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jgmiller

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11. It was from a pipeline

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Oct 3, 2021, 02:49 PM

Oct 2021

I've never understood this, I can buy a device to put on my main water supply line that shuts down the water within a second of detecting a leak but they can't do this on a subsea oil pipeline? Of course the answer is they can, they just don't care.

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A major oil spill off the California coast has caused dead birds, fish and oil to wash up on Hunting [View all] Omaha Steve Oct 2021 OP

One whacko replies this is a gov plot XanaDUer2 Oct 2021 #1

It is pointless. They are living in another dimension. nt leftyladyfrommo Oct 2021 #15

Pacific airshow canceled? xxqqqzme Oct 2021 #2

The airshow is cancelled BidenRocks Oct 2021 #5

"Huntington Beach" BumRushDaShow Oct 2021 #3

Tourists don't want to see an ecological disaster. nt leftyladyfrommo Oct 2021 #16

Exactly. BumRushDaShow Oct 2021 #17

Great. You can watch surfers on Huntington Beach with oil platforms in the background. Now ancianita Oct 2021 #4

Surfers can't surf in an oil spill. When was your picture taken? Hekate Oct 2021 #8

No, not sure but have seen surfers surf in hurricanes, so I offer it as a possibility. Are you sure ancianita Oct 2021 #9

I'm a little confused about your location. You "spent a couple of days" at Huntington Beach once... Hekate Oct 2021 #13

I just moved permanently from Chicago to my Fla winter home. My Huntington Beach stay was ancianita Oct 2021 #14

Kick and recommend for visibility bronxiteforever Oct 2021 #6

Damn. Not again. Hekate Oct 2021 #7

So bad catchnrelease Oct 2021 #10

It was from a pipeline jgmiller Oct 2021 #11

Let me guess: oil prices will be rising as a result. C Moon Oct 2021 #12

Huge and bad. Not just RW Huntington Beach. Beaches closed southward to Dana Point, and wiggs Oct 2021 #18