On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:10:08 -0600, "John A. Weeks III"
wrote:

I would try to cover up what you just did, and try to sell the
thing to someone else is even more naive that you might have
been. The problem with contamination like this is that you,
as the owner, have unlimited liability. If this oil has
leaked under the house, you may have to tear down the house
and clean up the soil. If the oil has migrated to a neighboring
property, you have to pay to clean that up, too. And if the
oil has hit the water table, there isn't enough tea in China
to pay what it is going to cost you.

This whole story is bull****! This man is not EXXON sitting there in
Charleston selling gasoline to the public...he is a homeowner with a
fuel oil storage tank in his yard! These stupid assed horror stories
are urban myths promulgated by angry former gasoline station owners
who have had to clean up their property after leaking fuel into the
ground for years and years selling gasoline to the public.

Bill