Massive fertilizer plant explosion in Texas

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  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    Very sad. RIP to all those folks.

    Fertilizer is such an important business in America (and the world). Plants here in the states go through enormous amounts of regulations/safety training/disaster planning but your core ingredients like ammonium nitrate or hyrdrogen are never going to be 100% disaster proof. Towns like West depend on these companies so hopefully the town recovers as well.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,766
    cp3iverson wrote:
    Very sad. RIP to all those folks.

    Fertilizer is such an important business in America (and the world). Plants here in the states go through enormous amounts of regulations/safety training/disaster planning but your core ingredients like ammonium nitrate or hyrdrogen are never going to be 100% disaster proof. Towns like West depend on these companies so hopefully the town recovers as well. Their town and their county's economy will probably take a huge hit for quite a while.
    It might be a good lesson... I don't know what city planner decided that it was a good idea to put schools and old folks homes and houses immediately next to a place that stores tons upon tons of highly combustible materials, but it seems like a bad idea.
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  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    this accident was preventable ...
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    Holy Crap! I didn't realize the town was so close to the plant! :shock:

    http://www.businessinsider.com/photos-show-destruction-in-west-texas-2013-4
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  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    Jason P wrote:
    Holy Crap! I didn't realize the town was so close to the plant! :shock:

    http://www.businessinsider.com/photos-show-destruction-in-west-texas-2013-4
    Right on the railroad tracks at the edge of town so they could receive deliveries.

    I just read in a news story that the plant didn't have some of the safety measures required by law, including a sprinkler system for fires.
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    Who Princess wrote:
    Jason P wrote:
    Holy Crap! I didn't realize the town was so close to the plant! :shock:

    http://www.businessinsider.com/photos-show-destruction-in-west-texas-2013-4
    Right on the railroad tracks at the edge of town so they could receive deliveries.

    I just read in a news story that the plant didn't have some of the safety measures required by law, including a sprinkler system for fires.
    Somebody is going to jail ...
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    Party On, Dudes!
  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
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  • lukin2006
    lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    ‘Dad, Dad, I can’t hear!’: Father, daughter safe after capturing dramatic video of Texas explosion

    http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/04/18 ... -on-video/

    good to hear
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  • Guitar92player
    Guitar92player Posts: 664
    Has anyone seen the ridiculous conspiracy theories about this on youtube?

    Some are saying a missile hit it, saying it was a "diversion" by the New World Order. :lol::lol::lol:
    ~Carter~

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    or you can come to terms and realize
    you're the only one who can't forgive yourself, oh
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  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    Guitar92player wrote:
    Has anyone seen the ridiculous conspiracy theories about this on youtube?

    Some are saying a missile hit it, saying it was a "diversion" by the New World Order. :lol::lol::lol:
    I haven't seen anything about that but nothing surprises me anymore when it comes to conspiracy theories. I guess they're overlooking the fact that if it were a deliberate act to make some kind of statement, why do it in a farming community of less than 3,000 people?

    Anyway, the people of West are going through enough right now without wackos turning the situation into some kind of portent of the apocalypse, or whatever they're saying it is.
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • Guitar92player
    Guitar92player Posts: 664
    Who Princess wrote:
    Guitar92player wrote:
    Has anyone seen the ridiculous conspiracy theories about this on youtube?

    Some are saying a missile hit it, saying it was a "diversion" by the New World Order. :lol::lol::lol:
    I haven't seen anything about that but nothing surprises me anymore when it comes to conspiracy theories. I guess they're overlooking the fact that if it were a deliberate act to make some kind of statement, why do it in a farming community of less than 3,000 people?

    Anyway, the people of West are going through enough right now without wackos turning the situation into some kind of portent of the apocalypse, or whatever they're saying it is.

    They did it to take our fertilizer!!! :lol:


    But you are exactly right.
    ~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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