Letters to the Editor 9/04/14
Drilling down into oil safety Dear ER: I’ve known John Szot for years. We don’t often agree on what makes the world go ’round, but I’ve respected his intelligence, candor, and willingness to point out when the emperor is naked. Recently, however, his enthusiasm for all things oil and gas has caused him to be less thoughtful when setting forth his opinions than he has been in the past Take for example his recent letter to the editor about the “harmless” nature of an “oil island . . . across the street from Cedars Sinai Hospital” (“A logic question for oil opponents,” ER Letters August 28, 2012). I believe he’s referring to the San Vicente Drill Site, adjacent to the Beverly Center and across from the Cedars Sinai Hospital at 8700 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles. It sits on the Salt Lake Oil Field, the same oil field that produced the 1985 Ross Dress for Less explosion at 6200 W. 3rd St., Los Angeles, which injured 23 people, blew the roof off the Ross store, and caused Congressman Henry Waxman to call for rerouting the Metro Subway Line. “Potentially dangerous,” the Congressman said. A short, five minute drive separates Cedars Sinai Hospital from the site of the Ross Dress For Less…
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