore-platform-burning-in-Gulf-of-Mexico-179668691.html
No spill reported as of yet.
No spill reported as of yet.
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democrat_patriot
(2,774 posts)3. Thanks!!
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democrat_patriot
(2,774 posts)4. 4 people airlifted off, no inury status
CG was alerted at 9:15 AM.
No spill reported yet...
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closeupready
(29,503 posts)5. Here we go again is correct - this is how
the BP spill started, as I recall.
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nolabear
(41,930 posts)6. You have GOT to be fucking kidding me.
Words fail. I'll curse more later.
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Comrade_McKenzie
(2,526 posts)7. WWL-TV: US Coast Guard does not suspect oil rig fire in the Gulf of Mexico will produce a spill. nt
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Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)12. And they know this how?
The explosion is a few hours old and they have no idea of the actual damage, yet they are sure that no spill has occurred or will occur?
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CindyinIndy
(90 posts)8. Yeah!
Let's go ahead and build that Keystone pipeline thingy! WTF?
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nc4bo
(17,651 posts)9. and don't forget, Drill, Baby Drill.
Damn.
Praying for the injured/killed and hoping there's not another oil mess to clean up in the Gulf.
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Berlum
(7,044 posts)10. ...part of the Republican plan to destroy America and Planet Earth
...so the 1% fatcat jabba-the-hut Republicans can engorge themselves further with Profiteering.
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durablend
(7,455 posts)11. BP: "Phew...takes the heat off us for awhile!" n/t
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Rhiannon12866
(204,637 posts)13. Locking, sorry, this is a duplicate. Please continue discussion and post updates here:
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