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ChoralScholar

(4,871 posts) Fri Mar 29, 2013, 10:21 PM Mar 2013

Pipeline ruptures, sending oil into Lake Conway

Source: KTHV (CBS) - Little Rock, AR

MAYFLOWER, Ark. (KTHV) - Cleaning up what's left of an oil spill is now the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management's (ADEM) main concern.

According to the Mayflower Police Chief, no contamination actually made its way into the nearby Lake Conway, but it did seep into some drainage areas. Right now the main focus is to clean everything up as soon as possible.

Earlier Friday, public information officer Brandon Morris said a crude oil pipeline, owned by Exxon, ruptured near Mayflower, and the spill was making it way to toward the lake.

Video began rolling in to the THV 11 Newsroom showing the crude oil rolling through the gutters of a neighborhood, bubbling up from the ground, and washing through drainage ditches.

Read more: http://www.thv11.com/news/article/257413/2/More-Info-Pipeline-ruptures-sending-oil-into-Lake-Conway

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Pipeline ruptures, sending oil into Lake Conway (Original Post) ChoralScholar Mar 2013 OP

sure glad the environmental effect of pipelines is nil booley Mar 2013 #1

USA! USA! USA! Phlem Mar 2013 #2

Ah, our free market paradise strikes again. kestrel91316 Mar 2013 #3

When will these incidents be prosecuted as crimes with "intent" to harm/kill/destroy. glinda Mar 2013 #4

Or at least as willful negligent disregard in the face of known facts lunatica Mar 2013 #7

I think Montgomery Burns would say: PolitFreak Mar 2013 #5

Taken straight from the Beverly Hillbillies theme song DFW Mar 2013 #6

It's a "no-brainer" Mnpaul Mar 2013 #8

K&R Junkdrawer Apr 2013 #9

booley

(3,855 posts)

1. sure glad the environmental effect of pipelines is nil

Reply to ChoralScholar (Original post)

Fri Mar 29, 2013, 10:36 PM

Mar 2013

so now about that keystone pipeline...

Phlem

(6,323 posts)

2. USA! USA! USA!

Reply to ChoralScholar (Original post)

Fri Mar 29, 2013, 11:46 PM

Mar 2013

Ughhh

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)

3. Ah, our free market paradise strikes again.

Reply to ChoralScholar (Original post)

Fri Mar 29, 2013, 11:49 PM

Mar 2013

Regulations suck, so corporations ignore them, and suffer no consequences.

But we taxpaying little guys get stuck with the bill. Ayn Rand would be so proud.

glinda

(14,807 posts)

4. When will these incidents be prosecuted as crimes with "intent" to harm/kill/destroy.

Reply to ChoralScholar (Original post)

Sat Mar 30, 2013, 12:51 AM

Mar 2013

The frequency of them happening is beyond the pale now. They are not happening with infrequency.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)

7. Or at least as willful negligent disregard in the face of known facts

Reply to glinda (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 30, 2013, 08:50 AM

Mar 2013

you know, the "Who could have ever known they would use airplanes to fly into buildings" defense.

PolitFreak

(236 posts)

5. I think Montgomery Burns would say:

Reply to ChoralScholar (Original post)

Sat Mar 30, 2013, 03:02 AM

Mar 2013

"XL-ent!"

DFW

(54,397 posts)

6. Taken straight from the Beverly Hillbillies theme song

Reply to ChoralScholar (Original post)

Sat Mar 30, 2013, 03:58 AM

Mar 2013

Come listen to my story about a man named Jed
A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed
But then one day he was shootin' at some food
When up from the ground came a'bubblin' crude

Somehow, I don't think anyone near Lake Conway will be moving to Beverly Hills as a result of this.

Mnpaul

(3,655 posts)

8. It's a "no-brainer"

Reply to ChoralScholar (Original post)

Sat Mar 30, 2013, 07:41 PM

Mar 2013

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014439992

Junkdrawer

(27,993 posts)

9. K&R

Reply to ChoralScholar (Original post)

Mon Apr 1, 2013, 08:55 AM

Apr 2013

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