stop crazy KINDER MORGAN scheme,before it's too late

I sent this around to local and major press--let's see if anyone cares?

Obama: ‘Where I was wrong is in my belief that the oil companies had their act together when it came to worst case scenarios.’— May 2010 , press conference.

President Obama sums up the the common ‘message’ that major corporations such as BP,and Exxon would have us believe; likewise for pipe liner Enbridge in Kalamazoo,Michigan .and Kitimat.

Now closer to home and Kinder Morgan...

An Experts Panel presentation about ‘CRUDE OIL EXPORTS THROUGH SECOND NARROWS’ –was given to the Vancouver City Council,July 5 ,2010))---see link http://www.georgiastrait.org/files/share/kerSafetyExpertPanel-PB-0v1-61-5July2010-rdx.pdf

Flip through this report and then decide what you can do to stop this crazy scheme to expand oil tanker traffic in our busy Burrard Inlet.

Also,think about the potential for an oil tanker ‘hit’ on the CNR Second Narrows Rail bridge and the economic impact of a damaged rail bridge....read about the work done by Tony Au (rail lift bridge operator;now retired,I believe)—here’s the link

http://www.cn.ca/documents/Corporate_Citizenship_People/Summer2008-TonyAu-en.pdf

and here’s an excerpt from this report...

“Tony’s ability to juggle the incoming rail and

marine traffic .....that kind of precise coordination

actually requires meticulous attention,

points out Plant Maintenance supervisor,

Don Brears.......

POINT: Incidents do happen—what we must do, is minimize the probability and the resultant consequences of that incident--

What to do?

1. Ensure that all operating staff are competent and trained—make training a priority for Board of Directors attention—

2. As for the Burrard Inlet---remove all Kinder Morgan facilities and oil tanker traffic to Roberts Bank—where they BELONG!

Shipping , pipelines and rail are vital services---we need to make maximum effort to do the sensible thing.

If you agree make your views known—contact your MP,MLA, Media favorite ;everyone you know before it’s too late to make common sense changes...