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_The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton

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  _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-05-31 17:14 -0500
    Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton David Johnston <David@block.net> - 2016-05-31 16:41 -0600
      Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2016-05-31 19:25 -0700
        Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> - 2016-05-31 20:05 -0700
          Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> - 2016-06-01 18:32 +1200
            Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-06-01 11:52 -0500
        Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 06:54 -0400
          Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-06-01 11:47 -0500
    Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-06-01 02:16 -0700
      Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-06-01 04:36 -0700
      Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2016-06-01 08:31 -0700
    Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> - 2016-06-01 09:14 -0400
      Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 07:01 -0700
        Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-06-01 11:50 -0500
          Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 10:12 -0700
          Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 17:23 -0400
            Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 15:04 -0700
              Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 15:17 -0700
              Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2016-06-01 16:01 -0700
                Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-06-02 02:20 -0600
          Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-06-02 02:16 -0600
        Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 15:13 -0700
          Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-06-02 02:26 -0600
            Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-06-02 13:11 -0700
              Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-06-02 21:33 -0600
    Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton -dsr- <dsr-usenet@randomstring.org> - 2016-06-01 09:49 -0400
      Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 07:28 -0700
        Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2016-06-01 14:48 +0000
      Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton David Johnston <Davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-01 09:21 -0600
      Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-06-01 12:02 -0500
        Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 10:18 -0700
          Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-06-01 12:32 -0500
            Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton David Johnston <Davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-01 11:37 -0600
              Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2016-06-01 12:47 -0700
              Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-06-01 15:21 -0500
                Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton David Johnston <Davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-01 14:33 -0600
                  Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 13:45 -0700
                    Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-06-02 13:13 +0000
                      Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-06-02 11:34 -0500
                        Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-06-02 13:14 -0700
                          Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2016-06-02 22:44 +0000
                            Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2016-06-02 16:42 -0700
                              Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2016-06-02 19:11 -0500
                                Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2016-06-02 19:54 -0700
                                  Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2016-06-03 07:03 +0000
                                    Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-06-03 12:59 -0500
                                      Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton leif.roar@dimnakorr.com - 2016-06-06 01:06 -0500
                                        Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2016-06-06 21:54 -0500
                                          Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2016-06-06 20:43 -0700
                                  Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-06-03 12:57 -0500
                                    Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 11:02 -0700
                                      Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-06-03 13:16 -0500
                                        Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 11:49 -0700
                                          Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-06-03 15:45 -0500
                                            Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 14:49 -0700
                                        Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton David Harmon <source@netcom.com> - 2016-06-04 00:41 -0700
                                        Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-06-04 09:00 -0600
                                      Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-06-03 18:41 +0000
                                    Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2016-06-04 01:23 +0000
                              Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2016-06-03 01:14 +0000
                                Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-06-02 19:01 -0700
                                  Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2016-06-03 03:40 +0000
                                    Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-06-02 20:51 -0700
                                  Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-06-03 02:42 -0700
                                    Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 06:47 -0700
                                    Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> - 2016-06-03 10:50 -0400
                                      Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 08:39 -0700
                                        Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> - 2016-06-03 12:21 -0400
                                          Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 10:58 -0700
                                            Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Lawrence Watt-Evans <lwe@sff.net> - 2016-06-04 00:31 -0400
                                            Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2016-06-06 21:58 -0500
                                              Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-06-06 20:04 -0700
                                                Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2016-06-07 07:28 -0700
                                                  Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-06-07 08:57 -0700
                                                Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2016-06-07 10:39 -0500
                                                  Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-06-07 18:07 -0700
                                        Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> - 2016-06-05 15:58 -0700
                                          Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-06-05 19:32 -0700
                                      Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-06-03 09:26 -0700
                                        Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> - 2016-06-03 12:45 -0400
                                          Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 10:02 -0700
                                            Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2016-06-03 13:08 -0700
                                          Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 11:01 -0700
                                          Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2016-06-03 13:08 -0700
                                          Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-06-03 18:09 -0700
                                            Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> - 2016-06-03 23:51 -0400
                                              Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2016-06-04 04:13 -0700
                                                Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton David Johnston <Davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-04 08:18 -0600
                                        Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 10:59 -0700
                                    Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> - 2016-06-03 19:33 +0000
                                Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-06-03 13:05 -0500
                                  Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 11:46 -0700
                                  Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2016-06-03 13:33 -0700
                                    Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-06-03 16:10 -0500
                                    Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-06-04 13:19 +0000
                                      Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-06-05 19:44 -0500
                            Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-06-02 17:10 -0700
                  Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2016-06-01 13:50 -0700
                    Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton David Johnston <Davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-01 15:31 -0600
                    Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 14:49 -0700
                    Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2016-06-02 02:32 -0600
                      Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-06-02 11:36 -0500
                        Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton David Johnston <Davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-02 10:44 -0600
                          Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-06-02 11:53 -0500
                            Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2016-06-02 10:36 -0700
                        Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-06-02 09:53 -0700
                          Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-06-02 12:43 -0500
                Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 17:14 -0400
                  Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-06-01 16:48 -0500
                    Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 20:18 -0400
                      Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-06-01 22:13 -0500
                        Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2016-06-01 21:38 -0700
                          Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2016-06-01 22:25 -0700
                            Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 22:47 -0700
                            Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-06-02 22:57 -0400
                          Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-06-02 11:42 -0500
                  Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 14:50 -0700
            Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2016-06-01 13:48 -0700
              Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-06-01 16:07 -0500
                Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2016-06-01 15:53 -0700
                  Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2016-06-01 19:12 -0500
                    Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 20:01 -0500
                      Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-06-02 13:20 +0000
                        Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2016-06-02 08:10 -0700
              Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 14:47 -0700
              Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> - 2016-06-02 06:44 -0400
                Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton news{@bestley.co.uk (Mark Bestley) - 2016-06-02 14:02 +0100
                Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-06-02 13:23 +0000
        Re: _The Borrowed World: A Novel of Post-Apocalyptic Collapse_ (Volume 1) by Franklin Horton Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2016-06-01 12:38 -0700

