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Massive fertilizer plant explosion near Waco TX
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 2013-04-18 6:08 AM |
Champion  7347     SRQ, FL |  Subject: Massive fertilizer plant explosion near Waco TXFertilizer plant explodes near Waco TX last night. 100s hurt, dozens feared dead. That is a massive explosion. It registered as a 2.1 earthquake. Not a good week in the US... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLWw24OQFdQ&feature=youtu.be (second video in the second link) ETA: For those unfamiliar the OK City bombing was made using ANFO (essentially fertilizer and fuel oil). This plant essentially had all the ingredients for a bomb. ETA2: BTW I'm in no way suggesting this was anything other than a tragic accident. I'll leave the fearmongering to the media. Edited by TriRSquared 2013-04-18 6:12 AM |
| 2013-04-18 7:08 AM in reply to: #4705074 |
Master 2504 Southwest Iowa | Subject: RE: Massive fertilizer plant explosion near Waco TX I heard about that also this morning. |
| 2013-04-18 7:23 AM in reply to: #4705074 |
| Austin, Texas or Jupiter, Florida | Subject: RE: Massive fertilizer plant explosion near Waco TX Terribly sad. A storm belt is blowing through the I35 corridor where West is located right now too. Chemical fire with water is usually bad right? Most people have evacuated the town, but there are a whole lot of first responders out there. Keep them in your prayers. |
| 2013-04-18 7:41 AM in reply to: #4705074 |
Master 2177 | Subject: RE: Massive fertilizer plant explosion near Waco TX Can't catch a break lately...  |
| 2013-04-18 8:06 AM in reply to: #4705138 |
Champion 16151 Checkin' out the podium girls | Subject: RE: Massive fertilizer plant explosion near Waco TX GomesBolt - 2013-04-18 8:23 AM Terribly sad. A storm belt is blowing through the I35 corridor where West is located right now too. Chemical fire with water is usually bad right? Most people have evacuated the town, but there are a whole lot of first responders out there. Keep them in your prayers. Depends on the chemical. In this case, I'd say water is a good thing as the power form of Ammonium Nitrate is unstable, but when wet, it makes decomposition much less likely. Unless there's ancilliary fires like wood, electrical, fuel, etc. are burning. |
| 2013-04-18 9:29 AM in reply to: #4705185 |
| Austin, Texas or Jupiter, Florida | Subject: RE: Massive fertilizer plant explosion near Waco TX pitt83 - 2013-04-18 8:06 AM GomesBolt - 2013-04-18 8:23 AM Terribly sad. A storm belt is blowing through the I35 corridor where West is located right now too. Chemical fire with water is usually bad right? Depends on the chemical. In this case, I'd say water is a good thing as the power form of Ammonium Nitrate is unstable, but when wet, it makes decomposition much less likely. Unless there's ancilliary fires like wood, electrical, fuel, etc. are burning.Most people have evacuated the town, but there are a whole lot of first responders out there. Keep them in your prayers. YIKES, there have been 26 major accidents worldwide with Ammonium nitrate according to wiki. Some nasty stuff. |
| 2013-04-18 9:32 AM in reply to: #4705316 |
Champion 16151 Checkin' out the podium girls | Subject: RE: Massive fertilizer plant explosion near Waco TX GomesBolt - 2013-04-18 10:29 AM pitt83 - 2013-04-18 8:06 AM GomesBolt - 2013-04-18 8:23 AM Terribly sad. A storm belt is blowing through the I35 corridor where West is located right now too. Chemical fire with water is usually bad right? Depends on the chemical. In this case, I'd say water is a good thing as the power form of Ammonium Nitrate is unstable, but when wet, it makes decomposition much less likely. Unless there's ancilliary fires like wood, electrical, fuel, etc. are burning.Most people have evacuated the town, but there are a whole lot of first responders out there. Keep them in your prayers. YIKES, there have been 26 major accidents worldwide with Ammonium nitrate according to wiki. Some nasty stuff. DOT and other international agencies just banned 1-hydroxybenzotriazole from my line of work. It's a very useful reagent, but it too can be explosive when supplied as a dry powder. I've seen a couple of lab scale accidents from azide explosives and they're only a gram or so in scale. My friend Mike still spits out shards of glass from his arms and shoulders. I can't imagine the devestation from the ton scale. |
