2 Homes Leveled in Indianapolis by Explosion, Damage to Multiple Homes

[ClydeCoulter]

Explosion, approx 11pm Nov 10,2012, destroys 2 homes completely and damages many others in a neighborhood in Indianapolis

http://www.indystar.com/viewart/201...omes-damages-18-others-Indianapolis-Southside
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie...SION?SITE=ININS&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4977644...homes-flattened-south-indianapolis-explosion/

 

[specsaregood]

dang. one of the drones finally get to make use of the gps coordinates all the census takers took?

 

[JK/SEA]

odd...

 

[maskander]

Yeah Im less than 4 miles away from this mess, the shockwave we felt was the most terriyfing thing I have ever experienced, the preceding blast put me into shtf mode. they still don't know what caused this.

 

[youngbuck]

It's gotta be either a perfect storm natural gas explosion, a meth lab (least likely), or somebody who was manufacturing explosives had a slip up. I mean, clearly, that was a powerful, high-velocity explosion.

Edit: I'm leaning towards NG because nearby house were engulfed in flames. Most explosives probably wouldn't do that.

 

[tod evans]

Very unlikely any type of gas, including ether from a lab, the oxygen/gas ratio would have had to been perfect and even then I'd wonder..

C-4 or Semtex is my bet..

 

[youngbuck]

Very unlikely any type of gas, including ether from a lab, the oxygen/gas ratio would have had to been perfect and even then I'd wonder..

C-4 or Semtex is my bet..

Yea, that's why I said "perfect storm" vis-a-vis the NG. But, and I'm not very familiar with explosives, I wouldn't expect C-4 or Semtex to catch nearby houses on fire. Well, I guess it could sever their gas lines and those would catch fire. Hmmm.

 

[tod evans]

Wonder if us "mundanes" will be told the truth?

 

[JK/SEA]

2 homes going up from gas at the same time?.....or did one set off the other at the same time?...or?

 

[JK/SEA]

Wonder if us "mundanes" will be told the truth?

guaranteed...truth is relative fyi.

 

[maskander]

gas company said in a live press conference there was no gas leak.......so not an airplane, not a gas leak, so meth lab, or a drone strike, or bomb is all I can think of.

 

[tod evans]

Who's dead?

Who profited from their death?

 

[pcosmar]

odd...

Nope.

Propane/Natural Gas explosions are almost common.
Though there is little media coverage of the "safest" fuel.

Google it.
http://www.google.com/search?q=prop...7IGICA&sqi=2&ved=0CAQQ_AUoAA&biw=1452&bih=706

 

[AFPVet]

Natural gas may be clean and a viable source of energy, but it can be very dangerous. All it takes is the right combination of factors to cause a very large boom.

 

[ctiger2]

At my last residence I called the gas company 3X to report leaks. The gaskets used in the piping gets decayed over time by the gas.

 

[pcosmar]

Sad for the folks involved there,, But that pic brought a song to mind.

 

[tod evans]

"Perfect" mixture out of a cutting torch;

 

[angelatc]

Let the market decide. Everybody older than 20 knows that natural gas can and ill explode. Propane is even more likely to go up. The risk is worth the reward. But the government will no doubt ban natural gas, to keep us safe. And hundreds of people will freeze to death while 10's of people don't blow up.

Natural gas - when I lived in Carmel, IN we had a gas dryer installed. The guy left, and I started smelling gas. They came back, and said they couldn't find anything but it certainly wasn't the dryer. Not being much of a believer in coincidences, I called the gas company. He also said he couldn't find it, and it was probably just a small leak that wouldn't hurt anything.

I've lived in houses that use gas for most of my life, and I have never heard such nonsense. I finally had my Dad come over, and he put the right connector on the dryer. That's why I prefer to do these things myself. It's absurd to trust "professionals" these days.

 

[ShaneEnochs]

There were a couple guys in my old neighborhood that were screwing around with propane takes near the river. I don't know how many propane tanks there were, but I know the guys were basically vaporized, and people up to 5 miles away felt the ground move.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Very unlikely any type of gas, including ether from a lab, the oxygen/gas ratio would have had to been perfect and even then I'd wonder..

C-4 or Semtex is my bet..

unless it was a welding accident involving an unstable acetylene tank, but then again I have never seen a house leveled like that from an accident or fire. Maybe a gasline leak?