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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: rolling thunder on December 11, 2005, 08:22:10
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http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1205711,00.html
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eeek Sounds nasty :(
Hope all the Mudders in that area are safe and sound.
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Hope all the Mudders in that area are safe and sound.
ditto
and I am off to fill up the tank on Daisy befor some bright spark decides it is a good excuss to put the prices up
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reports that many tankers were lost and a lot of drivers now out of work
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I heard a massive rumble at about 06:00 this morning got out of bed started looking around fired the pc nothing. i was thinking MK had gone up in flames, and i was waiting for standby.
so i Phoned my mum this morning she was at MK A&E and she was evacuted.
put the wind up me i can tell you.
Dazza :?
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:shock:
I got woke up around 6 with a small bang
Thought someone had dropped something downstairs.
I checked but no one was awake.
Blimey, Heard it here.
Must have been an almighty explosion.
I hope everyones ok this morning.
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THAT would be why SWMBO woke me up going on about someone hitting one off the cars! :roll:
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woke my missus up and we're in farnborough :shock:
is it me or is the sky a funny colour this morning?
Steve
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And HH is only the fifth biggest oil terminal in the UK. Hate to think what would happen if Kingbury or Ellesmere went up.
Wished it hadn't happened at all and hope this isn't the terrorists next move as one of the suspicions is :cry: :( :(
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And HH is only the fifth biggest oil terminal in the UK. Hate to think what would happen if Kingbury or Ellesmere went up.
Wished it hadn't happened at all and hope this isn't the terrorists next move as one of the suspicions is :cry: :( :(
If it is you can wave goodbye to any civil liberties we have left. It'll be a solution which would make orwell look like an optimist :?
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It's the panic buying of fuel that's going to affect us up here.
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Just been watching Sky & News 24, glad to see no one has died in this, and it seems to have been an accident rather than terrorist attack or plane crash.
News 24 have just shown aerial footage of the site and it looks a real mess, some of the tanks that aren't on fire have been distorted by the blast and the buildings within the site look like a scene from a WWII film. :shock:
You can now see the smoke cloud on the Met Office (http://www.meto.gov.uk/satpics/latest_uk_vis.html) satellite image! :?
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It's the panic buying of fuel that's going to affect us up here.
I'd be more worried about the shortage of wines and sprites, as the Waverely Wines depot next door looks wrecked. :lol:
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I was at work! In the Rest room! And the Building Shook? We thought an Aircraft had hit a Jetty? (Passenger airBridge) London Heathrow Airport!
Got some Photo's on me Mobie from LHR can just about see the Smoke Plume! I will upload Later!
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The scary thing is i work on an raf base and my job is fuels /avtur we hold 4 million lyrs of the stuff :shock: hope it nva happens to me :? i hope all people ther get through it ok
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The scary thing is i work on an raf base and my job is fuels /avtur we hold 4 million lyrs of the stuff :shock: hope it nva happens to me :? i hope all people ther get through it ok
Better put that ciggy out then... :lol: :cry:
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The scary thing is i work on an raf base and my job is fuels /avtur we hold 4 million lyrs of the stuff :shock: hope it nva happens to me :? i hope all people ther get through it ok
Better put that ciggy out then... :lol: :cry:
:lol: :lol: its when the officers come walking on to the installation with there clipy clop shoes with metal bits on the sole :shock: :shock: the only time i get away with tellin em to get lost :twisted: :twisted:
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SWMBO was woking by the bang, me I heard nothing :)
Been watching it on sky news don't look good. Been out to the workshop this afternoon and ever garage I've passed has had long queues panic buying.
And the news have been saying its aviation fule thats burning. :?
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its still not burning as much as my V8 does on a run :lol:
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My SWMBO is SUPPOSED to be getting her brand new Suzuki Jimny delivered to the N-East where we live on Tues/Wed this week. Can anyone tell me if her garage is anyway near the fire?. It's ANTHONY BETTS, London Rd. Hemmel Hemstead. I know what oil fumes can do to paintwork.--Cheers--Cogs
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we're miles from HEMEL but BP have decided to put their price per litre up by 3pence,this is probably due to their christmas spirit and not their greedy nature by profiting on disaster and clawing what they can from the motorists.
the question that anyone should ask themselves is....
will they put the price down again when the fire is out :?:
(wake up brian,this is the real world)
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... its when the officers come walking on to the installation with there clipy clop shoes with metal bits on the sole :shock: :shock: the only time i get away with tellin em to get lost :twisted: :twisted:
Report them to the RAF Police for breach of Standing Orders ... :wink:
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(http://forum.difflock.com/discus/messages/28438/128885.jpg)
bit smokey eh :shock:
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You must live in a big block of flats and have a powerful lens to get a picture like that :wink: :lol: :lol:
Said on the news was only petrol and aviation fuel, but I bet diesel will go up more than these if they do raise the prices :roll:
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... its when the officers come walking on to the installation with there clipy clop shoes with metal bits on the sole :shock: :shock: the only time i get away with tellin em to get lost :twisted: :twisted:
Report them to the RAF Police for breach of Standing Orders ... :wink:
yeah could report em to the snowdrops woo that would make their busy day blue lights and sirens it would make a change for them instead of issuing parking tickets :roll: :evil: damn snowdrops :wink:
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You must live in a big block of flats and have a powerful lens to get a picture like that :wink: :lol: :lol:
Said on the news was only petrol and aviation fuel, but I bet diesel will go up more than these if they do raise the prices :roll:
Aviation fuel ie kerosene and diesel is pretty much the same stuff
Steve
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I've conducted some experiments this evening. I tried dropping maches into the wifes car petrol tank. It didn't ignite. Then I tried a blow torch across the petrol filler pipe. It ignited but was easy to extinguish with a damp tea towel.
