Secret Oil Rigs in Los Angeles Uncovered
Submitted by Habit4ming on Fri, 11/20/2009 - 20:00
Did you know that LA sits on top of the third largest oil field in the country? Did you know oil rigs are scattered covertly throughout the city, placed near schools, malls and even a farmer's market?
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/18/secret-oil-rigs-in-...
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Yep.......
They got an area there called the La Bera tar pits. It's a little lake made of, well, er a tar........
Anywayz, if ya ever get a chance to see some ole pictures from the 30's & 40's of the area you can see thousands of wells that once stood there.
There all caped off and covered now and you'd never even know that they were once there.
But THAT can't happen here! * Because some animals are more equal than others -Animal Farm- * A patriot is someone who supports their country all the time and the government when it deserves it. -Mark Twain-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MTIwY3_-ks
Common knowledge for anyone over 40
who was born and raised in LA. Oranges, movies, and black gold...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Los-angel...
These suckers where all over the place: http://blog.kir.com/archives/oil%20rig.jpg
They even painted them to look like birds pecking at the dirt.
... Or under 40 and from NH :)
I also recall a lawsuit (class action?) about a cluster of cancers arising in students who attended a school (Beverly Hills?) that has one of these rigs on the property.
I've known abouth them for years
I figured everyone did. And I from the midwest, but I was a truckdriver for several years too