| 2013-04-18 10:25 AM in reply to: #4705316 |
| Veteran 549 | Subject: RE: Massive fertilizer plant explosion near Waco TX People reported feeling the explosion 80 miles away in south Dallas. Didnt know an explosion like that could be that strong. |
| 2013-04-18 10:34 AM in reply to: #4705074 |
Pro 4313 McKinney, TX | Subject: RE: Massive fertilizer plant explosion near Waco TX West is a very popular town on the trek to/from Dallas. It's damn near half way between Dallas and Austin. It's a VERY small town and a very tight knit community. They are pretty famous for their kolache shops (it's a Czech community) and we regularly stop in on our trips. There has never been a time that we've stopped in to get some kolaches and not had to wait in line at least 20 minutes. The local news covered it last night from about 9:00pm and were still going at midnight when I went to bed. |
| 2013-04-18 10:47 AM in reply to: #4705074 |
| New user 62 | Subject: RE: Massive fertilizer plant explosion near Waco TX TriRSquared - 2013-04-18 6:08 AM Fertilizer plant explodes near Waco TX last night. 100s hurt, dozens feared dead. That is a massive explosion. It registered as a 2.1 earthquake. Not a good week in the US... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLWw24OQFdQ&feature=youtu.be (second video in the second link) ETA: For those unfamiliar the OK City bombing was made using ANFO (essentially fertilizer and fuel oil). This plant essentially had all the ingredients for a bomb. ETA2: BTW I'm in no way suggesting this was anything other than a tragic accident. I'll leave the fearmongering to the media.
A few notes: 1) Local media is reporting the explosion was 10-12 times as powerful as OKC. There was 54,000 lb of fertilizer at the plant. 2) It's not an exaggeration to say that 10% of the town was hurt and/or killed by this explosion. They're reporting 200+ injuries & 5-15 casualties thus far in a town of ~2600. 3) The media doesn't have to fear-monger, conspiracy nuts have beaten them to it. I saw a Youtube video this morning of an idiot with "proof" it was a missile strike.
If you live in Texas, blood donations are being requested. A significant portion of the DFW blood supply was taken by the charter bus crash last week, so they're running low. |
| 2013-04-18 11:04 AM in reply to: #4705432 |
Champion 7347 SRQ, FL | Subject: RE: Massive fertilizer plant explosion near Waco TX kdlsch111 - 2013-04-18 11:25 AM People reported feeling the explosion 80 miles away in south Dallas. Didnt know an explosion like that could be that strong. It registered as a 2.1 magnitude earthquake |
| 2013-04-18 11:53 AM in reply to: #4705074 |
Champion 5376 PA | Subject: RE: Massive fertilizer plant explosion near Waco TX A guys was videotaping it from his car. It was just a fire and then the explosion hit. It was incredible. He appeared to be more than a safe distance away to film the fire but when the explosion hit, his son screamed to get away and that he couldn't hear. It was insane and intense. |
| 2013-04-18 12:10 PM in reply to: #4705074 |
| Austin, Texas or Jupiter, Florida | Subject: RE: Massive fertilizer plant explosion near Waco TX Blood banks are asking people to wait until next week because they have no time slots left to give this week. The response was so quick and overwhelming. I've stopped in West a few times on my way north too Brad. There's another storage tank that hasn't blown yet. The firefighters and first responders are busting their butts right now in the pouring rain and high winds. Keep all those folks in your prayers. |
| 2013-04-18 12:41 PM in reply to: #4705074 |
Pro 9391 Omaha, NE | Subject: RE: Massive fertilizer plant explosion near Waco TX Two of my best friends own a fertilizer company/plant here in Nebraska. It's scary to think of the dangers of their products. Heck, I was just out at the plant all weekend helping them hang up security cameras so this story also hits a little close to home for me. :-/ |
| 2013-04-18 1:06 PM in reply to: #4705747 |
Expert 960 Highlands Ranch, CO | Subject: RE: Massive fertilizer plant explosion near Waco TX tuwood - 2013-04-18 11:41 AM Two of my best friends own a fertilizer company/plant here in Nebraska. It's scary to think of the dangers of their products. Heck, I was just out at the plant all weekend helping them hang up security cameras so this story also hits a little close to home for me. :-/ I call Bullsh!t |
| 2013-04-18 1:08 PM in reply to: #4705824 |
