Worth a Thousand Words Chronicles

Posted on September 20, 2012 by

Funny to see most major media shying away from showing the fire in El Palito refinery from this angle.

Self-censorship: thine homes are many.

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28 Responses to Worth a Thousand Words Chronicles

  1. neddie says:
    September 20, 2012 at 4:34 pm

    For folk as may have run out of fauna, lightning becomes an option…

  2. LD says:
    September 20, 2012 at 4:41 pm

    And Prensa Latina says it is only “el sello del estanque”…

  4. Boludo Tejano says:
    September 20, 2012 at 7:50 pm

    Speaking of pictures, here is one of lightning striking the biggest oil refinery in the United Kingdom.

    LIGHTNING STRIKES DRAMATICALLY OVER THE FAWLEY OIL REFINERY, NEAR SOUTHAMPTON, UK.
    DESPITE REPEATED STRIKES APPEARING TO TOUCH GROUND ON THE ESSO-OWNED SITE, THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF FIRE OR DAMAGE, BUT THE STORM CREATED A SPECTACULAR LIGHTSHOW OVER SOUTHAMPTON WATER.

    Does this mean that the lightning is inherently biased in favor of imperialists? Or does this mean that the imperialists can control lightning? Other than installing lightning rods, of course.

    • Boludo Tejano says:
      September 20, 2012 at 8:06 pm

      Here is an example of a lightning-induced refinery fire in Oklahoma.

      Just before noon Friday, lightning struck the Wynnewood Oil Refinery in Garvin county. Officials say it hit a large storage tank holding 25,000 barrels of light oil, sparking a large explosion. KTEN’s Andrea Kurys was on the scene.

      Oklahoma Highway Patrol officials say two storms hit Wynnewood in less than an hour. Though they were small, they both produced giant lightning bolts.

      The explosion blew the roof of the barrel sky-high. Smoke could be seen for miles away. Luckily though, no one was injured.

      An emergency response team from the refinery was immediately on scene, as well as OHP officials, the Wynnewood police and fire departments and the Garvin County Sheriff’s office. The oil fire was contained in under an hour, but continued to burn all day.

      Everyone at the refinery was evacuated as a precaution.

      So, lightning-induced refinery fires do occur outside Venezuela. I don’t know the figures on the relative incidence of lightning-induced refinery fires. Bit we do know PDVSA’s track record of abysmal maintenance under Chavismo control.

    • metodex says:
      September 20, 2012 at 9:19 pm

      Of course its option #2: HAARP

  5. Arturo says:
    September 20, 2012 at 8:17 pm

    This fire at El Palito is the equivalent of the second jetliner hitting the second tower in Manhattan on September 11th 2001. The first plane was an accident………until……

    • NET says:
      September 20, 2012 at 8:25 pm

      You’re right: the first fire was an “accident”–But, after the second fire, we now know there was causality–poor maintenance!

    • jc says:
      September 20, 2012 at 8:47 pm

      I’m sure that will be the governments meme. The real question is why, after suspecting “sabotage” they didn’t tighten up security and audit the people at all these refineries? Sure, someone could’ve unbolted the ground connections so that if lightning struck it could cause damage. But shouldn’t they have been looking out for something like that if they were responsible people? This is preventable stuff.

    • Canucklehead says:
      September 20, 2012 at 9:28 pm

      Arturo continues to be reliably an idiot.

    • Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrturo says:
      September 20, 2012 at 10:12 pm

      And just like 9/11 was an inside Job (as all we Rojo Rojito Chavistas know well), so is this fire. Chavez ordered it to be started so that the first one would look like sabotage as well. Chavez is very clever. Viva Venezuela! With two oil refinery explosions to blame on the opposition, Chavez is sure to win!

    • extorres says:
      September 21, 2012 at 12:06 am

      This fire, however,

      http://globovision.com/articulo/tanque-que-ya-se-habia-sofocado-vuelve-a-incendiarse-en-el-palito

      is equivalent to the three stooges having been in charge of maintenance for 14 years, and now are in charge, not only of putting the fires out, but also of the PR campaign to convince everyone that: it’s all normal; it’s all under control; it’s someone else’s fault…

      –

    • loroferoz says:
      September 21, 2012 at 2:49 am

      The first was an accident. The second signals a pattern. Of incompetence and corruption. In the New Roja Rojita PDVSA. If they had piloted the jetliners, two accidents would have sounded very plausible.

  6. jc says:
    September 20, 2012 at 8:44 pm

    So this fire is still raging? Then it might have legs.

  7. The Cat says:
    September 20, 2012 at 9:14 pm

    So, a fire isn’t a fire? In which universe, and on which planet?

    • Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrturo says:
      September 20, 2012 at 10:15 pm

      This is just carbon hydrogen bonds in a oxidation-reduction reaction with Oxygen from the local environment, not a fire. Any claims by the contrary constitute an effort by the fascist opposition media to stir up doubts and trouble before the election. What is happening is a normal scientific process, it’s nothing to worry about, and if there is anything to worry about, it is all the fault of the empire. Don’t worry.

  8. lavici says:
    September 21, 2012 at 12:06 am

    do not sweat the trolls, says she, with her teflon super cape of which their words glance and slide off unaffected… ooooommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

  10. loroferoz says:
    September 21, 2012 at 2:53 am

    After all, fire is said to be red…

    Roja Rojita como la sangre. Roja Rojita como los fuegos que la consumen ahorita.

    It’s ironic but no justice. Justice would have been for Rafael Ramirez to be sufficiently near the next explosion.

  11. A. Barreda says:
    September 21, 2012 at 3:30 am

    “Sorprende lo ocurrido porque la refinería de El Palito siempre contó con uno de los mejores sistemas de pararrayos del mundo”, dijo el ingeniero Javier Larrañaga, ex gerente de refinación en Pdvsa. “En los años 90 se instalaron unos sistemas sofisticados justamente porque se trata de una región donde ocurren muchas tormentas”, acotó el experto.
    “Aunado a estos sistemas, todos los tanques de techo flotante fueron dotados de sistemas de elevación de espuma que permitía rápida respuesta no mayor a 20 minutos”, indica.

    http://el-nacional.com/economia/Pdvsa-pararrayos-Palito-descargas-electricas_0_49195088.html

  13. Manuel says:
    September 21, 2012 at 1:06 pm

    Recent statement made by Ramirez about the refineries:

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