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#441145

FromDon Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net>
Date2016-06-02 22:44 +0000
Message-ID<20160602a@crcomp.net>
In reply to#441130
Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:
> Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> wrote in
> news:nipn6g$pa4$1@dont-email.me:
>
>> On 6/2/2016 8:13 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>> Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> writes:
>>>> David Johnston <Davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> wrote in
>>>> news:ningqs$659$1@dont-email.me:
>>>
>>>>> No, I'm not.  But you have to have the exact right mix of
>>>>> petroleum vapours to oxygen under pressure to get an
>>>>> explosion. Too much or too little and no kaboom.  It's not
>>>>> that easy to get without planning it that way.  Otherwise it
>>>>> just catches fire.
>>>>>
>>>> Refinery fires do happen. Refinery explosions, rather less so.
>>>>
>>>
>>> And when they do explode, it usually the hydrogen byproduct
>>> gasses.
>>
>> Refineries use hydrogen to crack long carbon chains and replace
>> sulfur in the fuels.  All refineries use natural gas and steam
>> reformers to generate hydrogen.  All of this happens when the
>> hydrocarbons are in the vapor phase which is halfway to the
>> combustion point.
>>
> And it all suggest that firing mortars at a refinery would be of some
> concern, even if it doesn't actually explode.

Although Horton may use poetic license to dramatize the pyrotechnics in
_The Borrowed World_, militants blow up petroleum infrastructure all of
the time. 

    5/05/2016
    Niger Delta militants blow up Chevron Valve Platform in Delta
    http://preview.tinyurl.com/guae67g

    5/28/2016
    JUST IN: Niger Delta Avengers Threaten To Shock The World, Cause
    More Damages
    http://preview.tinyurl.com/jmofmwt

    6/1/2016
    Just In: Avengers Blow Up Chevron Oil Wells Again Amid Tight
    Security
    http://preview.tinyurl.com/j5ppu4n

--
Don Kuenz KB7RPU

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#441147

FromDon Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net>
Date2016-06-02 16:42 -0700
Message-ID<niqg8u$k9s$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#441145
In article <20160602a@crcomp.net>, Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> 
wrote:
 
> Although Horton may use poetic license to dramatize the pyrotechnics in
> _The Borrowed World_, militants blow up petroleum infrastructure all of
> the time.

<snipped your links - true, false, right, wrong, or otherwise, they 
simply aren't relevant>

Yeah, so? What's that got to do with whether shooting at a tank farm is 
likely to produce an explosion? (I think we've pretty much reached the 
consensus that it PROBABLY won't unless unusual conditions exist.)

-- 
Brought to you by the letter Q and the number .357
Security provided by Horace S. & Dan W.

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#441149

FromCryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com>
Date2016-06-02 19:11 -0500
Message-ID<XnsA61BCD5C19430melchizedek@216.166.97.131>
In reply to#441147
Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> wrote in news:niqg8u$k9s$1@dont-email.me:

> In article <20160602a@crcomp.net>, Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> 
> wrote:
>  
>> Although Horton may use poetic license to dramatize the pyrotechnics
>> in _The Borrowed World_, militants blow up petroleum infrastructure
>> all of the time.
> 
> <snipped your links - true, false, right, wrong, or otherwise, they 
> simply aren't relevant>
> 
> Yeah, so? What's that got to do with whether shooting at a tank farm
> is likely to produce an explosion? (I think we've pretty much reached
> the consensus that it PROBABLY won't unless unusual conditions exist.)
> 

Here's Lynn's original quote:

"Each team hit one target using 81 mm mortars stolen from Guard units. 
The book had the three biggest refineries in the USA were hit in their
tank farms which spread back into the refining equipment. " 

No explosion required. I argued that the earthen berms surrounding tanks
would prevent the 'spread'.

pt

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#441154

FromDon Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net>
Date2016-06-02 19:54 -0700
Message-ID<niqrgc$7pt$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#441149
In article <XnsA61BCD5C19430melchizedek@216.166.97.131>,
 Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> wrote:

> Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> wrote in news:niqg8u$k9s$1@dont-email.me:
> 
> > In article <20160602a@crcomp.net>, Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net> 
> > wrote:
> >  
> >> Although Horton may use poetic license to dramatize the pyrotechnics
> >> in _The Borrowed World_, militants blow up petroleum infrastructure
> >> all of the time.
> > 
> > <snipped your links - true, false, right, wrong, or otherwise, they 
> > simply aren't relevant>
> > 
> > Yeah, so? What's that got to do with whether shooting at a tank farm
> > is likely to produce an explosion? (I think we've pretty much reached
> > the consensus that it PROBABLY won't unless unusual conditions exist.)
> > 
> 
> Here's Lynn's original quote:
> 
> "Each team hit one target using 81 mm mortars stolen from Guard units. 
> The book had the three biggest refineries in the USA were hit in their
> tank farms which spread back into the refining equipment. " 
> 
> No explosion required. I argued that the earthen berms surrounding tanks
> would prevent the 'spread'.
> 
> pt

Oops, my bad in that context. Last time I was paying attention, the 
question seemed to have shifted into the realm of "Would hitting a tank 
with a mortar make the tank blow up? and maybe cause others to go off?" 

Which, as I noted, seems to have been hashed out to "probably not" 
elsethread.

As far as the fire (if one actually occurred) from such an act being 
able to spread back into the refining equipment, I'd expect that to be 
another unlikely occurrence. I'd be shocked stupid to find that there 
isn't some regulation to the tune of "tanks must be located no less than 
X feet away from the cracking process", where "X" is some ?reasonable? 
distance some governmental body (OSHA?) considers adequate to keep 
either one from setting the other aflame if it catches - regardless of 
why it might catch. And I'd be just as surprised if there wasn't also a 
regulation requiring some sort of automatically operated 
"keep-a-fire-in-the-line-from-spreading" device in the lines between the 
tank farm and the cracker(s). I'd have to agree with you - I'd expect 
fire in a tank farm to be unlikely to spread to the refining operation. 
Or the other way around, for that matter.

-- 
Brought to you by the letter Q and the number .357
Security provided by Horace S. & Dan W.

