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Related: About this forumExplosion at natural gas compressor station.
"Emergency responders from Susquehanna, Lackawanna and Wyoming counties have been called to an explosion at a natural gas compressor station in Springville Twp. where witnesses report grey and black smoke billowing from the complex."
Read more: http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/emergency-responders-at-scene-of-explosion-at-natural-gas-compressor-station-1.1292502#ixzz1qWzyKHVY
Just another day in Fracksylvania.
Can anyone else imagine one of these "accidents" happening during a summer drought, when the fields and forests are like tinder?
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Explosion at natural gas compressor station. (Original Post)
grntuscarora
Mar 2012
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Or since they are now drilling in towns within feet of homes, how many innocent people could lose
appleannie1
Mar 2012
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appleannie1
(5,067 posts)1. Or since they are now drilling in towns within feet of homes, how many innocent people could lose
their lives?
lastlib
(23,242 posts)2. Let me guess--Santorum came by, made a speech, and the machinery overamped......eom
grntuscarora
(1,249 posts)3. So, I'm wondering.
The tax-payer funded emergency crews from three, (count 'em) THREE different counties responded to this explosion.
Will Williams, Inc. (the owner of the compressor station) be made to reimburse the emergency crews (and the tax payers that support them) for their time and trouble?
Or is this to be yet another example of "privatized profits, socialized risk?"
Another 'free lunch' for the billionaires.
meow2u3
(24,764 posts)4. My guess--Santorum farted during one of his speeches at the station
and the plant blew up.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)5. It shook houses a half-mile away.
And it is only a half-mile away from schools, according to the article.
What total insanity.