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At least seven hurt, 15 missing in oil rig blast

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At least seven hurt in oil rig blast

At least seven people were injured and up to 15 feared missing after an explosion at an oil drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana’s coast, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

Would this be a good time to quote Arlington Councilman Mel LeBlanc again?

District 1 Councilman Mel LeBlanc to a resident this month showed the official’s urge to drill for natural gas over “all 99 square miles of Arlington.”

“I am not afraid to publicly say I support gas well drilling,” LeBlanc said. “Until something is scientifically proven to be deleterious relative to the gas drilling process, it’s my position as an individual city council person that we should continue drilling.”

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Comments

  1. David says

    Councilman Mel LeBlanc thats like saying we should continue smoking, if we get cancer then we will stop.

  2. Anonymous says

    ……well, that's a little different because that industry admitted…oh wait, they denied it for decades, sorry, my bad.

  3. Anonymous says

    Now, it's 11 dead from the rig, and the $#%@ thing is sinking & making water pollution.

  4. Mel LeBlanc says

    Gosh, anonymous's, how did all that BP natural gas escape that thar' rig in the Gulf? Oh, wait, my bad, IT WASN'T NATURAL GAS, IT WAS OIL. No comparison, and yes Bluedaze, I stand by my statements.

    Mel LeBlanc

  5. TXsharon says

    The oil is what is leaking but it's the gas bubble that caused the accident.

    It's your political career so stand by whatever you want.