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Anonymous Coward
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2/15/2008 12:59 PM
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[link to www.foxnews.com] McCOOK, Texas — Multiple explosions are being reported at a south Texas gas pipeline. Authorities say some people are injured. How the explosions happened isn't immediately clear. Authorities are working to cordon off the area and put out a fire. The explosions were reported near McCook, a town near the U.S. Mexico border. STAY TUNED...MORE TO FOLLOW

Anonymous Coward
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2/15/2008 1:00 PM

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THE TEXAS OIL INDUSTRY SUFFERS MORE EXPLAOSIONS THAN A JEAN CLAUDE VAN DAMME FLICK, WHAT'S UP WITH THAT?

Anonymous Coward
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2/15/2008 1:02 PM

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THE TEXAS OIL INDUSTRY SUFFERS MORE EXPLAOSIONS THAN A JEAN CLAUDE VAN DAMME FLICK, WHAT'S UP WITH THAT? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 5174 Let's them jack up the price at regular intervals.

Anonymous Coward
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2/15/2008 1:03 PM

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Injury reports are now coming in.

[link to www.wacotrib.com]

Gas line explodes near McCook, some hurt

McCOOK, Texas — Multiple explosions were reported at a South Texas gas pipeline, and officials said there were some injuries.

Hidalgo County officials told Harlingen television station KGBT that injuries were reported but did not provide details.

Authorities were working to cordon off the area and put out the fire. No information about the cause of the rupture was immediately available.

The explosions hit near McCook.

Anonymous Coward
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2/15/2008 1:03 PM

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and so it begins...

Solar Guy
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2/15/2008 1:03 PM

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Get used to it. It's going to be the norm before long. Earth is under a lot of stress, pipes and internet cables will pop and crack. look out

Anonymous Coward
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2/15/2008 1:08 PM

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Get used to it. It's going to be the norm before long. Earth is under a lot of stress, pipes and internet cables will pop and crack. look out Quoting: Solar Guy agree with this.

Redheaded Stepchild
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2/15/2008 1:08 PM

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Get used to it. It's going to be the norm before long. Earth is under a lot of stress, pipes and internet cables will pop and crack. look out

Quoting: Solar Guy

We don't know enough about the explosions as yet, but pipelines in TX are notoriously...um...delicate.

"Until you are willing to organize your friends and neighbors and literally shut down cities - drive at 5mph through the streets of major cities on the freeway and stop commerce, refuse to show up for work, refuse to borrow and spend more than you make, show up in Washington DC with a million of your neighbors and literally shut down The Capitol you WILL be bent over the table on a daily basis." Karl Denninger

Don't blame me; I voted for Ron Paul.

Silence is consent.

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 374142
2/15/2008 1:08 PM

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what happened about all the sewer manholes blowing up few months ago??? all hush about that now...

Solar Guy
User ID: 272356
2/15/2008 1:10 PM

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Get used to it. It's going to be the norm before long. Earth is under a lot of stress, pipes and internet cables will pop and crack. look out We don't know enough about the explosions as yet, but pipelines in TX are notoriously...um...delicate. Quoting: Redheaded Stepchild Yeah I agree. I'm not saying that's what happened. Hell, if it is they won't tell us. I'm just say'n heads up.

Anonymous Coward
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2/15/2008 1:18 PM

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Firefighters from several Hidalgo County agencies are at the scene of an explosion outside of rural community of McCook.

A gas line explosion was reported two miles west of the intersection of FMs 681 and 490 mid-Friday morning.

County officials told Action 4 News that six people were working near the pipeline at the time of the explosion.

A cause of the explosion had not been determined but only one man recevied minor injuries.

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 304329
2/15/2008 1:26 PM

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Hmmm.. Anyone remember the oilrig incident off the coast of scotland recently?.. Can anyone say staged event?

sunny
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2/15/2008 1:28 PM

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Thanks for the info op. changes come from the sun....

darth marduk
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2/15/2008 1:52 PM

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Anonymous Coward
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2/15/2008 1:54 PM

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Finally found some video footage at the below link.

[link to www.newschannel5.tv]

Intersection Closed After Gas Pipeline Explosion

Friday , February 15, 2008
Stretch of FM 490 Closed After Gas Line Explosion

One injury reported

NEAR MCCOOK - Crews have shut down the intersection of FM 490 and 681, near McCook. Everyone is asked to avoid the area.

A gas pipeline exploded about three miles west of the intersection, near the Starr County line.

NEWSCHANNEL 5 learned a 20-inch gas line exploded several times shortly before 10 a.m. We're told one injury was reported.

A fire is burning right now. Crews from Edinburg and San Manuel are just arriving at the scene.

A NEWSCHANNEL 5 crew is also headed to the area. Keep watching NEWSCHANNEL 5 and visiting newschannel5.tv for the latest details.

Anonymous Coward
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2/15/2008 1:55 PM

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In the neighborhood i live we are surrounded with gas pipelines,a few years ago before we moved in,explosion from one took out 18 acres.

A girl and her friends were in daddys feild driving the old pick-up and went over one that was leaking(blewwy)
killed all of them.

2 weeks ago another went but,was not that bad as the one above.I was not told about these pipelines when i bought our 10 acres,pisses me off!!!

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 374237
2/15/2008 1:57 PM

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now you know the secret to cheap land

Anonymous Coward
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2/15/2008 2:20 PM

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Well, at least it as in a rural area.

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 269684
2/15/2008 2:38 PM

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Fire from a pipeline explosion here today had nearly burned itself out, three hours after it began.

Hidalgo County Emergency Manager Tony Pena said earlier reports of one injury in the explosion were incorrect. Smoke from the fire was no longer visible and Pena said the fire would probably be out within an hour.

The pipeline is owned by Hesco, Pena said.

Farm-to-Market Road 490 west of McCook was damaged by fire and would likely remain closed through the day, Pena said.

The fire marshal was investigating the cause of the explosion, Pena said.

Black smoke rushed across a cloudy sky in northern Hidalgo County today, driven by winds gusting to 40 mph. Orange flames were visible just over a rise. Flames from the rupture reached 400 feet to 500 feet, Pena said.

Firefighters shut flow of crude oil distillate about 10 miles down the pipeline and were waiting for the rest of the crude to burn off.

Phyllis Pilarcyzk owner of the McCook Trading Post, said she knew little "except it was a big boom." She described the rural farming community in northwest Hidalgo County as "30 miles from anything."

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