| Austin, Texas or Jupiter, Florida | Subject: RE: Massive fertilizer plant explosion near Waco TX sbreaux - 2013-04-18 1:06 PM tuwood - 2013-04-18 11:41 AM Two of my best friends own a fertilizer company/plant here in Nebraska. It's scary to think of the dangers of their products. Heck, I was just out at the plant all weekend helping them hang up security cameras so this story also hits a little close to home for me. :-/ I call Bullsh!t wrong thread bro... |
| 2013-04-18 1:11 PM in reply to: #4705824 |
Champion 14571 the alamo city, Texas | Subject: RE: Massive fertilizer plant explosion near Waco TX sbreaux - 2013-04-18 2:06 PM tuwood - 2013-04-18 11:41 AM Two of my best friends own a fertilizer company/plant here in Nebraska. It's scary to think of the dangers of their products. Heck, I was just out at the plant all weekend helping them hang up security cameras so this story also hits a little close to home for me. :-/ I call Bullsh!t bullsh!t makes an excellent fertilizer. |
| 2013-04-18 1:14 PM in reply to: #4705844 |
Expert 960 Highlands Ranch, CO | Subject: RE: Massive fertilizer plant explosion near Waco TX mehaner - 2013-04-18 12:11 PM sbreaux - 2013-04-18 2:06 PM tuwood - 2013-04-18 11:41 AM Two of my best friends own a fertilizer company/plant here in Nebraska. It's scary to think of the dangers of their products. Heck, I was just out at the plant all weekend helping them hang up security cameras so this story also hits a little close to home for me. :-/ I call Bullsh!t bullsh!t makes an excellent fertilizer. well, someone got the reference..... |
| 2013-04-18 1:15 PM in reply to: #4705824 |
Pro 9391 Omaha, NE | Subject: RE: Massive fertilizer plant explosion near Waco TX sbreaux - 2013-04-18 1:06 PM tuwood - 2013-04-18 11:41 AM Two of my best friends own a fertilizer company/plant here in Nebraska. It's scary to think of the dangers of their products. Heck, I was just out at the plant all weekend helping them hang up security cameras so this story also hits a little close to home for me. :-/ I call Bullsh!t lol, true story. They're both active Triathletes as well. |
| 2013-04-18 1:15 PM in reply to: #4705851 |
Pro 9391 Omaha, NE | Subject: RE: Massive fertilizer plant explosion near Waco TX sbreaux - 2013-04-18 1:14 PM mehaner - 2013-04-18 12:11 PM sbreaux - 2013-04-18 2:06 PM tuwood - 2013-04-18 11:41 AM Two of my best friends own a fertilizer company/plant here in Nebraska. It's scary to think of the dangers of their products. Heck, I was just out at the plant all weekend helping them hang up security cameras so this story also hits a little close to home for me. :-/ I call Bullsh!t bullsh!t makes an excellent fertilizer. well, someone got the reference..... haha, i missed that. that's funny. |
| 2013-04-18 1:15 PM in reply to: #4705851 |
Champion 16151 Checkin' out the podium girls | Subject: RE: Massive fertilizer plant explosion near Waco TX sbreaux - 2013-04-18 2:14 PM mehaner - 2013-04-18 12:11 PM sbreaux - 2013-04-18 2:06 PM tuwood - 2013-04-18 11:41 AM Two of my best friends own a fertilizer company/plant here in Nebraska. It's scary to think of the dangers of their products. Heck, I was just out at the plant all weekend helping them hang up security cameras so this story also hits a little close to home for me. :-/ I call Bullsh!t bullsh!t makes an excellent fertilizer. well, someone got the reference..... To think that I'm paying $3.50 a bag for bulsh!t at the garden center.... |
| 2013-04-18 1:19 PM in reply to: #4705856 |
| Austin, Texas or Jupiter, Florida | Subject: RE: Massive fertilizer plant explosion near Waco TX tuwood - 2013-04-18 1:15 PM sbreaux - 2013-04-18 1:14 PM mehaner - 2013-04-18 12:11 PM sbreaux - 2013-04-18 2:06 PM tuwood - 2013-04-18 11:41 AM Two of my best friends own a fertilizer company/plant here in Nebraska. It's scary to think of the dangers of their products. Heck, I was just out at the plant all weekend helping them hang up security cameras so this story also hits a little close to home for me. :-/ I call Bullsh!t bullsh!t makes an excellent fertilizer. well, someone got the reference..... haha, i missed that. that's funny. I guess it's still to early in this incident for me to get the jokes. The fire is still burning and they don't have a final body count. Besides, Bulls--t would be terribly non-economical. You can't keep bulls in the same area or they'll fight. You can, however use cow manure or steer manure. |
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