From: nilknocgeo@earthlink.net   
      
   "Stephen Furley"  wrote in message   
   news:2f85a876-a9ea-46a0-96f7-16749de53139@googlegroups.com...   
   > On BBC News.  Surprised this hasn't been mentioned by anybody else.   
   >   
   > Two West Virginia towns have been evacuated after a freight train carrying   
   > crude oil derailed and burst into flames.   
   >   
   > Local websites published images of large flames and a thick plume of black   
   > smoke near a partly frozen river.   
   >   
   > At least 14 cars were affected and one plunged into the Kanawha River,   
   > state officials said.   
      
   The live videos of the scene on network TV news showed flames which looked   
   like they were 500 feet high and a cloud which roared.  Quite a show.  Now I   
   wonder who pays for this....  I would imagine trying to collect from the   
   railroad will take 10 years.   
      
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