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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 09:45 PM Original message |
Tanker Explodes, Sinks With 27 on Board |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. The usual illiterate headlines. |
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lcordero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 09:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Headlines usually have to be as short as possible |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 10:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. not necessarily |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 10:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. And with an experienced typographer, Licensed to Kern |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 10:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. LOL! |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 10:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Agreed. What is this semantics about when people have perished? |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-04 09:13 AM Response to Reply #10 |
34. I think that you're missing a comma in that second sentence. |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 10:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. you really, really |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 11:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. why? are your kittens vanishing into thin air? |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 10:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Good point. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 10:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Right, thanks, short is necessary, misleading is not. nt |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 10:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. To continue the chain of title bickering |
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mobuto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. There are survivors |
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mdguss (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 10:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. This isn't funny; Here's What I've heard from DC area tv: |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 10:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Thanks for the update |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 10:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I would expect it was the booze, but there are other possibilities. nt |
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mobuto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 10:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. This isn't human-grade ethanol |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 11:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Tsk. That's why it's most likely what exploded. |
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mobuto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 10:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Who was making fun of it? |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 11:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Hopefully ethanol is so light it will "just" evaporate. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-29-04 09:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. "Massive environmental impact"? |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-29-04 11:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
27. agree - this is a very serious issue |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'm surprised Homeland Security isn't jumping all over this... |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 11:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I'm surprised they haven't announced |
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oostevo (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-29-04 12:54 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. They have already. |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-04 09:21 AM Response to Reply #20 |
35. Sure is. Terrorism is not suspected at the Maui airport incident. |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-29-04 10:08 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Where's Hardegan? |
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jmcgowanjm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-29-04 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
25. not to mention the energy it took to make this ethanol |
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The Night Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-29-04 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
26. Chincoteague is a wildlife refuge... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-29-04 12:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. the accident happened 80km offshore |
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snowFLAKE (247 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-29-04 12:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Assuming that the ethanol disperses equally in all directions |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-29-04 01:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. could be - I assumed currents would disperse it well |
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snowFLAKE (247 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-29-04 01:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. You're probably correct |
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Bdog (280 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-29-04 01:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Worry more about the 700 tones of fuel oil the tanker was running on. |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-04 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
33. SO the update Mon. AM is there is no hope for more survivors. |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-04 01:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. what made the tanker explode? surly there is an investigation |
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