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Old 12-11-05, 03:36 PM   #24
Etienne
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Originally Posted by Kapitain
in the 1970's the oil storage depot on cavey island (6 mins away from me) was attacked its one of the largest in the south east of britain if that goes up they said every window for 30 miles will shatter.

i live about 4 miles away they routinely have VLCC tankers tied up unloading and loading fuel and its very easy to bomb the place theres 3 security gaurds on during the night so i should be worried,

not least of all the people living with in spitting distance of it
Ever heard of ISPS?

These three guys (And the ship's crew) have means of calling for help. And I mean Big. Help. The facility has a Port Facillity Security Plan, which must account for just about every event you can imagine. And the VLCC has a SSP, which is probably a piece of crap.

But guess what? VLCC's are inerted. That terminal is safer than your average gas station.
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