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summer is crawling by.

last week there was an intense thunderstorm here. providence is situated on a bay, and during the storm a huge oil tanker was transferring fuel to a fuel storage facility when it was struck by lighting. the whole thing went up in flames. i did not witness the fire, but my friends who did told me that the flames were hundreds of feet in the air. the newspaper described the scene as "fireballs, flames, and smoke". somehow no one was seriously hurt, and the fire was contained by firefighters in a matter of hours.
there was a liquid natural gas tanker nearby, although it was not considered to be in danger from the fire.
in the days since the fire, i have heard that if the LNG was to explode, it could cause an explosion with a half mile radius. that would mean all of downtown providence would be gone.
scary stuff.
im not the type of person to worry about such things, but the mental image of providence being gone makes me look around a little more than usual and appreciate what i have here.