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#1 Apr 18 2013 at 3:13 AM Rating: Excellent
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A fertilizer plant near Waco did anyway.

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Updated (11:42 p.m.): Several homes are on fire, and residents of a nearby retirement home are trapped inside after an explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, a small town near Waco. The cause of the explosion and extent of the damage is unclear, but the local Department of Public Safety says that a number of of people are severely injured. The explosion could be felt as far away as Dallas, which is nearly 100 miles away
#2 Apr 18 2013 at 3:38 AM Rating: Excellent
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It is worth noting that this week is the 20th anniversary of the end of the deadly siege in Waco.


So it's fireworks then?

There is a video of the explosion on YouTube now.



While I definitely feel sorry for the kid, I can't help but be pissed off at the asshat father using portrait mode to film it. Smiley: mad

Edit: Video with slow-mo shot for that Michael Bay feel. Smiley: oyvey



Edited, Apr 18th 2013 5:41am by Shaowstrike
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#3 Apr 18 2013 at 5:50 AM Rating: Excellent
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This story would be more fun if a truck full of diesel and pressure cookers had crashed into it instead of the far more likely circumstance that it was an industrial accident because Texas refuses to regulate anything effectively.
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Texans have the god given right to blow up anything they own. It's in the constitution.
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#5 Apr 18 2013 at 7:46 AM Rating: Excellent
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Texans have the god given right to blow up anything they own.
And they use it!
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I'm surprised they haven't turned the Mexican border into a new 38th parallel.
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This story would be more fun if a truck full of diesel and pressure cookers had crashed into it instead of the far more likely circumstance that it was an industrial accident because Texas refuses to regulate anything effectively.

Gov Perry is running ads here saying businesses should move to Texas for its "business friendly" environment. He should work this into the ads.
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#8 Apr 18 2013 at 7:57 AM Rating: Excellent
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The commercial should be by Michael Bay.
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#9 Apr 18 2013 at 9:16 AM Rating: Excellent
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The commercial should be by Michael Bay.

Explosions aside, his movies are often characterized as fertilizer.
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The commercial should be by Michael Bay.

It was a radio spot, so yes.
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#11 Apr 18 2013 at 9:49 AM Rating: Excellent
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Shaowstrike the Shady wrote:
There is a video of the explosion on YouTube now.


No matter where news happens, there will always be a yahoo with an iphone and poor video editing skills.

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#12 Apr 18 2013 at 9:51 AM Rating: Excellent
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"I can't hear anything. I can't hear anything. I can't hear anything."

*****, no one said anything.
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There have been reports of "a small amount of looting," he said.

Rednecks... Smiley: oyvey
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There have been reports of "a small amount of looting," he said.

If only they had less strict gun laws in Texas, people could have protected their property.
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Smasharoo wrote:
This story would be more fun if a truck full of diesel and pressure cookers had crashed into it instead of the far more likely circumstance that it was an industrial accident because Texas refuses to regulate anything effectively.
Regulations are bad for FREEDOM.

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"I can't hear anything. I can't hear anything. I can't hear anything."

*****, no one said anything.
She probably couldn't hear herself and he couldn't hear her either. I'd be surprised if they didn't get lasting damage from that blast.
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She probably couldn't hear herself and he couldn't hear her either.
Sounds like the perfect relationship.

From that distance I seriously doubt there will be any real lasting damage. Maybe a little ringing in their ears.
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#17 Apr 18 2013 at 11:07 AM Rating: Excellent
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She sounded more like a little girl than a girlfriend to me. Also, someone posted a map of where they were and they were about 1.5x as far away as the apartment buildings that basically got blown to pieces.
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NPR had an interview with the two. It was a little girl. Chloe. 12 years old, asked her dad to stop so they could take pictures of the fire.

Blast was strong enough to rock the vehicle, and apparently the man was knocked over into his daughter. There were people out in the field recording and picture taking, when the father got out of the vehicle after the explosion everyone had already fled.

Edited, Apr 18th 2013 6:27pm by TirithRR
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#19 Apr 18 2013 at 5:34 PM Rating: Good
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West Fertilizer Co. Told the EPA That Last Night's Explosion Could Never Happen
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The Dallas Morning News got its hands on the West Fertilizer Co.'s report, filed with the EPA and local public safety officials assessing the risk of fire or explosion at the plant, which had an estimated 54,000 pounds anhydrous ammonia on site.
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The report, reviewed Wednesday night by The Dallas Morning News, stated 'no' under fire or explosive risks. The worst possible scenario, the report said, would be a 10-minute release of ammonia gas that would kill or injure no one.


Edit: I wanna know how they got away with even stating that the ammonia leak would cause no injuries. I mean, I guess if everyone was wearing full-face respirators 100% of the time, a controlled(?) ammonia leak wouldn't cause injury. But how is that "the worst possible scenario"?


Edited, Apr 18th 2013 6:37pm by trickybeck
#20 Apr 18 2013 at 6:31 PM Rating: Good
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She sounded more like a little girl than a girlfriend to me. Also, someone posted a map of where they were and they were about 1.5x as far away as the apartment buildings that basically got blown to pieces.


She said "dad" at one point in the video, too.

Edited, Apr 18th 2013 8:32pm by Catwho
#21 Apr 19 2013 at 7:37 AM Rating: Good
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But how is that "the worst possible scenario"?
Saying it makes it so.
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She said "dad" at one point in the video, too.

Saying it makes it so.
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