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Massive fertilizer plant explosion in Texas

PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,965
edited April 2013 in A Moving Train
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Seemed to be caused by a fire. Town of West, Texas. Number of fatalities unknown so far, but many homes destroyed. http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/18/us/texas- ... homepage-t
Sorry America. What a really terrible week. :(

The explosion is insane. Hope there are more people okay than some think.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
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  • Last-12-ExitLast-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    The explosion measured a 2.1 on the Richter scale. As of 3:30am EST, over 170 injured, and "many" confirmed dead. I hope you guys don't run out of prayers.
  • Last-12-ExitLast-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    Early reports are saying at least 6 firefighters killed. RIP brothers!
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,720
    omg.. :(
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • badbrainsbadbrains Posts: 10,255
    Last-12-Exit wrote:
    Early reports are saying at least 6 firefighters killed. RIP brothers!

    Wtf! Wow, :fp:
  • Last-12-ExitLast-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    badbrains wrote:
    Last-12-Exit wrote:
    Early reports are saying at least 6 firefighters killed. RIP brothers!

    Wtf! Wow, :fp:
    I've read 6 ff, 2 medics, and 1 policeman and possibly up to 60-70 dead.
  • JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,186
    My god...

    Thinking about you Texas!
    ___________________________________________

    "...I changed by not changing at all..."
  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    like a giant bomb ... :cry: terrible
  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,625
    pandora wrote:
    like a giant bomb ... :cry: terrible
    The one video I watched, the guy with his daughter in the car.
    GOOD LORD!!!

    How do you go home and explain to your wife that her daughter is now deaf?
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,186
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    pandora wrote:
    like a giant bomb ... :cry: terrible
    The one video I watched, the guy with his daughter in the car.
    GOOD LORD!!!

    How do you go home and explain to your wife that her daughter is now deaf?

    That is the one I watched. Had no idea what it was about to show. Haunting stuff.
    ___________________________________________

    "...I changed by not changing at all..."
  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,625
    JimmyV wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    pandora wrote:
    like a giant bomb ... :cry: terrible
    The one video I watched, the guy with his daughter in the car.
    GOOD LORD!!!

    How do you go home and explain to your wife that her daughter is now deaf?

    That is the one I watched. Had no idea what it was about to show. Haunting stuff.
    That girl is absolutely terrified.
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,720
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    pandora wrote:
    like a giant bomb ... :cry: terrible
    The one video I watched, the guy with his daughter in the car.
    GOOD LORD!!!

    How do you go home and explain to your wife that her daughter is now deaf?
    i watch that video too...omg....
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • Last-12-ExitLast-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    pandora wrote:
    like a giant bomb ... :cry: terrible
    The one video I watched, the guy with his daughter in the car.
    GOOD LORD!!!

    How do you go home and explain to your wife that her daughter is now deaf?
    Who is showing that video?
  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,625
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    pandora wrote:
    like a giant bomb ... :cry: terrible
    The one video I watched, the guy with his daughter in the car.
    GOOD LORD!!!

    How do you go home and explain to your wife that her daughter is now deaf?
    i watch that video too...omg....
    How could have anybody survived that?
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,625
    Last-12-Exit wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    pandora wrote:
    like a giant bomb ... :cry: terrible
    The one video I watched, the guy with his daughter in the car.
    GOOD LORD!!!

    How do you go home and explain to your wife that her daughter is now deaf?
    Who is showing that video?
    AET, 2nd page, norm posted a thread. The video is in the 1st post.
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,186
    Last-12-Exit wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    pandora wrote:
    like a giant bomb ... :cry: terrible
    The one video I watched, the guy with his daughter in the car.
    GOOD LORD!!!

    How do you go home and explain to your wife that her daughter is now deaf?
    Who is showing that video?

    I saw it linked to through Twitter. Honestly, don't go looking for it. You really don't want to. If I had known I would not have clicked.
    ___________________________________________

    "...I changed by not changing at all..."
  • Last-12-ExitLast-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    Ok. The only video I saw was the on on CNN.com. it was about 3 miles away from the plant.
  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,625
    Last-12-Exit wrote:
    Ok. The only video I saw was the on on CNN.com. it was about 3 miles away from the plant.
    Go over to AET.
    I bumped the video to the 1st page.
    norms thread.
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • QuarterToTenQuarterToTen Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 3,642
    The light of day is going to be devastating beyond words.
    Nice shirt.
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,720
    Last-12-Exit wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    pandora wrote:
    like a giant bomb ... :cry: terrible
    The one video I watched, the guy with his daughter in the car.
    GOOD LORD!!!

    How do you go home and explain to your wife that her daughter is now deaf?
    Who is showing that video?
    viewtopic.php?f=14&t=207056
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • Last-12-ExitLast-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    Unbelieveable. I don't know how else to describe it other than sad. A fertilizer plant is just a huge bomb.
  • JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,186
    Timothy McVeigh used 480 pounds of fertilizer to blow up the federal building in OKC. This was an entire fertilizer plant!
    ___________________________________________

    "...I changed by not changing at all..."
  • Last-12-ExitLast-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    JimmyV wrote:
    Timothy McVeigh used 480 pounds of fertilizer to blow up the federal building in OKC. This was an entire fertilizer plant!

    It's hard to imagine the destruction this has caused. I want to find a live news stream and look now that the sun is up, but I don't....ya know what I mean?
  • JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,186
    Last-12-Exit wrote:
    JimmyV wrote:
    Timothy McVeigh used 480 pounds of fertilizer to blow up the federal building in OKC. This was an entire fertilizer plant!

    It's hard to imagine the destruction this has caused. I want to find a live news stream and look now that the sun is up, but I don't....ya know what I mean?

    I do.
    ___________________________________________

    "...I changed by not changing at all..."
  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    Last-12-Exit wrote:
    The explosion measured a 2.1 on the Richter scale. As of 3:30am EST, over 170 injured, and "many" confirmed dead. I hope you guys don't run out of prayers.


    never enough prayers my friend !

    Godfather.
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    Oh my!

    Prayers for everyone ...

    :(
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    I'm currently working at a grain facility ... we are diligent in safety because of the known danger … but to see it in that video … good god is that sobering

    :shock:
  • JeanwahJeanwah Posts: 6,363
    That video is so frightening, what in the world was that man and his daughter doing there, so close?? He should have known the chance for an explosion!
  • ShawshankShawshank Posts: 1,018
    This isn't all that far from my place and you could feel the ground shake. Friend of mine had his house entirely leveled. Thank God he and his wife weren't home.
  • Last-12-ExitLast-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    Shawshank wrote:
    This isn't all that far from my place and you could feel the ground shake. Friend of mine had his house entirely leveled. Thank God he and his wife weren't home.
    Do you know if they were evacuated by the fd? I've heard they were evacuating people before the explosion.
  • Guitar92playerGuitar92player Posts: 664
    Such a tragedy. My prayers are with the victims and their families.

    And sadly I have idiotic friends trying to say the gov't did this. How can anyone think that? This was sadly a terrible thing that happened at a place where such things can happen.
    ~Carter~

    You can spend your time alone, redigesting past regrets, oh
    or you can come to terms and realize
    you're the only one who can't forgive yourself, oh
    makes much more sense to live in the present tense     - Present Tense
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