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#441162

FromDon Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net>
Date2016-06-03 07:03 +0000
Message-ID<20160602e@crcomp.net>
In reply to#441154
Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> wrote:
> In article <XnsA61BCD5C19430melchizedek@216.166.97.131>,
> Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> wrote in news:niqg8u$k9s$1@dont-email.me:
>>
>> > In article <20160602a@crcomp.net>, Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Although Horton may use poetic license to dramatize the pyrotechnics
>> >> in _The Borrowed World_, militants blow up petroleum infrastructure
>> >> all of the time.
>> >
>> > <snipped your links - true, false, right, wrong, or otherwise, they
>> > simply aren't relevant>
>> >
>> > Yeah, so? What's that got to do with whether shooting at a tank farm
>> > is likely to produce an explosion? (I think we've pretty much reached
>> > the consensus that it PROBABLY won't unless unusual conditions exist.)
>> >
>>
>> Here's Lynn's original quote:
>>
>> "Each team hit one target using 81 mm mortars stolen from Guard units.
>> The book had the three biggest refineries in the USA were hit in their
>> tank farms which spread back into the refining equipment. "
>>
>> No explosion required. I argued that the earthen berms surrounding tanks
>> would prevent the 'spread'.
>>
>> pt
>
> Oops, my bad in that context. Last time I was paying attention, the
> question seemed to have shifted into the realm of "Would hitting a tank
> with a mortar make the tank blow up? and maybe cause others to go off?"
>
> Which, as I noted, seems to have been hashed out to "probably not"
> elsethread.
>
> As far as the fire (if one actually occurred) from such an act being
> able to spread back into the refining equipment, I'd expect that to be
> another unlikely occurrence. I'd be shocked stupid to find that there
> isn't some regulation to the tune of "tanks must be located no less than
> X feet away from the cracking process", where "X" is some ?reasonable?
> distance some governmental body (OSHA?) considers adequate to keep
> either one from setting the other aflame if it catches - regardless of
> why it might catch. And I'd be just as surprised if there wasn't also a
> regulation requiring some sort of automatically operated
> "keep-a-fire-in-the-line-from-spreading" device in the lines between the
> tank farm and the cracker(s). I'd have to agree with you - I'd expect
> fire in a tank farm to be unlikely to spread to the refining operation.
> Or the other way around, for that matter.

My anonymous source told me that refineries use HAZOP to minimize
potential hazards. HAZOP makes secondary explosions and fires highly
improbable.

The cognitive dissonance in _The Borrowed World_ is that Horton has the
wrong villains break the infrastructure. In the real world, Horton's
villains are more interested in killing people than breaking
infrastructure.

This thread more-or-less touched on that aspect at first. Before it got
lost in the shuffle.

--
Don Kuenz KB7RPU

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#441191

FromLynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com>
Date2016-06-03 12:59 -0500
Message-ID<nisght$pgj$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#441162
On 6/3/2016 2:03 AM, Don Kuenz wrote:
> Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> wrote:
>> In article <XnsA61BCD5C19430melchizedek@216.166.97.131>,
>> Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> wrote in news:niqg8u$k9s$1@dont-email.me:
>>>
>>>> In article <20160602a@crcomp.net>, Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Although Horton may use poetic license to dramatize the pyrotechnics
>>>>> in _The Borrowed World_, militants blow up petroleum infrastructure
>>>>> all of the time.
>>>>
>>>> <snipped your links - true, false, right, wrong, or otherwise, they
>>>> simply aren't relevant>
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, so? What's that got to do with whether shooting at a tank farm
>>>> is likely to produce an explosion? (I think we've pretty much reached
>>>> the consensus that it PROBABLY won't unless unusual conditions exist.)
>>>>
>>>
>>> Here's Lynn's original quote:
>>>
>>> "Each team hit one target using 81 mm mortars stolen from Guard units.
>>> The book had the three biggest refineries in the USA were hit in their
>>> tank farms which spread back into the refining equipment. "
>>>
>>> No explosion required. I argued that the earthen berms surrounding tanks
>>> would prevent the 'spread'.
>>>
>>> pt
>>
>> Oops, my bad in that context. Last time I was paying attention, the
>> question seemed to have shifted into the realm of "Would hitting a tank
>> with a mortar make the tank blow up? and maybe cause others to go off?"
>>
>> Which, as I noted, seems to have been hashed out to "probably not"
>> elsethread.
>>
>> As far as the fire (if one actually occurred) from such an act being
>> able to spread back into the refining equipment, I'd expect that to be
>> another unlikely occurrence. I'd be shocked stupid to find that there
>> isn't some regulation to the tune of "tanks must be located no less than
>> X feet away from the cracking process", where "X" is some ?reasonable?
>> distance some governmental body (OSHA?) considers adequate to keep
>> either one from setting the other aflame if it catches - regardless of
>> why it might catch. And I'd be just as surprised if there wasn't also a
>> regulation requiring some sort of automatically operated
>> "keep-a-fire-in-the-line-from-spreading" device in the lines between the
>> tank farm and the cracker(s). I'd have to agree with you - I'd expect
>> fire in a tank farm to be unlikely to spread to the refining operation.
>> Or the other way around, for that matter.
>
> My anonymous source told me that refineries use HAZOP to minimize
> potential hazards. HAZOP makes secondary explosions and fires highly
> improbable.
>
> The cognitive dissonance in _The Borrowed World_ is that Horton has the
> wrong villains break the infrastructure. In the real world, Horton's
> villains are more interested in killing people than breaking
> infrastructure.
>
> This thread more-or-less touched on that aspect at first. Before it got
> lost in the shuffle.
>
> --
> Don Kuenz KB7RPU

True, very true.  If the terrorists switch from killing people to killing infrastructure though, look out!

Lynn

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#441316

Fromleif.roar@dimnakorr.com
Date2016-06-06 01:06 -0500
Message-ID<rP-dnQgegblJj8jKnZ2dnUU78LvNnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#441191
Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> wrote:
> 
> True, very true.  If the terrorists switch from killing 
> people to killing infrastructure though, look out!
> 

These scenarios only work if you ignore the systems that
are in place to protect and repair broken infrastructure 
_as well as_ society's capability for adapting to crises 
and adverse circumstances.

