Gas Pipeline in San Francisco Explodes - Similar fate for North Mayo?

sealgaire

No wonder there are objections to the route of the Shell gas pipeline in Rossport when this is what could happen:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11256330


And this is in a major city with an excellent emergency response network. Imagine how long it will take the local fire bridgade to reach them in rural Mayo . . .

mike65

Ah yes that looks just like a stretch of bogland in Mayo.

mickydoomsux

sealgaire wrote: »

And this is in a major city with an excellent emergency response network. Imagine how long it will take the local fire bridgade to reach them in rural Mayo . . .

Big difference. In Mayo it might destroy like a fence and some trees.

minidazzler

It's Mayo, I think most people would think this could only be a good thing to happen there.

Pookah

Should the thread title not read 'Petrol Station explodes in San Francisco'; tenous link to Mayo Gas Pipeline inferred.'?

Brendog

It won't happen it Mayo.

The gas mixed with the smug cloud of San Francisco and obviously some hippy lit a J and BOOM!

Mayo isn't smug. Its just filled with cows, who produce huge amounts of methanOHGOD!!!:eek:

BluesBerry

Didnt they want to put that pipe through a bog?

Would a bog be flammable

mikemac

That's a petrol station, nothing to do with the pipeline in Mayo

If you want to make a connection OP, you should be aiming at the thousands of petrol stations in every town in the country, many with apartments above them

BluesBerry wrote: »

Would a bog be flammable

Of course not, a bog is mainly water.
Why is why peat has to be dried before you can do anything with it

I think you never went turf cutting as a young lad

StompToWork

Looks like Jamie and Adam have been up to something!!

sbsquarepants

Gas pipeline?
Did you make that bit up? You wee scamp you!
Eh, i mean shell to sea, etc etc

biko

The vid says "cause unknown".

robby^5

OMG THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED ELSEWHERE CAN ALSO HAPPEN HERE!

mickydoomsux

feelingstressed wrote: »

That's a petrol station, nothing to do with the pipeline in Mayo

If you want to make a connection OP, you should be aiming at the thousands of petrol stations in every town in the country, many with apartments above them

And yet we don't see unemployable crustys protesting outside petrol stations all over the country.

Hmmmmmm.

Jeboa Safari

mickydoomsux wrote: »

And yet we don't see unemployable crustys protesting outside petrol stations all over the country.

Hmmmmmm.

If you organize one they'll no doubt turn up. Rent-a-mob idiots that like to turn up at every stupid protest across the country, no doubt with Richard Boyd Barrett on the lookout for the nearest camera

ejmaztec

There will be no problem in Mayo as long as the crusties are banned from buying matches, lighters and hand-grenades.

mike65

The free market has closed down about 50% of Irish filling stations in the last 15 years so
Richard Boyd Barrett need do nothing.

easyeason3

I seriously doubt it.

And sure tomorrow is September the 11th so it's probably Osama, the scamp, letting us know he's still alive & kicking.

This is terrible, so many homes destroyed.

Was it plane or what the hell?
Im listening to the Scanner and the firefighters plan on being there a long time.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P--2xdwSm44&feature=player_embedded#!

dvpower

Jake1 wrote: »

This is terrible, so many homes destroyed.

Was it plane or what the hell?
Im listening to the Scanner and the firefighters plan on being there a long time.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P--2xdwSm44&feature=player_embedded#!

I think you're in the wrong forum.

mikemac

mike65 wrote: »

The free market has closed down about 50% of Irish filling stations in the last 15 years so
Richard Boyd Barrett need do nothing.

Though many were sold for land for apartments which never happened in the end.

I can think of two near me which were boarded up sites for the last few years and recently reopened as filling stations

So we may seen a small increase

sbsquarepants

robby^5 wrote: »

OMG THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED ELSEWHERE CAN ALSO HAPPEN HERE!

Or in this case, things that have happened elsewhere means completely different things could happen here!
I'm scared

dvpower

dvpower wrote: »

I think you're in the wrong forum.

sorry, dont get what you mean, why am I in wrong forum???

dvpower

Jake1 wrote: »

sorry, dont get what you mean, why am I in wrong forum???

This:
Was it plane or what the hell?

There's no suggestion that it was a plane.

seensensee

The Gubbermint should have CPO'ed all houses within 1 km of the pipeline.

dvpower

dvpower wrote: »

This:
Was it plane or what the hell?

There's no suggestion that it was a plane.

