Atomic Wanderer Chicken Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 (edited) 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 April 18, 2013 by xendrome fixed location to "West" not "Waco" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladiatorus Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Ha! I like your avatar, lctb51. Its cool. (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raa Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Man, someone's going to be dirty over that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COKid Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Thanks for the update. Sounds pretty bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Wanderer Chicken Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Gawker has a photo of the explosion here and info! http://gawker.com/59...dium=socialflow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted April 18, 2013 Member Share Posted April 18, 2013 Any idea yet what caused the explosion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COKid Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted April 18, 2013 Member Share Posted April 18, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre S. Veteran Posted April 18, 2013 Veteran Share Posted April 18, 2013 This is probably an accident, but we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2xSilverKnight Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 BREAKING NOW: @ABC NEWS is reporting at least 200 people injured, 40 critically; 75-100 houses or businesses completely destroyed. That's a pretty big explosion. Really hope it's not an attack but just an accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techbeck Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 well that stinks. Hope people are ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2xSilverKnight Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Video of the explosion. Skip to 25 sec blank 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francescob Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Whoops sorry for previous joke, didn't read there were so many people injured :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ33 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 hopefully people rising against Monsanto? EDIT: wow, i just saw the video posted above, I hope nobody was hurt! That is SO scary. Pharm88 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiranui Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Considering there was a fire beforehand, it looks like it was just an accident. That was a huge explosion though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 ^ 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trag3dy Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 hopefully people rising against Monsanto? EDIT: wow, i just saw the video posted above, I hope nobody was hurt! That is SO scary. They're reporting around 70 people dead a little while ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COKid Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 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". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gameboy1977 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 how an awful news! I lives in texas. waco is south to my area DFW area north up. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azies Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 What a terrible weak, there is an incident EVERY DAY so far this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Yeah. Sometimes life sucks, then it gets worse before getting better. We're really overdue for some good news everyone can agree on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead.cell Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 What a crazy week... :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi-Wan Kenobi Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 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. :'( gameboy1977 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost5525 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I am Reid Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 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. theyarecomingforyou 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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