-- 
Leif Roar Moldskred

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#441348

FromDavid DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net>
Date2016-06-06 21:54 -0500
Message-ID<P4adnSzW9v3BqsvKnZ2dnUU7-c2dnZ2d@earthlink.com>
In reply to#441316
On 2016-06-06, leif.roar@dimnakorr.com <leif.roar@dimnakorr.com> wrote:
> Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> wrote:
>> True, very true.  If the terrorists switch from killing 
>> people to killing infrastructure though, look out!
>
> These scenarios only work if you ignore the systems that
> are in place to protect and repair broken infrastructure 
> _as well as_ society's capability for adapting to crises 
> and adverse circumstances.

Well, yeah! See, in this worldview society, and government, are Irretrievably
Broken and must be Torn Down to create a Better To-morrow; therefore any
attempt by gummint to fix the destroyed infrastructure will be totally
ineffectual, as will any attempts by mainstream society to ostracize,
track down, and/or educate the terrorists trying to Bring It All Down Boom.
So the inevitable result is apocalypse, and soon.

This worldview does have some trouble with the fact that apocalypse keeps
_not arriving_, either on schedule or accidentally. But so far it seems good
at denying or rationalizing away the fact that the Inevitable keeps not
happening.

(Note that I am NOT saying Lynn is of this worldview; he's just a fan of
post-apoc books written by folks who seemingly do partake of it. We all have
our comfort reading.)

Dave, will maintain society for food. some tweakage of customs or settling may
 occur. opinions respected by weight, not by volume.
-- 
\/David	DeLaney	posting	thru EarthLink - "It's not the pot that	grows the flower
It's not the clock that	slows the hour 	The definition's plain for anyone to see
Love is	all it takes to	make a family" - R&P. VISUALIZE	HAPPYNET VRbeable<BLINK>
http://gatekeeper.vic.com/~dbd/	-net.legends/Magic / I WUV you in all CAPS! --K.

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#441353

FromDimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net>
Date2016-06-06 20:43 -0700
Message-ID<nj5fse$7sr$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#441348
On 6/6/2016 7:54 PM, David DeLaney wrote:
>
> Dave, will maintain society for food. some tweakage of customs or settling may
>  occur. opinions respected by weight, not by volume.
>
Not even volume of fire?  ;)

-- 
Running the rec.arts.TV Channels Watched Survey for Summer 2016

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#441189

FromLynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com>
Date2016-06-03 12:57 -0500
Message-ID<nisgev$pgj$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#441154
On 6/2/2016 9:54 PM, Don Bruder wrote:
> In article <XnsA61BCD5C19430melchizedek@216.166.97.131>,
>  Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> wrote in news:niqg8u$k9s$1@dont-email.me:
>>
>>> In article <20160602a@crcomp.net>, Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Although Horton may use poetic license to dramatize the pyrotechnics
>>>> in _The Borrowed World_, militants blow up petroleum infrastructure
>>>> all of the time.
>>>
>>> <snipped your links - true, false, right, wrong, or otherwise, they
>>> simply aren't relevant>
>>>
>>> Yeah, so? What's that got to do with whether shooting at a tank farm
>>> is likely to produce an explosion? (I think we've pretty much reached
>>> the consensus that it PROBABLY won't unless unusual conditions exist.)
>>>
>>
>> Here's Lynn's original quote:
>>
>> "Each team hit one target using 81 mm mortars stolen from Guard units.
>> The book had the three biggest refineries in the USA were hit in their
>> tank farms which spread back into the refining equipment. "
>>
>> No explosion required. I argued that the earthen berms surrounding tanks
>> would prevent the 'spread'.
>>
>> pt
>
> Oops, my bad in that context. Last time I was paying attention, the
> question seemed to have shifted into the realm of "Would hitting a tank
> with a mortar make the tank blow up? and maybe cause others to go off?"
>
> Which, as I noted, seems to have been hashed out to "probably not"
> elsethread.
>
> As far as the fire (if one actually occurred) from such an act being
> able to spread back into the refining equipment, I'd expect that to be
> another unlikely occurrence. I'd be shocked stupid to find that there
> isn't some regulation to the tune of "tanks must be located no less than
> X feet away from the cracking process", where "X" is some ?reasonable?
> distance some governmental body (OSHA?) considers adequate to keep
> either one from setting the other aflame if it catches - regardless of
> why it might catch. And I'd be just as surprised if there wasn't also a
> regulation requiring some sort of automatically operated
> "keep-a-fire-in-the-line-from-spreading" device in the lines between the
> tank farm and the cracker(s). I'd have to agree with you - I'd expect
> fire in a tank farm to be unlikely to spread to the refining operation.
> Or the other way around, for that matter.

Most USA refineries are over 50 years old and laid out before any regulations.  There has only been one refinery built in the last 30 
years in the USA.

Lynn

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#441194

FromGutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com>
Date2016-06-03 11:02 -0700
Message-ID<XnsA61C705FED97Ftaustingmail@69.16.179.42>
In reply to#441189
Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> wrote in
news:nisgev$pgj$1@dont-email.me: 

> On 6/2/2016 9:54 PM, Don Bruder wrote:
>> In article <XnsA61BCD5C19430melchizedek@216.166.97.131>,
>>  Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> wrote in
>>> news:niqg8u$k9s$1@dont-email.me: 
>>>
>>>> In article <20160602a@crcomp.net>, Don Kuenz
>>>> <garbage@crcomp.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Although Horton may use poetic license to dramatize the
>>>>> pyrotechnics in _The Borrowed World_, militants blow up
>>>>> petroleum infrastructure all of the time.
>>>>
>>>> <snipped your links - true, false, right, wrong, or
>>>> otherwise, they simply aren't relevant>
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, so? What's that got to do with whether shooting at a
>>>> tank farm is likely to produce an explosion? (I think we've
>>>> pretty much reached the consensus that it PROBABLY won't
>>>> unless unusual conditions exist.) 
>>>>
>>>
>>> Here's Lynn's original quote:
>>>
>>> "Each team hit one target using 81 mm mortars stolen from
>>> Guard units. The book had the three biggest refineries in the
>>> USA were hit in their tank farms which spread back into the
>>> refining equipment. " 
>>>
>>> No explosion required. I argued that the earthen berms
>>> surrounding tanks would prevent the 'spread'.
>>>
>>> pt
>>
>> Oops, my bad in that context. Last time I was paying attention,
>> the question seemed to have shifted into the realm of "Would
>> hitting a tank with a mortar make the tank blow up? and maybe
>> cause others to go off?" 
>>
>> Which, as I noted, seems to have been hashed out to "probably
>> not" elsethread.
>>
>> As far as the fire (if one actually occurred) from such an act
>> being able to spread back into the refining equipment, I'd
>> expect that to be another unlikely occurrence. I'd be shocked
>> stupid to find that there isn't some regulation to the tune of
>> "tanks must be located no less than X feet away from the
>> cracking process", where "X" is some ?reasonable? distance some
>> governmental body (OSHA?) considers adequate to keep either one
>> from setting the other aflame if it catches - regardless of 
>> why it might catch. And I'd be just as surprised if there
>> wasn't also a regulation requiring some sort of automatically
>> operated "keep-a-fire-in-the-line-from-spreading" device in the
>> lines between the tank farm and the cracker(s). I'd have to
>> agree with you - I'd expect fire in a tank farm to be unlikely
>> to spread to the refining operation. Or the other way around,
>> for that matter. 
> 
> Most USA refineries are over 50 years old and laid out before
> any regulations.  There has only been one refinery built in the
> last 30 years in the USA.
> 
And, of course, it's literally physically impossible for anyone to 
ever upgrade anything in any way, so every single one of them is 
exactly the same as the day it was built, eh?

