Fertilizer plant near Waco TX, explodes. Get JMC there, stat.

[Gorki]

http://www.kwkt.com/news/caught-came...sion-near-waco

Video here. Massive explosion.

Intense. Link says early reports are 60 - 70 dead.

[Tajin]

CAUGHT ON CAMERA, is the first thing it shows, media ftmfw

[Kenshiin]

[Sepukku]

preliminary report on yahoo news says a nursing home collapsed as well as numerous nearby buildings all damaged / collapsed.

http://news.yahoo.com/police-report-...015859240.html

[Moss]

almost

[archibaldcrane]

oh my god

[Fievel]

Holy fuck, that is crazy.

[Eleven19]

Jesus Christ I hope the 60-70 is way off base.. I mean 1 is too many, 60-70 starts to get incomprehensible..

I've never seen anything like that explosion, that's just unreal. Now they're talking about the chemicals in the air.. This really sounds like its going to be a major situation. Basically burning poison now right?

[Abandon]

near waco? well, fuck. gotta call back to home and see if folks i know down there are okay. wait, no. facespace, here i come

[elison]

Guy on another forum i frequent (d2jsp) said he lives 20 miles away and many of his windows, including his vehicles windshield, were shattered... what the fuck

[Eleven19]

Holy fuck this guy called in talking to Piers Morgan and said his house shook about 50 miles away. 50 fucking miles? That's insane..

USGS registered a 2.1.. Wow, just from an explosion.

[elison]

inb4/during tin foil douche bags "GOVERNMENT COVER UP TO GET YOUR EYES OFF OF BOSTON"

[Gorki]

inb4/during tin foil douche bags "GOVERNMENT COVER UP TO GET YOUR EYES OFF OF BOSTON"

Spoiler: show

Edit; pretty sure Hank hated west Texas... coincidence?

[Ksandra]

[archibaldcrane]

Every 20 years or so a building full of bullshit needs to die in a fire in Waco, amirite?

[myreality]

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/17/us/anh...ers/index.html

Firefighters at the scene of a massive fertilizer plant explosion in Texas were concerned Wednesday night about anhydrous ammonia.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, anhydrous ammonia is a pungent gas with suffocating fumes that is used as a fertilizer.
When exposed to humans, it can cause various problems:
• Anhydrous means without water
• Anhydrous ammonia can rapidly cause dehydration and severe burns if it combines with water in the body
• Symptoms can include breathing difficulty; irritation of the eyes, nose or throat; burns or blisters.
• Exposure to high concentrations can lead to death.
• Victims require treatment with large quantities of water for at least 15 minutes
• It must be stored at high pressure, according to the University of Minnesota.
• It is a low-cost, highly effective nitrogen-based fertilizer, the University of Arkansas said.
• It is one part nitrogen and three parts hydrogen.
• When released, the vapors initially move close to the ground, causing greater risk for exposure.
One of the worst disasters in U.S. history involving a form of ammonia occurred in April 1947 when a ship loaded with ammonium nitrate -- a solid fertlizer composed of ammonia and nitrogen -- caught fire while docked in Texas City, Texas, in April 1947. The fire caused an explosion that damaged more than 1,000 buildings, according to the website of the Texas Historical Association.
The blast ignited a fire on a second ship dockef in Galveston Bay that was also loaded with ammonium nitrate. With most of the city's fire fighters killed in the first blast, the fire burned for 16 hours and caused another huge explosion. Volunteers fought to put out subsequent blazes.
The historical association said almost 400 people were killed and more than 175 were listed as missing. Only a few bodies in the dock area were even recovered.

[Hatedregret]

Damn Texas. Pick a different export.

[kuronosan]

The good news is the ground will be able to support more crops this year.

[Boyiee]

Saw the fire on CNN when I got home - Looks like they evacuated the entire town, no fly zones etc. Pretty nasty shit.

That explosion is insane. Reminds me of that one 10-20 years ago where you could see the shockwave coming. Every so many years some major explosion or something happens at industrial plants or whatever.

[Abandon]

Spoiler: show

Edit; pretty sure Hank hated west Texas... coincidence?

waco isn't west texas, thanks for playing