Your Illinois News Radar » Today’s attempt at an imperfect analogy – The Capitol Fax Blog

Your Illinois News Radar » Today’s attempt at an imperfect analogy – The Capitol Fax Blog

A small fire that ignited months ago could not be adequately contained, ultimately resulting in a days-long inferno followed by the explosion.. Hundreds of workers have died and many more have been injured since the fire began.. The fire is still dangerous, as shown by the continued daily rise in the platform's medical casualty report.. The Governor issues a shelter in place order to preserve lives.. The people immediately want to know when the storm will be over and the order lifted.. Several other gulf oil platforms have also had fires, some very small that appear to have been completely contained for days now, while numerous other platforms have had no fires at all.. But the gulf safety director has decided to shut them all down, because he doesn't want a piecemeal approach.. If only we knew this pandemic were like a fire with a fairly simple status of on fire or extinguished.. This "fire" likely won't be "extinguished" until a vaccine is widely available.. And rig fires and oil spills are why we need to get off off oil asap.. The fire started months ago, and is still dangerous.. The companies that produced the product downplayed the risk and