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2005-08-14 Britain

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Posted by Phomose Thromose9419 2005-08-14 04:02|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Gas stations will probably not blow-up like they think.Here in the U.S. the tanks are buried(not only to save space,it's safer),they are double hulled,they are not preasurized,and are equiped with preassure relief(to relieve preassure build-up from heating and cooling) valves.

Posted by raptor 2005-08-14 08:27|| 2005-08-14 08:27|| Front Page Top

#2 ...What raptor said. It is extraordinarily difficult to get a gas station burning. There was an instance back in OH some years ago that bears mentioning - a gentleman was refueling his car when some jackass lost control of his and slammed into it, igniting a fire. Despite the fact that there were six cars refueling - and the damaged one did catch fire - the only cars that burned were the ones immediately involved in the accident, and although there was heat/smoke damage to the canopy over the pumps, the only gas that burned was that in the struck vehicle.
This isn't to blow off a possible threat, far from it - it's just that this won't do much except make people very vigilant while tanking up.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2005-08-14 09:30|| 2005-08-14 09:30|| Front Page Top

#3 The stated goal is the collapse of the US economy

As ignorant about the outside world as the women they like to keep in purdah. Even if the effects of this effort were as spectacular as in the American action films they appear to model themselves on, we would simply run serious background checks on all truck drivers, post armed guards around gas stations (most likely privately hired in most cases, or local volunteers -- I hear the National Guard units are a bit preoccupied these days), and carry on driving the world's economy. Oh yes, and accelerate the transition to hybrid vehicles, which don't need to be refueled nearly as often. If 9/11 didn't do any permanent damage to our economy, what makes them think booming a bunch of gas stations would?

Posted by trailing wife 2005-08-14 09:48|| 2005-08-14 09:48|| Front Page Top

#4 A full tanker with an IED would make a pretty good explosion, even if it didn't blow the in ground tanks. The real question is, would the media be alerted so that it could get pictures of the truck going off? And would the media alert authorities before or after getting the film?

Posted by Eason Jordan 2005-08-14 09:54|| 2005-08-14 09:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Aw shucks... I just placed a bet on Strategy Page's Prediction Market that their wouldn't be any. These goofballs are really skewing my losses.

Posted by 3dc 2005-08-14 10:11|| 2005-08-14 10:11|| Front Page Top

#6 And would the media alert authorities before or after getting the film?

Do you REALLY need to ask that question about the MSM? Their motivations and (dis)loyalties should be pretty obvious to everyone by now.

Posted by DMFD 2005-08-14 12:43|| 2005-08-14 12:43|| Front Page Top

#7 And would the media alert authorities before or after getting the film?

That's called "Accesory" and should result in the same criminal charges as the perp would get.

First time it happens the cameraman/reporter better have a damn good legitimate reason for being there and setup.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2005-08-14 13:00|| 2005-08-14 13:00|| Front Page Top

#8 Thinking eurther about it, a few years ago a tanker filling a station's tanks in Mississippi overflowed and a passing car set the gas running across the road afire, not as bad as a deliberate explosion of the tanker, but 3 motorists died.

This method of "Boomerism" seems unproductive, hijacking tankers is a hard job, and srations are designed to have the gas flow away from the pumps in case of spillage. (Slanted Concrete)

Posted by Redneck Jim 2005-08-14 13:13|| 2005-08-14 13:13|| Front Page Top

#9 Damn, can't spell this morning, more Coffee needed (Slurp, Aahhhh)

Posted by Redneck Jim 2005-08-14 13:15|| 2005-08-14 13:15|| Front Page Top

#10 So if London or the UK keeps on getting attacked how long do you give it before raving mad anti arab/muslim/pakistani mobs are out on the streets torching premises?
I don't support that behaviour but I think people are starting to get a little fucked off with the governmentâs lack of potency in dealing with things correctly.

Just for the record; instead of giving our social benefit money to immigrants coming to the UK why doesn't it go to the people who made this country what it is!
Forget the outsiders for once.

Posted by dom 2005-08-14 18:15|| 2005-08-14 18:15|| Front Page Top

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