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Explosion hits fertilizer plant north of Waco, Tex

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    Posted: 18-Apr-2013 at 00:51
Been thru this little burg many times. Seen the plant many times.
Nice folks, nice town. Not far from my beloved Fortress Hood or some of my old tavern hangouts in Temple either.


Best wishes and prayers to them.







http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/17/us/texas-explosion/index.html
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  Quote red clay Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18-Apr-2013 at 12:32
No matter how you look at it, this hasn't been the best week we've had.
 
The blast registered as a 2.1 quake on the R scale.  I only hope that it was a true accident, and not connected to the Lunacy in Boston, and the other distractions that have happened in the last week.
 
I am not a strong believer in "coincidence".
 
 
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  Quote medenaywe Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18-Apr-2013 at 15:25
This does not means terroristic attack.Fertilizer contents chemicals for powder production!Nitre&Saltpeter as
i knew it from chemistry!Industrial accident happened maybe!?!


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  Quote Centrix Vigilis Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18-Apr-2013 at 18:03
Highly toxic and highly explosive. Most plants are... and this one uses... did use.... anhydrous ammonia. Nasty schitze....it's a crack/crystal meth cookers delight.

And it's great for bombs. Or industrial fires and explosions when it accidently comes into contact with other chemicals, which I will not name. For obvious reasons. But evidence indicates Industrial accident at this point.

I don't like coincidences either but until a nexus is made it is what it is.


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http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/18/17805199-the-whole-street-is-gone-bloodied-eyewitnesses-describe-texas-explosion-horror?lite
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  Quote red clay Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18-Apr-2013 at 18:07
Ammonium Nitrate was one of their products.  That's what was used at Oklahoma City.  That was just 1000 lbs.  There must have been hundreds of tons of it there.
 
I'm suspicious yes, but until they say otherwise, it's an accident


Edited by red clay - 18-Apr-2013 at 18:11
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