Well. you are wrong on that as lots of eye witnesses reported hearing and seeing plane. others saying possible fireball, so there was a suggestion it was a plane , I posted the news report where most of the witnesses said clearly they saw plane.

Pookah

dvpower wrote: »

This:
Was it plane or what the hell?

There's no suggestion that it was a plane.

Cause not yet known, beside an airport.

It's not beyond the realms of possibility.

AckwelFoley

sealgaire wrote: »

No wonder there are objections to the route of the Shell gas pipeline in Rossport when this is what could happen:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11256330


And this is in a major city with an excellent emergency response network. Imagine how long it will take the local fire bridgade to reach them in rural Mayo . . .

Grasping at straws poster is grasping.

That story is related to the mayo pipe line about as much as me eating a tin of tuna

jimmycrackcorm

biko wrote: »

The vid says "cause unknown".

Yes - well there's not much left of the Petrol Station is there.

dvpower

Jake1 wrote: »

Well. you are wrong on that as lots of eye witnesses reported hearing and seeing plane. others saying possible fireball, so there was a suggestion it was a plane , I posted the news report where most of the witnesses said clearly they saw plane.

The explosion happenned yesterday. If it was caused by an aeroplane, I think we'd know by now.


Edit: It was beside an airport. Of course people saw planes. If it was beside the zoo would you be blambing the elephants?

dvpower

dvpower wrote: »

The explosion happenned yesterday. If it was caused by an aeroplane, I think we'd know by now.


Edit: It was beside an airport. Of course people saw planes. If it was beside the zoo would you be blambing the elephants?

well if YOU think so, then it must be so...:D

mike65

seensensee wrote: »

The Gubbermint should have CPO'ed all houses within 1 km of the pipeline.

Imagine if you were just outside the exclusion zone - the government would have got sued by such people I imagine. "where's my free money?!"

dvpower

Jake1 wrote: »

well if YOU think so, then it must be so...:D

Point me to any credible report that a plane was involved and I'll begin to take your suggestion seriously.

jackiebaron

sealgaire wrote: »

No wonder there are objections to the route of the Shell gas pipeline in Rossport when this is what could happen:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11256330


And this is in a major city with an excellent emergency response network. Imagine how long it will take the local fire bridgade to reach them in rural Mayo . . .

America is finished. The place is just falling apart thanks to negligence, budget cuts and criminal deregulation. Everything is breaking down, levees in New Orleans, oil platforms in the Gulf blowing up, bridges just collapsing, bits of masonry falling on motorists from tunnels, gas pipes in New York blowing up, this SF pipeline. Hell, just last sunday there was a massive explosion at a nuclear reactor in Metropolis, Illinois.

what is wrong with you? its not my suggestion its from a news report I watched , if you would like to watch and listen you will hear several people mention the possibility that an aircraft was involved.

Maybe im just hearing things in my head


:rolleyes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P--2xdwSm44&feature=player_embedded#

Pookah

Turns out it probably was a gas explosion, after all...

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-09-10/gas-explosion-engulfs-homes-in-san-francisco-suburb.html

mike65

jackiebaron if you are going to do satire do it well

the USA is indeed falling assunder but no nuclear power plant blew up....YET!

According to the RTÉ news a whole neighbourhood was engulfed in flames.

At least six people have died after a gas pipeline exploded and set off a fire that engulfed a neighbourhood near San Francisco.

The death toll is expected to rise as more homes are searched, the Los Angeles Times reported.

More than 100 residents were forced to flee and more than 170 homes damaged or destroyed as the blast ripped through the town of San Bruno and triggered a giant fire.

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Up to 200 firefighters are tackling the blaze which was still raging before dawn, more than nine hours after the initial explosion.

California's acting governor Abel Maldonado declared a state of emergency for the city just 3km west of San Francisco International Airport.

Pacific Gas & Electric spokesman Jeff Smith described the fire as 'an absolutely horrible situation', and said that if it turns out the utility was to blame, 'we will absolutely take accountability for it'.

Source: RTÉ news

biko

Plenty of gas pipelines exploding.
I guess it has to happen in the US before it's considered news.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pipeline_accidents

Its very sad and frightening. That such a thing could happen in a residential area.

dvpower

Jake1 wrote: »

what is wrong with you? its not my suggestion its from a news report I watched , if you would like to watch and listen you will hear several people mention the possibility that an aircraft was involved.

Maybe im just hearing things in my head


:rolleyes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P--2xdwSm44&feature=player_embedded#

I could understand people getting carried away with themselves yesterday (near an airport, near the anniversary of 9/11).

