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The Colonial Pipeline spill has caused 6 states (Tennessee, Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, and North Carolina) to declare a state of emergency. Gasoline (petrol) prices on the east coast are likely to spike. Yet, most puzzling is how this vast emergency and its likely effect on cost of living has gone unnoticed by mainstream media outlets. The pipeline is owned by Koch Industries: is this why the media is silent?
[Are there any Soylentils in the affected area who can corroborate this story? Have you heard of the spill, seen long gas lines, or any price gouging? -Ed.]
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Six US States Declare Emergency after Major Gasoline Pipeline Spill; Media Almost Silent
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QOTD:
The forest may be quiet, but that doesn't mean
the snakes have gone away.
(Score: 2) by VLM on Monday September 19 2016, @02:44PM
Nobody in the major Southern cities is ever prepared for anything.
Hurricanes? Tornados?
I lived in high tech redneck area in Alabama for a year maybe 20 years ago and I enjoyed it greatly although I donno how representative it is to have a community where like 50% of the civilians have PHDs.
Both the PHD locals and the general population you'd see on the news tended to have it together for hurricanes and tornadoes (it severe thunderstormed like every freaking afternoon in the late summer, or so it seemed).
I never got to see them in a frost or snow flurries situation.