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04-17-2013, 10:01 PM
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Explosion in Texas
A fertilizer plant in Texas has just exploded, near Waco. A lot of casualties are feared. This looks really bad.
The assault on Waco happened 20 years ago, this coming Friday. Weird coincidence?
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04-18-2013, 12:49 AM
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Oh mercy, this must be bad. Look how far this guy was from the fire. The blast nearly took him and his kid out. I feel sorry for the poor kid and cant imagine how bad it must be where it happened.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=ROrpKx3aIjA
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04-18-2013, 01:24 AM
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That was horrific, man. I hope they are alright. It reminded me of that Morton Thiokol rocket fuel plant blast outside of Las Vegas (similar chemical). Wasn't there a Texas town that was blown up by another fertilizer explosion in a bulk carrier ship?
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04-18-2013, 05:34 AM
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Quote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_Disaster
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04-18-2013, 06:59 AM
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I've been following this all night. Estimated 60-70 dead, God rest their souls.
There were images of an entire apartment building flattened. The power of that blast was immense. Terrible, just terrible. Dave
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04-18-2013, 07:49 AM
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Where I grew up there was a fertilixer and nitro-cellulose plant across the river. The semi automated huts where they mixed the nitro had tall earth berms around them. When one exploded everything went skyward - unfortunately it also had to come down. Friends were sitting in their kitchen on our side of the river when BOOM then later a one foot diameter boulder came through the roof and ceiling. Fortunately it missed everyone.
For working in the fertilizer section thehad these beautiful looking all wood shovels as even a spark would send the fertilizer dust exploding. Guess I was foolhardy, I used to look after their PBX.
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