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Hissyspit

(45,790 posts) Fri Nov 16, 2012, 12:09 PM Nov 2012

Report Two Dead, Two Missing in Gulf Platform Explosion [View all]

Source: WLTV

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US Coast Guard in New Orleans reports offshore platform is burning in the Gulf of Mexico - @WWLTV http://bit.ly/T6pKIR

Report two dead, two missing in Gulf platform explosion

wwltv.com

Posted on November 16, 2012 at 9:48 AM
Updated today at 10:06 AM

OFF THE GULF COAST - KHOU-TV says that two people are dead and two people are missing after an explosion at a platform in the Gulf of Mexico.

The U.S. Coast Guard confirms there is an offshore platform burning in the Gulf of Mexico in the area of West Delta Block 32.

Read more: http://www.wwltv.com/news/Coast-Guard-reports-offshore-platform-burning-in-Gulf-of-Mexico-179665361.html

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Report Two Dead, Two Missing in Gulf Platform Explosion [View all] Hissyspit Nov 2012 OP

Here we go again. MgtPA Nov 2012 #1

Fuck! Not again Pharaoh Nov 2012 #2

fuck... PatrynXX Nov 2012 #6

Not BP....independent company. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #22

fuck. nt xchrom Nov 2012 #3

I suppose the cause is due to more "cost-cutting measures" by the oil co or one of its contractors. valerief Nov 2012 #4

Has there been any new R&D and implementation for oil clean-up yet? Last I heard it was stuck in nc4bo Nov 2012 #20

and Deregulation! n/t sheshe2 Nov 2012 #34

OMG! MynameisBlarney Nov 2012 #5

Oh lord not again! hrmjustin Nov 2012 #7

from the ap xchrom Nov 2012 #8

Shallow water should be good news but who knows? yellowcanine Nov 2012 #11

I wonder how femrap Nov 2012 #14

Righteous rant. nc4bo Nov 2012 #18

Spot on Hydra Nov 2012 #30

I was just femrap Nov 2012 #35

How many years later will we wait... MrMickeysMom Nov 2012 #9

In related news....BP to pay $4-billion criminal fine in Deepwater Horizon spill Klukie Nov 2012 #10

Well, the good news is that it's a shallow water platform. bluedigger Nov 2012 #12

Thank goodness!! MightyAfrodite Nov 2012 #21

We are committing aggravated assault to our oceans all over the world. Lint Head Nov 2012 #13

Just a subset of mankind is destroying mankind. Mainly corporations and politicians. AAO Nov 2012 #33

Let's not forget DonCoquixote Nov 2012 #15

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 #16

and let's not forget DonCoquixote Nov 2012 #17

God.Dammit. Arugula Latte Nov 2012 #19

Let me add a oswaldactedalone Nov 2012 #23

Wow the day after the BP fine??? alp227 Nov 2012 #24

Exactly! Rhiannon12866 Nov 2012 #25

Awful conveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenient, isn't it? n/t durablend Nov 2012 #26

Black Elk is headed by John Hoffman, who left BP to start this offshore operation. Zen Democrat Nov 2012 #27

lmao Hydra Nov 2012 #31

Nice find there!!! dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #32

CNN TV just reported that a worker attempted to cut the wrong pipe, causing the explosion Rhiannon12866 Nov 2012 #28

Yeeeow. (nt) Posteritatis Nov 2012 #29

Company paid $300K fine 2 months ago MountainLaurel Nov 2012 #36