Massive Fertilizer Explosion in West, TX


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Massive explosion at a fertilizer plant in Waco West, Texas! Here is the linkl!

http://www.cnn.com/2....html?hpt=hp_t3

Update 11:00PM EST: CNN states on TV Reuters is reporting a nearby nursing home has collapsed!

Edited by xendrome
fixed location to "West" not "Waco"

Near Waco, huh. I am quite interested in the cause of this one, given the location and the fact the Branch Davidians siege ended on April 19.

Hopefully just a coincidence. I'm not a tin hatter, but even I am starting to get spooked at all the crazy stuff happening this week in the US.

Hopefully just a coincidence. I'm not a tin hatter, but even I am starting to get spooked at all the crazy stuff happening this week in the US.

I am not a tin hatter either but all this is enough to make one pause and wonder, for sure.

^ that **** really exploded, literally.

wow.

Isn't fertilizer used to make many bombs, such as the one used in the Oklahoma City bombing?

Is it explosive by itself or only when combined with other ingredients?

*researching now*

Ammonium nitrate can make most anything made of carbohydrates explode. One great example is ANFO (ammonium nitrate + fuel oil) which is used for blasting in mines, but was also mixed with nitromethane to make the Oklahoma City bomb. Nasty stuff.

Even with nothing else it can detonate, disastrously. Back in 1947 shiploads of AN detonated and leveled major portions of Texas City, Texas. As strong a blast as a small nuke; 2,300 tons of AN just on the one ship. Cause: a small fire.

CBS is reporting 60 dead so far. After today's erroneous arrest report from the Boston bombing, I don't trust anything CNN reports.

http://www.cbsnews.c...er-plant-blast/

Live video if you're interested. Not sure how long the coverage will last:

http://www.cbsnews.c...ews-live-video/

Sheesh, I am really getting tragedy burnout this week. What the heck else is going to happen? :(

Update - Now the CBS page says "Unknown number killed".

how an awful news! I lives in texas. waco is south to my area DFW area north up. :(

I'm in Abilene, and I swore we had a minor earthquake earlier in the evening. Could've just been me, but I swear, I felt the concrete below my feet shaking...or maybe it was the explosion, but either way, it was weird. I literally felt the ground shake, like it was shaking my boots. Could be related, but then again, maybe it wasn't, I'm not sure either way....still, a scary scenario either way, and I pray for the families this explosion may have affected. Such sad, sad things, happening in our country. Makes me sad. :'(

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I'm in Abilene, and I swore we had a minor earthquake earlier in the evening. Could've just been me, but I swear, I felt the concrete below my feet shaking...or maybe it was the explosion, but either way, it was weird. I literally felt the ground shake, like it was shaking my boots. Could be related, but then again, maybe it wasn't, I'm not sure either way....still, a scary scenario either way, and I pray for the families this explosion may have affected. Such sad, sad things, happening in our country. Makes me sad. :'(

Well they said people 10 miles away got their windows blown out - another report on CNN said it completely gutted a 50 unit apartment complex.

you would be surprised how massive these explosions can be, even simple grain silos are quite well known for their dangers of exploding on scales similar to this. When you have something that is somewhat flammable in a fine powered airborne form like even simple flour, just a small spark can create an explosion on par with a large military bomb.

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