Then I tried a bit of C4 under the tank. That did the trick. The explosion was heard three streets away by a dutchman.
Conclusion .... it must have been done on purpose, and I've got some explaining to do on the insurance claim form.
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(http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,553141,00.jpg)
(http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,553071,00.jpg)
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the services appear to be all reporting this as an accident. so clearly they must know exactly what happened!
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im living in watford and you can really smell it in the air
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im living in watford and you can really smell it in the air
ummmm avtur lovely :twisted:
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im living in watford and you can really smell it in the air
after the fumes i let off in work today i think an iron lung would be more suitable than iron pants (containment unit!)
even i was feeling queasy
Strapping may still have a dickie tummy :) :)
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Is there no-one from the Hemel area who knows if Anthony Betts garage was affected by the fire?, loads of photo's of the area. SWMBO is most worried about her new car.--HELP--Cogs
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As promised earlier some pics from London Heathrow You can Just about make out the Smoke Plume on The Horizon Next to the Flag Pole? Taken with my Mobie?
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And one more!
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Is there no-one from the Hemel area who knows if Anthony Betts garage was affected by the fire?, loads of photo's of the area. SWMBO is most worried about her new car.--HELP--Cogs
Cogs, London Road is on the other side of Hemel to Buncefield so there should be no worries about the car being damaged by the explosions, but as for the black cr4p falling from the sky...........
Jim
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Truly amazing nobody has been killed. And only 2 seriously injured. We must be thankful for small mercies.
The pictures are astonishing. Looks like something out of a Hollywood movie. The news reports come across like the services are not too worried by it. Just let it burn for a while to get rid of some of the fuel and give time to gather the relevant equipment. Then go in and foam it down. I'm sure it's a hell of a lot more difficult than that, but it does give an impressive sense of expertise. This can only be a great help to reduce peoples fear and hopefully reduce the panic buying problem.
Panic buying is, of course, self fueled (if you'll excuse the pun). Those that rush out and brim the tank are causing the shortage. The fuel stations will run out because they cannot change their refill shedules. Then those that did panic buy say that their approach was justified because the petrol station has run out! :lol:
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Im amazing at the photos too. Some you would have paid millions to computer generate for the latest movie. Truely awesome images.
Quite interested in what they say the cause was. The security gaurd said he smelt the fumes moments before he was catapulted.
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Like Old Joe & Turtle's Mrs, we were woken up too. We have a Victorian house with sash windows and they sounded like the glass was coming out. The wife thought someone had sledgehammered down the front door.
Strange thing tho, all around MK last week there were whispers ... "stay out of the city on sunday 11th, somethings going to happen" Spooky eh? It's the first thing I said the the wife, someones blown up the shopping centre, just like they said. Not quite but a very curious coincidence.
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ooooooooooooo, the plot thickens!
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On Sky news they showed the weather satellite image and there's a black streak heading off to the south coast Dorset area. Must be the fire at Hemel or someone has done a power boost on a Tdi :wink: :lol:
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as mace said i thought it was the city ctr didn't think it could hemel hempstead.
At least Hemel Hempstead will a a white xmas whilst the rest of have a sooty one
dazza
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Thanks Jimbo, she rang them today & the Jimny hasn't been delivered yet (they think)!!!. Wouldn't you expect them to know what cars were delivered & when. Could be a good place to nick one from, they probably wouldn't miss it for sometime. :D :D --Cogs
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went past it today on the M1 - awesome sight
even from the M1 you can actually feel the warmth from it
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went past it today on the M1 - awesome sight
even from the M1 you can actually feel the warmth from it
i was flicking through one of the comics to day and swear i saw ur landy in the pic i will have to get the issue and tell u exactly where i saw it :wink:
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I hate people crying terror as much as the next man, but I was round a friend's yesterday morning and his mum said her sister is very high up at Shell oil and they have been on standby all week as last week some nutter told everyone to go out and bring down the west by targeting their oil refineries, The media are being surprisingly controlled and hush hush on this one. I would be expecting many more pointing fingers and speculative articles.
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i think guys talkin about terrorists we should not as this just fuels the little beeps (fuels em no pun intended ) im sure it was just an accident or we would have heard something by now as they have there means of telling the world they did it or there would have been something on the internet by now :lol:
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went past it today on the M1 - awesome sight
even from the M1 you can actually feel the warmth from it
i was flicking through one of the comics to day and swear i saw ur landy in the pic i will have to get the issue and tell u exactly where i saw it :wink:
O'er
thats a bit of a worry cos I was driving a VW Passat!!!
Best I check my Landy is still there!
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hi all i live about half a mile from the blast sight but have only just managed to get the computer back i was in winchester at the time and came home immediatly my parents thought the world was ending the loft hatch fell out of the cieling and the airing cupboard door blew open but no windows broken! I have been up as close to the site as you can get the last three nights and it is absolutley awsome! two mates of mine are police men and they say it looks like a war zone total devistation!
I did get to put the landy to good use though, sky news had there cherry picker stuck on the grasss so i pulled them off!
My girlfriends dad is a tanker driver at the depot but had swapped his shift for that morning thankfully, as soon as he heard the bang he knew it was the terminall, his truck and everything in it have been blown up but no-one was hurt and that is all that matters. just have to wait and see how long the clear up takes
James