But a day later, continuing with that kind of speculation is just silly.

I don't think your just hearing stuff in your head, you're just not using that nearby organ.

dvpower

dvpower wrote: »

I could understand people getting carried away with themselves yesterday (near an airport, near the anniversary of 9/11).

But a day later, continuing with that kind of speculation is just silly.

I don't think your just hearing stuff in your head, you're just not using that nearby organ.

You are being ridiculous. I shall leave you to your hysteria.
Lots of people reported this , not me. Dont take it so personal, its just the internet love...
Have a good one.

dvpower

Jake1 wrote: »

You are being ridiculous. I shall leave you to your hysteria.
Lots of people reported this , not me. Dont take it so personal, its just the internet love...
Have a good one.

OK. You've worn me down. It must have been a plane. Sure didn't some locals report hearing a plane (near an airport).

I was confused by the facts that no plane crash has been reported by the authorities (ruled out, in fact), no plane debris has seen at the site, no mainstream media outlet is persisting with the plane story and the fires are not consistent with what would be expected in a plane crash.

My bad.

Mrmoe

I always thought those San Francisco lads were good a laying a bit of pipe.

seensensee

mike65 wrote: »

Imagine if you were just outside the exclusion zone - the government would have got sued by such people I imagine. "where's my free money?!"

Well some of those outsiders would benefit indirectly by selling the sites and building the new houses for the insiders. Maybe the government should offer a transfer to anyone who wants out of the area, it would be the decent thing to do.

jackiebaron

Pookah wrote: »

Cause not yet known, beside an airport.

It's not beyond the realms of possibility.

This happened Thursday night. If a plane went down and it hasn't been announced by the Federal Aviation Authority yet, then they're taking their sweet-ass time about it. Also when a plane crashes there's wreckage everywhere and a big fück-off trail of destruction like a meteorite strike. I don't see any such thing in this case. Plane, me arse.

jackiebaron

Jake1 wrote: »

Well. you are wrong on that as lots of eye witnesses reported hearing and seeing plane. others saying possible fireball, so there was a suggestion it was a plane , I posted the news report where most of the witnesses said clearly they saw plane.

Well, most people who live near airports clearly would see and hear planes everyday.

jackiebaron

mike65 wrote: »

jackiebaron if you are going to do satire do it well

the USA is indeed falling assunder but no nuclear power plant blew up....YET!

Dunno Mike65, you tell me:

http://www.truth-out.org/explosion-rocks-honeywell-uranium-facility-run-scab-workers63047

Banned Account

jackiebaron wrote: »

The EU/ECB don't act in anyone's interest. Trichet is bailing out banks but forcing austerity measures on Joe Public. Don't state that so-and-so won't let it happen just because it comforts you. The entire financial collapse was manufactured, it wasn't an accident so if you think these scumbags won't allow certain things to happen then you're just being naive. I don't want to be a doom-and-gloom merchant but false hope and wishful thinking are very dangerous.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26308.htm

jackiebaron wrote: »

Protection from whom, pray tell? The "Reds under the bed"?, "Swine flu"?, "The Nazis"?, "The Viet Cong"? Who? Who is a threat to Ireland that we need this mythical protection you yammer on about?

jackiebaron wrote: »

Dunno Mike65, you tell me:

http://www.truth-out.org/explosion-rocks-honeywell-uranium-facility-run-scab-workers63047

Have you any coherent thought train at all in theses threads or are you simply looking to argue for the sake of it?

I'm just curious as the centre post is way out of synch with your conspiracy site rubbish.

Cheers.

rossie1977

i don't see the connection, san francisco the second most highly densely populated city in the usa (or twice as densely populated as dublin for comparison sake) and north mayo

jackiebaron

Fitzcaraldo wrote: »

Have you any coherent thought train at all in theses threads or are you simply looking to argue for the sake of it?

I'm just curious as the centre post is way out of synch with your conspiracy site rubbish.

Cheers.

Don't know what you angle is here buddy. I was telling mike65 that there was an explosion at a uranium plant on Sunday and provided him with a link.
As for you drudging up other stuff and trying to smear or provoke or embarass me is pretty infantile of you isn't it...or do you do that simply for the sake of it?

Get lost with your "cheers" crap.

StompToWork

Mrmoe wrote: »

I always thought those San Francisco lads were good a laying a bit of pipe.

Problem is, after a lot of pipe laying, the surrounding area can become weak, which can lead to leakage. Disaster waiting to happen.

Shame.