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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 12:56 PM Original message |
Mystery blob eating downtown |
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The Witch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. The HELL?! |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 12:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
72. Here is VIDEO of a news story on it: |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. Dang! I was hoping for pics of Steve McQueen... n/t |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. this is HUGH!!11 |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
4. Wasn't there a Tommy Lee Jones movie that started a bit like that? |
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expatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 02:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
35. Volcano.Yeah. my thoughts exactly. I got chils when reading this part: |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. Wow, I got pictures--at first I thought this was a damn spoof! |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. There's an oil well in downtown LA? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. The apartment was built on an OIL FIELD!!! |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Why yes, one might be forgiven for thinking so :-) |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 02:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
41. As I understand it, when oil is pumped from the ground, it is replaced |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 03:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
44. It has more to do with Oil being over $60 per barrel (and rising) |
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DavidMS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 07:12 PM Response to Reply #44 |
68. Its no diffrent from the South Africans reprocessing mine trialings |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 03:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
45. Used to be hundreds. |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Ah...that seems to explain it. |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. Theat area is only about 5 miles from the La Brea tarpits. |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 03:13 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. I was wondering... |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 03:24 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Down hole temps in that area can run over 300 degrees. |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 03:32 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. They are injecting Hot Water into old oil wells to force what remains... |
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LizW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
31. It's the oily aliens from the X-Files! n/t |
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senaca (173 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 02:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
38. Hydraulic Fracturing and environmental concerns |
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senaca (173 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 04:47 PM Response to Reply #38 |
57. Above link and getting it to work |
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BadGimp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. wtf!! |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. remember: Klatu Baratas Nikto. |
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Jose Diablo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 08:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
69. May Klato bless you and you be among the first eaten. n/t |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 04:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
56. Hope you have a good raft |
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Lone_Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
9. I was expecting a picture of Rush Limbaugh or Karl Rove... |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
10. How close is that to the La Brea Tar Pits? |
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shoelace414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Wasn't that taken out by a Volcano? |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. About 8.3 miles, according to MapQuest |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. Morons looking for oil pumping hot water into a disused oil field. |
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bluethruandthru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
16. Come listen to a story 'bout a man named Jed.... |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
17. Must be from that lab sample Bush knocked over. nt |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
18. What a Joke -- This is No Mystery! |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. The mystery is... |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 03:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
48. ok--with the steam blasting in--this ooze has to come out somewhere. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
20. The Golgothan has been summoned! |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. LOL |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 03:39 PM Response to Reply #33 |
51. Hey, I've never seen that picture of KKKarl Rove! |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 03:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
54. C.H.U.D.s!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Betsy Ross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
21. Aside from the humor, this is extremely serious. |
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951-Riverside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
22. Did they just say OIL? |
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SaintLouisBlues (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
23. I hear it is also invading the apartment of Barton Fink |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
24. Could this be a precursor to an earthquake? |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 06:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
66. Wondered the same thing |
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savemefromdumbya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
25. The war of the worlds! |
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InternalDialogue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
27. Who ya gonna call? |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 05:33 PM Response to Reply #27 |
62. SLIME busters! nt |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
28. Reminds me of the vacant lot down the street from grandma's |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
29. Tour the Urban Oil Fields of Los Angeles |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. The oil well at Beverly Hills High School |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 03:45 PM Response to Reply #36 |
52. Is that true? |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 05:18 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. It is a real, producing well |
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MGKrebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
32. That is f***ed up. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 02:38 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Probably owns (or leases) the oil and mineral rights and therefore |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 03:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
53. They'll have to file what Bush and the RW call a "frivolous law suit" |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
34. Revenge of the LaBrea Tar Pits! |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 03:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. tomorrow's fossils! |
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Tummler (836 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
37. In a related story, Daryn Kagan has dumped Rush for the mystery blob |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 02:21 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Only if the blob has a better chance of furthering her career. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
47. well, does not appear to be "texas tea" |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
49. Is this in any way related to "The Breast that Ate Milwaukee"? |
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William Seger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
55. Well, Bush** did say we were on the "verge of an energy breakthrough" |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
58. Oh No! IT'S REAL! |
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Buck Turgidson (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 05:14 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. It was a double feature... |
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OldLeftieLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 05:24 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. You, too? |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 09:27 PM Response to Reply #58 |
71. AHA! No wait...that's "Earl Rowe", not "Carl Rove". nt |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
63. The BLOB! |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
64. LA Times: Oil Buckles Street and Damages Building |
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yasmina27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
65. I thought it was Karl Rove! |
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cmutt (97 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
67. This just in: Bush ok's drilling in downtown LA (nm) |
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neuvocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-21-06 09:11 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. He has to invade LA now. |
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