-- 
Terry Austin

"Terry Austin: like the polio vaccine, only with more asshole."
    -- David Bilek

Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.

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#441197

FromLynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com>
Date2016-06-03 13:16 -0500
Message-ID<nishhc$uc8$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#441194
On 6/3/2016 1:02 PM, Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy wrote:
> Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> wrote in
> news:nisgev$pgj$1@dont-email.me:
>
>> On 6/2/2016 9:54 PM, Don Bruder wrote:
>>> In article <XnsA61BCD5C19430melchizedek@216.166.97.131>,
>>>  Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> wrote in
>>>> news:niqg8u$k9s$1@dont-email.me:
>>>>
>>>>> In article <20160602a@crcomp.net>, Don Kuenz
>>>>> <garbage@crcomp.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Although Horton may use poetic license to dramatize the
>>>>>> pyrotechnics in _The Borrowed World_, militants blow up
>>>>>> petroleum infrastructure all of the time.
>>>>>
>>>>> <snipped your links - true, false, right, wrong, or
>>>>> otherwise, they simply aren't relevant>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yeah, so? What's that got to do with whether shooting at a
>>>>> tank farm is likely to produce an explosion? (I think we've
>>>>> pretty much reached the consensus that it PROBABLY won't
>>>>> unless unusual conditions exist.)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Here's Lynn's original quote:
>>>>
>>>> "Each team hit one target using 81 mm mortars stolen from
>>>> Guard units. The book had the three biggest refineries in the
>>>> USA were hit in their tank farms which spread back into the
>>>> refining equipment. "
>>>>
>>>> No explosion required. I argued that the earthen berms
>>>> surrounding tanks would prevent the 'spread'.
>>>>
>>>> pt
>>>
>>> Oops, my bad in that context. Last time I was paying attention,
>>> the question seemed to have shifted into the realm of "Would
>>> hitting a tank with a mortar make the tank blow up? and maybe
>>> cause others to go off?"
>>>
>>> Which, as I noted, seems to have been hashed out to "probably
>>> not" elsethread.
>>>
>>> As far as the fire (if one actually occurred) from such an act
>>> being able to spread back into the refining equipment, I'd
>>> expect that to be another unlikely occurrence. I'd be shocked
>>> stupid to find that there isn't some regulation to the tune of
>>> "tanks must be located no less than X feet away from the
>>> cracking process", where "X" is some ?reasonable? distance some
>>> governmental body (OSHA?) considers adequate to keep either one
>>> from setting the other aflame if it catches - regardless of
>>> why it might catch. And I'd be just as surprised if there
>>> wasn't also a regulation requiring some sort of automatically
>>> operated "keep-a-fire-in-the-line-from-spreading" device in the
>>> lines between the tank farm and the cracker(s). I'd have to
>>> agree with you - I'd expect fire in a tank farm to be unlikely
>>> to spread to the refining operation. Or the other way around,
>>> for that matter.
>>
>> Most USA refineries are over 50 years old and laid out before
>> any regulations.  There has only been one refinery built in the
>> last 30 years in the USA.
>>
> And, of course, it's literally physically impossible for anyone to
> ever upgrade anything in any way, so every single one of them is
> exactly the same as the day it was built, eh?

Once laid out, it is very difficult (and expensive) to change a large plant like that.  If the refinery is not operating then they 
are losing money.  In fact, most refineries are rarely 100% shutdown.  Just about the only time one is ever 100% shutdown is a power 
failure as most refineries generate their own power but use the grid for frequency and voltage regulation.

Sure, the layout can be changed but it is difficult.  And most of the large (500,000+ barrels/day) refineries in the USA are 
approaching 100 years of age.

Lynn

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#441200

FromGutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com>
Date2016-06-03 11:49 -0700
Message-ID<XnsA61C785EB2770taustingmail@69.16.179.43>
In reply to#441197
Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> wrote in
news:nishhc$uc8$1@dont-email.me: 

