Explosion in West, TX

by phosphide » Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:37 pm

Terrible explosion in West, TX this evening.

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Explos ... 08011.html

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Re: Explosion in West, TX

by Homer » Thu Apr 18, 2013 12:14 am

Many feared dead, including firemen.

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Re: Explosion in West, TX

by The Dude » Thu Apr 18, 2013 1:37 am

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Re: Explosion in West, TX

by micfranklin » Thu Apr 18, 2013 8:07 am

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Re: Explosion in West, TX

by Spider » Thu Apr 18, 2013 8:09 am

Over a 2 on the richter scale.

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Re: Explosion in West, TX

by NAB » Thu Apr 18, 2013 8:30 am

Poor West Texas. Home of Joe Bob Briggs and kolaches. I've been through there many, many times.

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Re: Explosion in West, TX

by Winchester » Thu Apr 18, 2013 9:09 am

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Re: Explosion in West, TX

by Mo~ » Thu Apr 18, 2013 1:29 pm

OK, I can understand the guy's utter lack of understanding fertilizer plants and will not call him a complete moron for taking videos, much less with his child. We have one here and have dealt with evacuations. But, FFS, that was a neighborhood that is several miles away from it but at the end of a type of valley situation where the air COULD carry the gas to them. We weren't exactly worried about them getting blown to shit.

What I don't understand is how in the hell they could build near it or build it near a f**k nursing home or much else for that matter? Who the hell approved the construction of the plant or the other buildings? Those things belong out in the middle of nowhere.

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Re: Explosion in West, TX

by The Dude » Thu Apr 18, 2013 1:45 pm

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Re: Explosion in West, TX

by John Galt » Thu Apr 18, 2013 1:55 pm

Americans learn only from catastrophe and not from experience. -- Theodore Roosevelt
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