January 9, 2007: Island blown up by gas cooker

Undertoad · 01-09-2007, 02:15 PM

(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.

glatt · 01-09-2007, 02:32 PM

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."

tw · 01-09-2007, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

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.

Undertoad · 01-09-2007, 02:49 PM

I have to think that the people on that little mini-island at the bottom feel better about their decision to remain aloof.

Shawnee123 · 01-09-2007, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

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.

Griff · 01-09-2007, 04:07 PM

Google Earth has that labeled as Moderator Island...

xoxoxoBruce · 01-09-2007, 05:34 PM

I wonder what caused the fire to stop along that line?

Sheldonrs · 01-09-2007, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I wonder what caused the fire to stop along that line?

1000+ people all urinating at the same time.

barefoot serpent · 01-09-2007, 03:16 PM

as long as they don't burn their bridges...

BigV · 01-09-2007, 03:19 PM

I told you deep frying turkeys can be dangerous. [/scold]

richlevy · 01-09-2007, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

I told you deep frying turkeys can be dangerous. [/scold]

Darn, he beat me to it.

barefoot serpent · 01-09-2007, 05:37 PM

orrrrrrrrrr, that's where it started and the wind was blowing right-to-left.

wolf · 01-10-2007, 12:42 AM

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!"

SPUCK · 01-10-2007, 05:13 AM

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Google Earth has that labeled as Moderator Island...

I think they dun run clean outta moderator that day.

Bromskloss · 01-10-2007, 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by SPUCK

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.

01-09-2007, 04:07 PM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Google Earth has that labeled as Moderator Island... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-09-2007, 05:34 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I wonder what caused the fire to stop along that line? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-09-2007, 03:16 PM	#9
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	as long as they don't burn their bridges... __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

01-09-2007, 03:19 PM	#10
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I told you deep frying turkeys can be dangerous. [/scold] __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-09-2007, 05:37 PM	#12
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	orrrrrrrrrr, that's where it started and the wind was blowing right-to-left. __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

01-09-2007, 02:32 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	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."

01-09-2007, 02:49 PM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I have to think that the people on that little mini-island at the bottom feel better about their decision to remain aloof.

01-10-2007, 12:42 AM	#13
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	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!" __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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