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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: Chris_ on April 17, 2013, 09:06:26 PM
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(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff68/kayaktn/waco-fertilizer-plant-explosion_zpsc3db543f.jpg) (http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/04/17/fertilizer-plant-explosion-reported-north-of-waco/)
Image: CBS DFW
The West Fertilizer Plant is located about 20 miles north of Waco. A school and a nursing home are among the buildings near the plant.
Tommy Alford, who works in a convenience store about three miles from the plant, told CNN that several volunteer firefighters were at the store when they spotted smoke.
Alford said the firefighters headed toward the scene and then between five and 10 minutes later, he heard a massive explosion.
CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/17/us/texas-explosion/)
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I heard the Czech Stop was ok. That's good. What a mess. Tons of buildings on fire, and people trapped. Just dang.
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Possibly 60-70 dead in explosion. http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/Explosion-Injuries-Reported-At-West-Fertilizer-Plant-203505331.html#.UW9pRPBsXgw.twitter
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CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Fertilizer plant explosion near Waco
http://www.kwkt.com/news/caught-camera-fertilizer-plant-explosion-near-waco
Really loud!
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This is turning into a huge disaster. I just heard on tv that there were at least 70 dead and over 200 injured. Dozens of blocks of businesses and homes have been destroyed or damaged and a large area evacuated.
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Heartbreaking.
I drove by West every time I went home from college. Czech stop was a favorite.
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Possibly 60-70 dead in explosion. http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/Explosion-Injuries-Reported-At-West-Fertilizer-Plant-203505331.html#.UW9pRPBsXgw.twitter
Hmmmmm......
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4:58 AM EDT: Contrary to earlier reports, a first responder source claims that no more than 20 of the 133 residents at the nursing home near the plant were evacuated. Approximately 100 people inside the home are expected to have died. Source says the dead will be left until daylight, then removed.
6:33 AM EDT: Breitbart News has contacted the two largest nursing homes in Clifton, TX to confirm that they received nursing home residents from West. An individual at Daybreak Venture Nursing Home in Clifton said the facility received eleven residents. Goodall-Witcher Nursing Facility said no residents from the West nursing home were transported to their facility.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/04/17/Eyewitness-Updates-West-Texas-Explosion
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I posted on my fb a video of the explosion...It's jaw dropping. you can find it on Youtube. Just type Waco Explosion and it will be a fire on the front
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The Waco explosion happened as locals prepared to commemorate the 76 men, women and children who died in the 1993 siege.
Up to 15 people are feared dead and more than 100 injured following the blast at the fertiliser plant in the town of West, 20km away from Waco.
The Waco siege ended 20 years ago this week, with a blaze that killed 76 including two pregnant women and more than 20 children.
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So sad. A buddy of mine is a Volunteer Fire Fighter for Mt. Calm. He was over there last night, and will return today for search and rescue. Houses just imploded. Thank the lord it didn't happen during the day, as there is a school right across the train tracks from the plant.
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So sad. A buddy of mine is a Volunteer Fire Fighter for Mt. Calm. He was over there last night, and will return today for search and rescue. Houses just imploded. Thank the lord it didn't happen during the day, as there is a school right across the train tracks from the plant.
Crazy to think my girlfriend and I were walking through downtown West just a few weeks ago.
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The explosion was felt all the way to Amarillo. That's a LONG way. It registered as a 2.5 earthquake.
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I don't know who it was, but I heard a way too early disclaimer that it was not sabotage. Why even say that shortly after the explosion?
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Texas fertilizer plant cited by state officials in 2006
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/18/texas-fertilizer-plant-cited-by-state-officials-in-2006/
The Texas fertilizer plant where an explosion killed as many as 15 people late Wednesday was cited by state officials nearly a decade ago for failing to obtain or to qualify for a permit, records show.
West Fertilizer Co. was cited by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in 2006 after it received a complaint in June of that year of a strong ammonia smell emanating from the 1,500-square foot facility in a farming community roughly 20 miles north of Waco. Agency records indicate that the person who lodged the complaint said a lingering ammonia smell was "very bad."
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Westboro Baptist Church to Picket Funerals of Texas Explosion Victims
http://www.heavy.com/news/2013/04/westboro-baptist-church-west-texas-explosion-funerals/
Those dickheads are at it again! :mental: :bird:
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Westboro Baptist Church to Picket Funerals of Texas Explosion Victims
http://www.heavy.com/news/2013/04/westboro-baptist-church-west-texas-explosion-funerals/
Those dickheads are at it again! :mental: :bird:
Where do I show up with my guns?
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Westboro Baptist Church to Picket Funerals of Texas Explosion Victims
http://www.heavy.com/news/2013/04/westboro-baptist-church-west-texas-explosion-funerals/
Those dickheads are at it again! :mental: :bird:
I am going to predict that this will not end up well for the WBC puds.
