March 9, 2016
AP
Seattle (AP) — A natural gas explosion (click here) rocked a Seattle neighborhood early Wednesday, sending nine firefighters to the hospital and reducing businesses to rubble.
Crews were responding to reports of a natural gas leak when the explosion happened along the main thoroughfare of the city's Greenwood neighborhood, just north of downtown, Seattle Fire Department spokeswoman Corey Orvold said.
As the neighborhood hummed to life Wednesday morning, crews were still dousing an active flame with foam. Residents were checking out the damage and the rubble and glass that littered the streets was being swept up. One cafe damaged in the blast was pouring coffee for firefighters....
Thank goodness there were no deaths. That really is the bottom line for Americans. "Were there any deaths?" Americans look at devastation and see the need to rebuild, but, what they can't do is resurrect the dead.
The devastation is as much a part of the burden of Americans, insurance companies and governments. While Americans are grateful their infrastructure has resulted in minimizing or eliminating deaths there is the issue of who is going to pay to repair the devastation of the petroleum industry.
