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100 Gallons of gas in a rod holder? - BEARCLAW - 05-15-2008
[crazy]PORT SALERNO — Members of the Martin County Fire Rescue Hazmat team responded to a fuel clean-up Tuesday morning after a boater pumped gasoline into his fishing rod holder instead of his gas tank.
The boater pumped about 100 gallons of gasoline at the Finest Kind Marina fuel dock before he noticed the problem, but only about 15 gallons polluted the water, marina employees said.
The rest of the gasoline seeped into the boat’s bilge tank, witnesses said.
The man’s fishing boat was towed from the fuel dock to Sandsprit Park so Hazmat officials could secure the fuel, said Jeff Alter, Fire Rescue bureau chief.
Marina employees said it’s not uncommon to see boaters pump fuel into fishing rod holders because the holder is often close to the fuel tank hole.
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Re: [BEARCLAW] 100 Gallons of gas in a rod holder? - JBinUTAH - 05-15-2008
And his blood alcohol level? [crazy]
Interesting. A few years ago I only would have thought about the affects to the ecology, now, I think that and the fact that he pumped over $350 bucks too!!
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Re: [BEARCLAW] 100 Gallons of gas in a rod holder? - line_dangler - 05-16-2008
It would be nice to see a link to this article.
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Re: [line_dangler] 100 Gallons of gas in a rod holder? - tlspyder13 - 05-16-2008
Here are two. Same story, different sources.
[url "http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/treasurecoast/sfl-513wronghole,0,5080053.story?track=rss"]Link 1[/url]
[url "http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/may/13/martin-county-boater-pumps-100-gallons-gasoline-wr/"]Link 2[/url]
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Re: [BEARCLAW] 100 Gallons of gas in a rod holder? - SportfishinSteve - 05-21-2008
[crazy][#0000bf] Good God! How stupid/drunk do you have to be??? Not to mention the $400 price tag for the fuel...[pirate][/#0000bf]
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