Title: BREAKING: MARINER SAYS EXPLOSION ON OIL, GAS PRODUCTION PLATFORM IN GULF OF MEXICO Source:
BBG URL Source:http://www.bloomberg.com Published:Sep 2, 2010 Author:None Post Date:2010-09-02 11:32:57 by war Keywords:None Views:15114 Comments:29
GRAND ISLE, La. The Coast Guard is responding to an explosion involving an offshore petroleum structure in the Gulf of Mexico.
Petty Officer Casey Ranel says the blast was reported by a commercial helicopter company about 9:30 a.m. CDT Thursday. Seven helicopters, two airplanes and four boats are en route to the site, about 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay along the central Louisiana coast.
Ranel says it hasn't been determined whether the structure is a production platform or a drilling rig or whether workers were aboard. Ranel says smoke was reported but it is unclear whether the rig is still burning.
You could actually feel it in your hair and stuff, beach worker Matt Cole told Morning Edition. The crew also said, The umbrellas they were slippery. You could rub your finger along the shaft of the aluminum pole on the umbrella and it was kind of an oily brown substance, the report continued. Scarrit told NPR, I have a lot of questions but I dont even know how to ask them.
Evac the Coast. Mississippi oysters 90% dead. Fish kills everywhere. Two whales wash up SE Florida.