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Big explosion in west texas, anyone there?
« on: April 17, 2013, 10:43:43 PM »
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Re: Big explosion in west texas, anyone there?
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2013, 10:53:28 PM »
I know where it is and have driven through there a couple of times.

You think it was ammonium nitrate, or natural gas?
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Re: Big explosion in west texas, anyone there?
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2013, 10:54:26 PM »
Quote from: never_retreat on April 17, 2013, 10:43:43 PM
Looks like a fertilizer plant cooked off.
http://www.wfaa.com/news/texas-news/powerful-exploson-rocks-town-north-of-waco-203508001.html

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At least 10 structures are on fire in the town, including a school which is next door to the plant.
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The town's community hospital is about four blocks from the burning fertilizer plant.

Great community planning there, folks.  
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Re: Big explosion in west texas, anyone there?
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2013, 10:55:16 PM »
Quote from: zxcvbob on April 17, 2013, 10:53:28 PM
I know where it is and have driven through there a couple of times.

You think it was ammonium nitrate, or natural gas?
No idea I'm 1600 miles away. I saw it via a facebook post of a friend.
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Re: Big explosion in west texas, anyone there?
« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2013, 10:56:20 PM »
Huh...  Wondered what that was.

Local nooz drove down there and sent their helicopter.  Looks like all of central Texas sent their emergency vehicles, 'cause there aren't that many red lights in the whole county.  Bunch of buildings flattened and half the country is on fire. Pretty huge fustercluck.

And now they're evacuating the town in case there's a second explosion.  Seems like the mushroom cloud and resulting hellacious fire would've dealt with the combustibles, but they must know something I don't.
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Re: Big explosion in west texas, anyone there?
« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2013, 11:38:32 PM »
I live about an hour from West, and we felt the explosion here. I was with a friend at our small church. It felt like someone closed a door really hard. We went outside to check for unexpected visitors. Didn't know about the explosion until I got home. Know a few co-workers who live in West....all OK, thank God.

Good coverage on this on 

www.kwtx.com
www.wacotrib.com

Now reporting as many as 70 dead....
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Re: Big explosion in west texas, anyone there?
« Reply #6 on: April 17, 2013, 11:39:10 PM »
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Rescue vehicles from North Texas agencies were racing to the scene on I-35.

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Re: Big explosion in west texas, anyone there?
« Reply #7 on: April 17, 2013, 11:40:03 PM »
Quote from: Azrael256 on April 17, 2013, 10:56:20 PM

And now they're evacuating the town in case there's a second explosion.  Seems like the mushroom cloud and resulting hellacious fire would've dealt with the combustibles, but they must know something I don't.

There is another fertilizer plant nearby....
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Re: Big explosion in west texas, anyone there?
« Reply #8 on: April 17, 2013, 11:41:55 PM »
Quote from: KD5NRH on April 17, 2013, 10:54:26 PM
Great community planning there, folks.  

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Town I grew up in has an ammonium nitrate plant.  They located it a good five miles north of town, and even then there was speculation that if it went off the explosion would break every window in town.
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« Reply #9 on: April 17, 2013, 11:51:55 PM »
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Re: Big explosion in west texas, anyone there?
« Reply #10 on: April 18, 2013, 12:17:12 AM »
Quote from: seeker_two on April 17, 2013, 11:40:03 PM
There is another fertilizer plant nearby....


Where at? I just did some looking around on Google Earth; couldn't find anything that looked like another fertilizer plant within a couple miles of the one that went off.
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« Reply #11 on: April 18, 2013, 12:18:06 AM »
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Re: Big explosion in west texas, anyone there?
« Reply #12 on: April 18, 2013, 12:20:52 AM »
Quote from: Azrael256 on April 17, 2013, 10:56:20 PM
And now they're evacuating the town in case there's a second explosion.  Seems like the mushroom cloud and resulting hellacious fire would've dealt with the combustibles, but they must know something I don't.

http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/Explosion-Injuries-Reported-At-West-Fertilizer-Plant-203505331.html

That was apparently just one of two anhydrous ammonia tanks.
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Re: Big explosion in west texas, anyone there?
« Reply #13 on: April 18, 2013, 12:24:14 AM »
There wasn't a non white person seen running from the are was there?
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Re: Big explosion in west texas, anyone there?
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Re: Big explosion in west texas, anyone there?
« Reply #15 on: April 18, 2013, 01:30:46 AM »
Word has it that there's a anhydrous ammonia leak going on there now, people are being warned to stay the kcuf away from the town / being evac'ed,
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« Reply #16 on: April 18, 2013, 05:32:20 AM »
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Re: Big explosion in west texas, anyone there?
« Reply #17 on: April 18, 2013, 05:40:42 AM »
Quote from: Regolith on April 18, 2013, 12:17:12 AM
Where at? I just did some looking around on Google Earth; couldn't find anything that looked like another fertilizer plant within a couple miles of the one that went off.

My mistake....

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http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/Explosion-Injuries-Reported-At-West-Fertilizer-Plant-203505331.html

That was apparently just one of two anhydrous ammonia tanks.

The second tank still has a fire nearby. They're keeping away from it in case it explodes, too.
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Re: Big explosion in west texas, anyone there?
« Reply #18 on: April 18, 2013, 06:17:00 AM »
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« Reply #19 on: April 18, 2013, 06:24:53 AM »
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Seems like the mushroom cloud and resulting hellacious fire would've dealt with the combustibles, but they must know something I don't.

Well, the Pepcon plant in Nevada had several successive explosions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8RY_ibNq3c

Slightly off topic:

While I sympathize with the tragic loss of life (especially the emergency workers) and housing, the first thing I noticed was that the article cited above...

http://www.wfaa.com/news/texas-news/powerful-exploson-rocks-town-north-of-waco-203508001.html

.... was a pretty good example of classic reportage.  Who, what, where. when.  A lot of prominent journalists today could take a lesson from that.

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« Reply #20 on: April 18, 2013, 07:10:58 AM »
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Re: Big explosion in west texas, anyone there?
« Reply #21 on: April 18, 2013, 07:14:07 AM »
Quote from: Regolith on April 18, 2013, 07:10:58 AM
Why is the epicenter so far from where the blast actually happened? ???

Interesting. when I posted it, the epicenter was between the tank and Jerry Mashek Dr.
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« Reply #22 on: April 18, 2013, 07:23:02 AM »
Quote from: lupinus on April 18, 2013, 05:32:20 AM
Holy *expletive deleted*.

As a side note.

Who stops to take video of the BURNING FERTILIZER PLANT with their freaking KID in the car?
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« Reply #23 on: April 18, 2013, 07:30:26 AM »
Quote from: dogmush on April 18, 2013, 07:23:02 AM
As a side note.

Who stops to take video of the BURNING FERTILIZER PLANT with their freaking KID in the car?

They probably didn't know that it could explode like that.
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Re: Big explosion in west texas, anyone there?
« Reply #24 on: April 18, 2013, 07:55:35 AM »
Quote from: Regolith on April 18, 2013, 07:30:26 AM
They probably didn't know that it could explode like that.

Lookey-loos who wanted to be part of the story....had they gotten any closer, their next Facebook post would be the last thing on their minds....
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