> On 6/3/2016 1:02 PM, Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy wrote:
>> Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> wrote in
>> news:nisgev$pgj$1@dont-email.me:
>>
>>> On 6/2/2016 9:54 PM, Don Bruder wrote:
>>>> In article <XnsA61BCD5C19430melchizedek@216.166.97.131>,
>>>>  Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> wrote in
>>>>> news:niqg8u$k9s$1@dont-email.me:
>>>>>
>>>>>> In article <20160602a@crcomp.net>, Don Kuenz
>>>>>> <garbage@crcomp.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Although Horton may use poetic license to dramatize the
>>>>>>> pyrotechnics in _The Borrowed World_, militants blow up
>>>>>>> petroleum infrastructure all of the time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <snipped your links - true, false, right, wrong, or
>>>>>> otherwise, they simply aren't relevant>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah, so? What's that got to do with whether shooting at a
>>>>>> tank farm is likely to produce an explosion? (I think we've
>>>>>> pretty much reached the consensus that it PROBABLY won't
>>>>>> unless unusual conditions exist.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's Lynn's original quote:
>>>>>
>>>>> "Each team hit one target using 81 mm mortars stolen from
>>>>> Guard units. The book had the three biggest refineries in
>>>>> the USA were hit in their tank farms which spread back into
>>>>> the refining equipment. "
>>>>>
>>>>> No explosion required. I argued that the earthen berms
>>>>> surrounding tanks would prevent the 'spread'.
>>>>>
>>>>> pt
>>>>
>>>> Oops, my bad in that context. Last time I was paying
>>>> attention, the question seemed to have shifted into the realm
>>>> of "Would hitting a tank with a mortar make the tank blow up?
>>>> and maybe cause others to go off?"
>>>>
>>>> Which, as I noted, seems to have been hashed out to "probably
>>>> not" elsethread.
>>>>
>>>> As far as the fire (if one actually occurred) from such an
>>>> act being able to spread back into the refining equipment,
>>>> I'd expect that to be another unlikely occurrence. I'd be
>>>> shocked stupid to find that there isn't some regulation to
>>>> the tune of "tanks must be located no less than X feet away
>>>> from the cracking process", where "X" is some ?reasonable?
>>>> distance some governmental body (OSHA?) considers adequate to
>>>> keep either one from setting the other aflame if it catches -
>>>> regardless of why it might catch. And I'd be just as
>>>> surprised if there wasn't also a regulation requiring some
>>>> sort of automatically operated
>>>> "keep-a-fire-in-the-line-from-spreading" device in the lines
>>>> between the tank farm and the cracker(s). I'd have to agree
>>>> with you - I'd expect fire in a tank farm to be unlikely 
>>>> to spread to the refining operation. Or the other way around,
>>>> for that matter.
>>>
>>> Most USA refineries are over 50 years old and laid out before
>>> any regulations.  There has only been one refinery built in
>>> the last 30 years in the USA.
>>>
>> And, of course, it's literally physically impossible for anyone
>> to ever upgrade anything in any way, so every single one of
>> them is exactly the same as the day it was built, eh?
> 
> Once laid out, it is very difficult (and expensive) to change a
> large plant like that.

Petrochemical companies make lots of money. And safety features 
don't always (or even generally) require rebuilding the entire 
plant. Adding berms between tanks, changing out valves to add more 
automated shutdown features, that sort of thing.

>  If the refinery is not operating then
> they are losing money.  

Maintance, repairs and upgrades are part of the schedule.

> In fact, most refineries are rarely 100%
> shutdown.  

Most refineries don't need to be for scheduled stuff. Nor do they 
need to be to do safety feature upgrades.

> Just about the only time one is ever 100% shutdown is
> a power failure as most refineries generate their own power but
> use the grid for frequency and voltage regulation. 
> 
> Sure, the layout can be changed but it is difficult.  And most
> of the large (500,000+ barrels/day) refineries in the USA are 
> approaching 100 years of age.
> 
Layout doesn't need to be changed to incorporate new technology and 
new safety equipment. It's rather idiotic to suggest it does.

-- 
Terry Austin

"Terry Austin: like the polio vaccine, only with more asshole."
    -- David Bilek

Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.

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#441208

FromLynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com>
Date2016-06-03 15:45 -0500
Message-ID<nisqa3$up9$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#441200
On 6/3/2016 1:49 PM, Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy wrote:
> Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> wrote in
> news:nishhc$uc8$1@dont-email.me:
>
>> On 6/3/2016 1:02 PM, Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy wrote:
>>> Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> wrote in
>>> news:nisgev$pgj$1@dont-email.me:
>>>
>>>> On 6/2/2016 9:54 PM, Don Bruder wrote:
>>>>> In article <XnsA61BCD5C19430melchizedek@216.166.97.131>,
>>>>>  Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> wrote in
>>>>>> news:niqg8u$k9s$1@dont-email.me:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In article <20160602a@crcomp.net>, Don Kuenz
>>>>>>> <garbage@crcomp.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Although Horton may use poetic license to dramatize the
>>>>>>>> pyrotechnics in _The Borrowed World_, militants blow up
>>>>>>>> petroleum infrastructure all of the time.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <snipped your links - true, false, right, wrong, or
>>>>>>> otherwise, they simply aren't relevant>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yeah, so? What's that got to do with whether shooting at a
>>>>>>> tank farm is likely to produce an explosion? (I think we've
>>>>>>> pretty much reached the consensus that it PROBABLY won't
>>>>>>> unless unusual conditions exist.)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here's Lynn's original quote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Each team hit one target using 81 mm mortars stolen from
>>>>>> Guard units. The book had the three biggest refineries in
>>>>>> the USA were hit in their tank farms which spread back into
>>>>>> the refining equipment. "
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No explosion required. I argued that the earthen berms
>>>>>> surrounding tanks would prevent the 'spread'.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> pt
>>>>>
>>>>> Oops, my bad in that context. Last time I was paying
>>>>> attention, the question seemed to have shifted into the realm
>>>>> of "Would hitting a tank with a mortar make the tank blow up?
>>>>> and maybe cause others to go off?"
>>>>>
>>>>> Which, as I noted, seems to have been hashed out to "probably
>>>>> not" elsethread.
>>>>>
>>>>> As far as the fire (if one actually occurred) from such an
>>>>> act being able to spread back into the refining equipment,
>>>>> I'd expect that to be another unlikely occurrence. I'd be
>>>>> shocked stupid to find that there isn't some regulation to
>>>>> the tune of "tanks must be located no less than X feet away
>>>>> from the cracking process", where "X" is some ?reasonable?
>>>>> distance some governmental body (OSHA?) considers adequate to
>>>>> keep either one from setting the other aflame if it catches -
>>>>> regardless of why it might catch. And I'd be just as
>>>>> surprised if there wasn't also a regulation requiring some
>>>>> sort of automatically operated
>>>>> "keep-a-fire-in-the-line-from-spreading" device in the lines
>>>>> between the tank farm and the cracker(s). I'd have to agree
>>>>> with you - I'd expect fire in a tank farm to be unlikely
>>>>> to spread to the refining operation. Or the other way around,
>>>>> for that matter.
>>>>
>>>> Most USA refineries are over 50 years old and laid out before
>>>> any regulations.  There has only been one refinery built in
>>>> the last 30 years in the USA.
>>>>
>>> And, of course, it's literally physically impossible for anyone
>>> to ever upgrade anything in any way, so every single one of
>>> them is exactly the same as the day it was built, eh?
>>
>> Once laid out, it is very difficult (and expensive) to change a
>> large plant like that.
>
> Petrochemical companies make lots of money. And safety features
> don't always (or even generally) require rebuilding the entire
> plant. Adding berms between tanks, changing out valves to add more
> automated shutdown features, that sort of thing.
>
>>  If the refinery is not operating then
>> they are losing money.
>
> Maintance, repairs and upgrades are part of the schedule.
>
>> In fact, most refineries are rarely 100%
>> shutdown.
>
> Most refineries don't need to be for scheduled stuff. Nor do they
> need to be to do safety feature upgrades.
>
>> Just about the only time one is ever 100% shutdown is
>> a power failure as most refineries generate their own power but
>> use the grid for frequency and voltage regulation.
>>
>> Sure, the layout can be changed but it is difficult.  And most
>> of the large (500,000+ barrels/day) refineries in the USA are
>> approaching 100 years of age.
>>
> Layout doesn't need to be changed to incorporate new technology and
> new safety equipment. It's rather idiotic to suggest it does.