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I really, really hope it doesn't. :mad:
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[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja9LF9k2Rjw[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skOJNFSVjRk&[/youtube]
Horrifying. The second video is near the explosion site.
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So they still have no idea what caused this? It's just so devastating to watch!
Cindie
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So they still have no idea what caused this? It's just so devastating to watch!
Cindie
All I have heard is that there was a fire. The fire dept came to put it out, and the fire caused the explosion.
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Damn Westboro, they make real baptists look bad.
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Damn Westboro, they make real baptists look bad.
Westboro is anti-Christian. They have an anti-Catholic site that also is anti-Protestant and anti-Orthodox. They believe all Christians will go to Hell.
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Westboro is anti-Christian. They have an anti-Catholic site that also is anti-Protestant and anti-Orthodox. They believe all Christians will go to Hell.
Wonder if anyone has ever escaped their clutches. Such incestuous relationships there, though I'd guess they'd have to recruit a few people along the way. Maybe they troll Stormfront or Infowars. Indoctrination starts so early, I'd think it would be hard to think for oneself.
Cindie
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Wonder if anyone has ever escaped their clutches. Such incestuous relationships there, though I'd guess they'd have to recruit a few people along the way. Maybe they troll Stormfront or Infowars. Indoctrination starts so early, I'd think it would be hard to think for oneself.
Cindie
Yes, people have left by choice or casted away for good. In fact many have left. Some left because of abuse, like Mark, Nate, Dorothea, and Catherine Phelps. Some left by choice like Joshua Phelps-Roper or Sara Phelps. Some were casted away like Chris Davis and Karl Hockenbarger. The reason ranges from being too lazy or fat to talking to someone outside the cult.
It is made up of the Phelpses, Hockenbargers, and Drains. It is one large extended family. Abuse ofball forms have occurred. There is also fornificationband children out of wedlock. Shirley Phelps-Roper has a son out of wedlock named Samuel Phelps-Roper.
Addicted To Hate
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/user/scotts/bulgarians/phelps-article.txt
Banished: Surviving My Years in the Westboro Baptist Church
http://www.amazon.com/Banished-Surviving-Westboro-Baptist-ebook/dp/B008TU2LS2
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I can't be the only one who questions the intelligence of the father who took his kid to go get a closer look at the fire at the plant. (first video on first page)
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I can't be the only one who questions the intelligence of the father who took his kid to go get a closer look at the fire at the plant. (first video on first page)
You aren't.
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All I have heard is that there was a fire. The fire dept came to put it out, and the fire caused the explosion.
The fire caused the anhydrous ammonia to explode. On top of the property damage, loss of life and injuries, it can cause respiratory problems or death for those that inhale the fumes.
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Yes, people have left by choice or casted away for good. In fact many have left. Some left because of abuse, like Mark, Nate, Dorothea, and Catherine Phelps. Some left by choice like Joshua Phelps-Roper or Sara Phelps. Some were casted away like Chris Davis and Karl Hockenbarger. The reason ranges from being too lazy or fat to talking to someone outside the cult.
It is made up of the Phelpses, Hockenbargers, and Drains. It is one large extended family. Abuse ofball forms have occurred. There is also fornificationband children out of wedlock. Shirley Phelps-Roper has a son out of wedlock named Samuel Phelps-Roper.
Addicted To Hate
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/user/scotts/bulgarians/phelps-article.txt
Banished: Surviving My Years in the Westboro Baptist Church
http://www.amazon.com/Banished-Surviving-Westboro-Baptist-ebook/dp/B008TU2LS2
Sounds like the average daytime soap!
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The fire caused the anhydrous ammonia to explode. On top of the property damage, loss of life and injuries, it can cause respiratory problems or death for those that inhale the fumes.
Since they said "fertilizer plant" I was thinking the chemical produced there was ammonium nitrate, which is a chemical I deal with at work all the time. AN is an oxydizer, meaning real problems if it gets heated or is infused with carbon-containing substances (like diesel fuel).
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Since they said "fertilizer plant" I was thinking the chemical produced there was ammonium nitrate, which is a chemical I deal with at work all the time. AN is an oxydizer, meaning real problems if it gets heated or is infused with carbon-containing substances (like diesel fuel).
I thought that was as well. AN, that is. I probably heard ammonium and assumed.
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Since they said "fertilizer plant" I was thinking the chemical produced there was ammonium nitrate, which is a chemical I deal with at work all the time. AN is an oxydizer, meaning real problems if it gets heated or is infused with carbon-containing substances (like diesel fuel).
Very low cost and important for farmers but very dangerous like you mention!
In the Midwest I know they had problems with people stealing ammonium nitrate from the portable tanks in the fields and AG COOPs to make meth. They added some type of dye tp help stop it.