Massive Explosion at Texas Fertilizer Plant. Many Injuries Expected

Kpt. Lehmann · 04-17-13, 10:48 PM

Looks like the bad news just keeps on coming.

I think CNN sucks... but they've got a good video grab here.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/17/us/tex...ion/index.html

04-17-13, 11:03 PM

Nasty, though apparently no fatalities reported.

It is worth bearing in mind that commercial fertilizer manufacture can be a fairly hazardous process - there seems no reason to assume this is anything other than an accident.

GoldenRivet · 04-17-13, 11:12 PM

We've been watching this for a short while now.

Awful.

fertilizer processing can be some dangerous stuff

razark · 04-17-13, 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AndyJWest

Nasty, though apparently no fatalities reported.

From some reports I've read, that will not remain so. It seems there was a fire prior to the explosion, with a large number of firefighters onsite when the explosion occurred.

Video:
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/201...sion-in-texas/

eddie · 04-17-13, 11:59 PM

Will keep a good thought for those folks down there. Sounds like there will be a lot casualties, especially with an explosion of that size.

Stealhead · 04-18-13, 12:03 AM

I hope it is not like the 1947 Texas City disaster.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_Disaster

CCIP · 04-18-13, 12:38 AM

Here's amateur video of the explosion:

What particularly worried me was that I heard "a person just jumped out the window" right before it blew

Looks like almost a nuke going off from some perspectives. Really a scary and sad situation over there...

04-17-13, 10:48 PM	#1
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GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	We've been watching this for a short while now. Awful. fertilizer processing can be some dangerous stuff __________________

04-18-13, 12:38 AM	#7
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Here's amateur video of the explosion: What particularly worried me was that I heard "a person just jumped out the window" right before it blew Looks like almost a nuke going off from some perspectives. Really a scary and sad situation over there... __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

04-17-13, 11:03 PM	#2
AndyJWest Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Nasty, though apparently no fatalities reported. It is worth bearing in mind that commercial fertilizer manufacture can be a fairly hazardous process - there seems no reason to assume this is anything other than an accident.

04-17-13, 11:59 PM	#5
eddie Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,023 Downloads: 99 Uploads: 0	Will keep a good thought for those folks down there. Sounds like there will be a lot casualties, especially with an explosion of that size.

04-18-13, 12:03 AM	#6
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I hope it is not like the 1947 Texas City disaster. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_Disaster