Um, wrong.  Starting one unit while working on the next unit can be fairly dangerous.  Admittedly, BP had been told to get rid of the 
vent stacks for years.  I'm sure that their planned removal technique did not include explosion.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_Refinery_explosion

Lynn

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#441212

FromGutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com>
Date2016-06-03 14:49 -0700
Message-ID<XnsA61C96C6B93EDtaustingmail@69.16.179.42>
In reply to#441208
Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> wrote in
news:nisqa3$up9$1@dont-email.me: 

> On 6/3/2016 1:49 PM, Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy wrote:
>> Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> wrote in
>> news:nishhc$uc8$1@dont-email.me:
>>
>>> On 6/3/2016 1:02 PM, Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy wrote:
>>>> Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> wrote in
>>>> news:nisgev$pgj$1@dont-email.me:
>>>>
>>>>> On 6/2/2016 9:54 PM, Don Bruder wrote:
>>>>>> In article <XnsA61BCD5C19430melchizedek@216.166.97.131>,
>>>>>>  Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> wrote in
>>>>>>> news:niqg8u$k9s$1@dont-email.me:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In article <20160602a@crcomp.net>, Don Kuenz
>>>>>>>> <garbage@crcomp.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Although Horton may use poetic license to dramatize the
>>>>>>>>> pyrotechnics in _The Borrowed World_, militants blow up
>>>>>>>>> petroleum infrastructure all of the time.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> <snipped your links - true, false, right, wrong, or
>>>>>>>> otherwise, they simply aren't relevant>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yeah, so? What's that got to do with whether shooting at
>>>>>>>> a tank farm is likely to produce an explosion? (I think
>>>>>>>> we've pretty much reached the consensus that it PROBABLY
>>>>>>>> won't unless unusual conditions exist.)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here's Lynn's original quote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Each team hit one target using 81 mm mortars stolen from
>>>>>>> Guard units. The book had the three biggest refineries in
>>>>>>> the USA were hit in their tank farms which spread back
>>>>>>> into the refining equipment. "
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> No explosion required. I argued that the earthen berms
>>>>>>> surrounding tanks would prevent the 'spread'.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> pt
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Oops, my bad in that context. Last time I was paying
>>>>>> attention, the question seemed to have shifted into the
>>>>>> realm of "Would hitting a tank with a mortar make the tank
>>>>>> blow up? and maybe cause others to go off?"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Which, as I noted, seems to have been hashed out to
>>>>>> "probably not" elsethread.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As far as the fire (if one actually occurred) from such an
>>>>>> act being able to spread back into the refining equipment,
>>>>>> I'd expect that to be another unlikely occurrence. I'd be
>>>>>> shocked stupid to find that there isn't some regulation to
>>>>>> the tune of "tanks must be located no less than X feet away
>>>>>> from the cracking process", where "X" is some ?reasonable?
>>>>>> distance some governmental body (OSHA?) considers adequate
>>>>>> to keep either one from setting the other aflame if it
>>>>>> catches - regardless of why it might catch. And I'd be just
>>>>>> as surprised if there wasn't also a regulation requiring
>>>>>> some sort of automatically operated
>>>>>> "keep-a-fire-in-the-line-from-spreading" device in the
>>>>>> lines between the tank farm and the cracker(s). I'd have to
>>>>>> agree with you - I'd expect fire in a tank farm to be
>>>>>> unlikely to spread to the refining operation. Or the other
>>>>>> way around, for that matter.
>>>>>
>>>>> Most USA refineries are over 50 years old and laid out
>>>>> before any regulations.  There has only been one refinery
>>>>> built in the last 30 years in the USA.
>>>>>
>>>> And, of course, it's literally physically impossible for
>>>> anyone to ever upgrade anything in any way, so every single
>>>> one of them is exactly the same as the day it was built, eh?
>>>
>>> Once laid out, it is very difficult (and expensive) to change
>>> a large plant like that.
>>
>> Petrochemical companies make lots of money. And safety features
>> don't always (or even generally) require rebuilding the entire
>> plant. Adding berms between tanks, changing out valves to add
>> more automated shutdown features, that sort of thing.
>>
>>>  If the refinery is not operating then
>>> they are losing money.
>>
>> Maintance, repairs and upgrades are part of the schedule.
>>
>>> In fact, most refineries are rarely 100%
>>> shutdown.
>>
>> Most refineries don't need to be for scheduled stuff. Nor do
>> they need to be to do safety feature upgrades.
>>
>>> Just about the only time one is ever 100% shutdown is
>>> a power failure as most refineries generate their own power
>>> but use the grid for frequency and voltage regulation.
>>>
>>> Sure, the layout can be changed but it is difficult.  And most
>>> of the large (500,000+ barrels/day) refineries in the USA are
>>> approaching 100 years of age.
>>>
>> Layout doesn't need to be changed to incorporate new technology
>> and new safety equipment. It's rather idiotic to suggest it
>> does. 
> 
> Um, wrong.

