Waco explosion: I know we've not agreed on a lot ot of stuff in these forums, but may I just say that our thoghts are with you on this occasion.

Wellhiem Loc: Sunny England.

I know we've not agreed on a lot ot of stuff in these forums, but may I just say that our thoghts are with you on this occasion.

busted_shutter

Totally agree. Waconian born, altho haven't been back for years. Thoughts 'n' Prayers Texas.

GWR100 Loc: England

Likewise, thinking of those affected.

Wellhiem wrote:

I know we've not agreed on a lot ot of stuff in these forums, but may I just say that our thoghts are with you on this occasion.

JR1 Loc: Tavistock, Devon, UK

How many more catastrophes must the USA suffer, poor innocent fire fighters and residents

Malcolm B Loc: Leicester (UK)

I only hope that this was an accident rather than some idiot jumping on the back of the Boston bombings.

Our thoughts are with all those involved, dead, injured and emergency services.

twowindsbear

What happened?

SpeedyWilson Loc: Upstate South Carolina

Last night, a fertilizer plant exploded in a small Texas town called West, near Waco. Maybe as many as 15 were reportedly killed, and hundreds injured.

Probably a bigger disaster than Boston (in regards to loss of life and property), but hopefully an accident, not the work of a terrorist.

http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/texas/explosion-at-west-texas-fertilizer-plant

RixPix Loc: Miami, Florida

MisterWilson wrote:

Last night, a fertilizer plant exploded in a small Texas town called West, near Waco. Maybe as many as 15 were reportedly killed, and hundreds injured.

Probably a bigger disaster than Boston (in regards to loss of life and property), but hopefully an accident, not the work of a terrorist.

http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/texas/explosion-at-west-texas-fertilizer-plant

Let's hope that it is an true accident and not some employer negligence.

tlbuljac Loc: Oklahoma

another tragic loss of life.....sad, very sad

Blake Loc: Alfred NY

Wellhiem wrote:

I know we've not agreed on a lot ot of stuff in these forums, but may I just say that our thoghts are with you on this occasion.

Amen

DennisK Loc: Pickle City,Illinois

JR1 wrote:

How many more catastrophes must the USA suffer, poor innocent fire fighters and residents

It's the beginning of the end,my brother.

TrainNut Loc: Ridin' the rails

DennisK wrote:

It's the beginning of the end,my brother.

:thumbup:

SHUTERED Loc: SO. CAL.

RixPix wrote:

Let's hope that it is an true accident and not some employer negligence.

I don't think you should hold yor breath. This is hearsay, but I have read 2 things. One is that the facility hadn't been inspected since 2006. The other, lightening set it off. Now it becomes which came first - the chicken or the egg? If it was lightening, did it set it off because of blatent code violations or was it pure chance? Now we will never know because there is nothing left!

Danilo Loc: Las Vegas

SHUTERED wrote:

I don't think you should hold yor breath. This is hearsay, but I have read 2 things. One is that the facility hadn't been inspected since 2006. The other, lightening set it off. Now it becomes which came first - the chicken or the egg? If it was lightening, did it set it off because of blatent code violations or was it pure chance? Now we will never know because there is nothing left!

It may appear there is nothing left, SHUTERED, but the arson investigators will have plenty to look at, they are extremely clever people! I'm not, however, suggesting it was arson...just that those are the investigators who will be looking into this. I noticed your comment about a possible lightning strike on another thread, but could find no reports that agree with that. We'll have to wait to find out the cause of this unfortunate catastrophe.
We had a similar explosion here in '88, at a plant making solid rocket fuel for the space shuttle project. They were using some poor storage practices with ammonium perchlorate; very nasty stuff. Amazing damage to homes in the surrounding areas, but surprisingly little loss of life or injury.

SHUTERED Loc: SO. CAL.

Danilo wrote:

It may appear there is nothing left, SHUTERED, but... (show quote)

yes Danilo- I remember that. It was bad too. I hope your right about the arson aces finding something out. tnx