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Old 01-09-2007, 02:15 PM   #1
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January 9, 2007: Island blown up by gas cooker



(Thanks to lurker Spacecow.) Off the northern coast of Panama are a bunch of sandbars and tiny little islands. One mile north of the coast is the island of Soledad Miria. Over 1000 people live there.

Or at least they used to. Just before the end of the year, a gas cooker malfunctioned, creating a massive explosion and fire that leveled over half the dwellings there.

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The blast caused an inferno that leapt from hut to hut, taking less than ten minutes to sweep across half the shanty town-style community.

As gas cylinders in more wooden homes exploded, many of Soledad Miria's 1,014 inhabitants dived into the sea or took to fishing boats to escape.

More than a third - 348 - were injured but, amazingly, no one died.
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Old 01-09-2007, 02:32 PM   #2
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That's horrible, but I have to wonder if the others are saying to themselves "Hey, look at all that space over there. Now I can build the big shack I always dreamed of."
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Old 01-09-2007, 02:49 PM   #3
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I have to think that the people on that little mini-island at the bottom feel better about their decision to remain aloof.
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Old 01-09-2007, 03:16 PM   #4
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as long as they don't burn their bridges...
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Old 01-09-2007, 03:19 PM   #5
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I told you deep frying turkeys can be dangerous. [/scold]
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Old 01-09-2007, 03:31 PM   #6
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I have to think that the people on that little mini-island at the bottom feel better about their decision to remain aloof.
That must be where the Grand Poobah lives.
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Old 01-09-2007, 04:07 PM   #7
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Google Earth has that labeled as Moderator Island...
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Old 01-09-2007, 05:34 PM   #8
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I wonder what caused the fire to stop along that line?
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Old 01-09-2007, 05:35 PM   #9
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I wonder what caused the fire to stop along that line?
1000+ people all urinating at the same time.
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Old 01-09-2007, 05:37 PM   #10
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orrrrrrrrrr, that's where it started and the wind was blowing right-to-left.
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Old 01-09-2007, 06:12 PM   #11
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That's horrible, but I have to wonder if the others are saying to themselves "Hey, look at all that space over there. Now I can build the big shack I always dreamed of."
They are also saying the same thing in New Orleans' ninth ward.
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Old 01-09-2007, 06:18 PM   #12
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I told you deep frying turkeys can be dangerous. [/scold]
Darn, he beat me to it.
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Old 01-10-2007, 12:42 AM   #13
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That was no gas cooker fire. El Gordito was horsing around with his buds and said something on the order of "Pedro, hold my cerveza, por favor, while I light my farts. I ate like a gallon of refried beans, man!"
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Old 01-10-2007, 05:13 AM   #14
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I think they dun run clean outta moderator that day.
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Old 01-10-2007, 06:12 AM   #15
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I think they dun run clean outta moderator that day.
Haha! Very aptly, but I had to read it a couple of times before I got it.
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