You are, yes, when you claim that nothing has changed in the 
technology used at refineries in a hundred years.

Plus, of course, that's not actually what I said. Shutdowns for 
maintenance, repair and upgrades _are_ scheduled, and _do_ happen, 
regularly. Not as often as they should, but when you claim that 
_nothing_ has changed in any refinery in a hundred years, you look 
*stupid*.

-- 
Terry Austin

"Terry Austin: like the polio vaccine, only with more asshole."
    -- David Bilek

Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.

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#441226

FromDavid Harmon <source@netcom.com>
Date2016-06-04 00:41 -0700
Message-ID<gKWdnctSKZdqGM_KnZ2dnUU7-TXNnZ2d@earthlink.com>
In reply to#441197
On Fri, 3 Jun 2016 13:16:06 -0500 in rec.arts.sf.written, Lynn McGuire
<lmc@winsim.com> wrote,
>
>Once laid out, it is very difficult (and expensive) to change a large plant like that.  If the refinery is not operating then they 
>are losing money.  In fact, most refineries are rarely 100% shutdown.  Just about the only time one is ever 100% shutdown is a power 
>failure as most refineries generate their own power but use the grid for frequency and voltage regulation.

The ExxonMobile refinery in Torrance CA was shut down for over a year
following an explosion in Feb. 2015 until recently.
http://www.dailybreeze.com/business/20160510/torrance-exxonmobil-refinery-restarts-without-problems

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#441235

FromGreg Goss <gossg@gossg.org>
Date2016-06-04 09:00 -0600
Message-ID<drg8noFbakbU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#441197
Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> wrote:

>Once laid out, it is very difficult (and expensive) to change a large plant like that.  If the refinery is not operating then they 
>are losing money.  In fact, most refineries are rarely 100% shutdown.  Just about the only time one is ever 100% shutdown is a power 
>failure as most refineries generate their own power but use the grid for frequency and voltage regulation.

I used to live about 3/4 of a mile from a major base metal smelter.
It would shut down for maintenance for the last two weeks of August
every year, and everyone (but the mechanical guys) would get their
vacation at the same time.

The smelter didn't have power internal to the pland grounds, but owned
a bunch of dams in the neighborhood.  A third (by area, not
population) of a very large province was powered by the leftovers from
the dams built to electroplate zinc as the final step of smelting.
-- 
We are geeks.  Resistance is voltage over current.

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#441198

Fromscott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
Date2016-06-03 18:41 +0000
Message-ID<8bk4z.2159$7i2.1@fx05.iad>
In reply to#441194
Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> writes:
>Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> wrote in

>> Most USA refineries are over 50 years old and laid out before
>> any regulations.  There has only been one refinery built in the
>> last 30 years in the USA.
>> 
>And, of course, it's literally physically impossible for anyone to 
>ever upgrade anything in any way, so every single one of them is 
>exactly the same as the day it was built, eh?

Not impossible, but the hoops one must need jump through are extensive and
long.

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#441216

FromDon Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net>
Date2016-06-04 01:23 +0000
Message-ID<20160603b@crcomp.net>
In reply to#441189
Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> wrote:

> Most USA refineries are over 50 years old and laid out before any
> regulations. There has only been one refinery built in the last 30
> years in the USA.

It's my hunch that many (most?) oil rigs are also over 50 years old. One
of my associates is a savant when it comes to rigs. More about him in a
moment.

Many people in the oil and gas industry are a little eccentric. Just
look at what you do/did with tanks in the old tank farm. That's a little
bit crazy (not that there's anything wrong with it). ;)

Back in the day they experimented with setting off a nuclear bombs
underground to liquefy coal. They called it Project Thunderbird.

Old dreams never die. Broken Hill recently tried to use underground jet
engines to liquefy coal.

Getting back to that savant, he's tightly wound. But he intimately knows
every part in every rig, many (most?) of which were custom built over 50
years ago.

He talks about those who "poor boy" their rigs because they're too cheap
to buy the correct part from him. Then there's the tinker crowd.

Rigs are engineered with the big picture in mind. "Improvements" in one
area of the rig inevitably degrade other areas. Nonetheless some
tinkerers will continue with "improvements" until they wind up with a
totally tricked out work of art that passes for a rig.

There's a million oil field stories. It's probably a good time for me to
get back to SF stories.

--
Don Kuenz KB7RPU

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#441150

FromDon Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net>
Date2016-06-03 01:14 +0000
Message-ID<20160602b@crcomp.net>
In reply to#441147
Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> wrote:
> In article <20160602a@crcomp.net>, Don Kuenz <garbage@crcomp.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Although Horton may use poetic license to dramatize the pyrotechnics in
>> _The Borrowed World_, militants blow up petroleum infrastructure all of
>> the time.
>
> <snipped your links - true, false, right, wrong, or otherwise, they
> simply aren't relevant>
>
> Yeah, so? What's that got to do with whether shooting at a tank farm is
> likely to produce an explosion? (I think we've pretty much reached the
> consensus that it PROBABLY won't unless unusual conditions exist.)

Consensus? You guys sat down in front of your PCs and reached a
consensus? That's absolutely beautiful.

Did you ever visit a plant and feel those big old two foot diameter
steel pipes quiver from the pressure? Then you see the flareup and hear
the alarm.

At first you tell yourself, "It's probably not an alarm. It's just my
overactive imagination."

The phone rings. You pick it up and the voice on the other end asks,
"What set off the alarm?"

You tell the voice on the other end that you're electronics technician
dispatched to fix the communications end of a remote controller. There's
nobody else around and you don't know the first thing about plants. How
does the voice expect you to know what just set off the alarm? You plead
with the voice on the other end to fix whatever just broke.

The voice says that it's probably nothing so don't worry. Then the voice
hangs up. But the alarm keeps sounding in your ears...

Explosive thoughts fill my mind anywhere within a ten mile radius of a
plant. May your consensus protect you.

--
Don Kuenz KB7RPU

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