A Fertilizer Plant Just Exploded Near Waco, Texas

[BSU kid]

Press Conference on Casualty information coming "soon" per NBC 5

 

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RT @krisb_kvue: Just left Hillcrest Hospital in Waco- 300 more employees calledin to help, Sykora Ford Dealership in West is opening up...

EarthThreats ‏@earththreats now
TEXAS EXPLOSION: RESIDENTS BEING EVACUATED BY SCHOOL BUSES. 'NUMBER OF CASUALTIES FEARD TO REACH 100'. CBS. -

‏@conservativesue now
HEB Pharmacy in the Woodway area is staying open all night to help accommodate those affected by the #westexplosion #CVN

 

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RT @occupycarlisle: DEVELOPING: In report, West Fertilizer Co. reported having as much as 54,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia @dallasnews...

Traditional American ‏@RightWingAngel now
RT @TexasVOAD Latham Springs Baptist Camp is open to displaced residents at 134 Private Road 223 in Aquilla. #westexplosion #west

 

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Scary. RT @KrisB_KVUE: Just got stopped in Leroy outside West & told to turn around b/c HazMat just arrived and we need respirators.

 

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Fire Is Born ‏@FireIsBorn2 now
live press conference http://www.kwtx.com/livestream #waco no help needed

honestly, I love Texas.

 

[Mini-Me]

Ugh, that's awful...so many dead, and I can only imagine the injuries may be as gruesome as Boston but on a larger scale.

 

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RT America ‏@RT_America now
Mayor says 4 to 5 firefighters who responded to original fire are unaccounted for after explosion in Texas http://on.rt.com/6anhet

 

[BSU kid]

That apartment complex was kind of "shoddy" to begin with, Google StreetView reveals:

http://goo.gl/maps/Q1yxl

 

[osan]

Tragic news. My heart goes out to those affected.

Good reason for people to start using organic fertilizer.

Just mined about a ton to a ton and a half out of the barn. Good goats.

 

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Texas Girl ‏@NurseBetty77 now
To the People in West, Texas.I can take up to 6 Horses Highland Park Estates.. Just bring your horses and Feed. 254-315-8347 Text me!

OK, that was really sweet. This tweeter was really worried about the animals. But looking at the blast area picture I posted, I don't think these houses had horses. Although if the entire area is being evacuated for fumes, there might be some, somewhere.

 

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UPDATE: EMS Director Says 60 To 70 Dead In West Explosion

video coverage and text: http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/...orted-At-West-Fertilizer-Plant-203505331.html

 

[osan]

What about anhydrous?

Boils at something like -20 or -30 degrees F. At std temp and press it is a gas. I don't know that it is explosive - I vaguely recall it as being stable and requiring some sort of sensitizer or maybe a catalyst, but I'm not really a terribly competent chemist so what in hell do I know? Lots of energy does not always mean highly explosive.

 

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Traditional American ‏@RightWingAngel now
RT @FoxNews WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Injuries reported after blast rips through Texas plant http://fxn.ws/XHEU9u

they aren't really graphic, they had to evacuate a senior convelescent home and there are a few old people in hospital gowns being taken out in wheel chairs. I don't think they are injured so much as unhappy, and not wanting to be stared at. but there are a lot of pictures of the damage

 

[BSU kid]

Traditional American ‏@RightWingAngel now
RT @FoxNews WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Injuries reported after blast rips through Texas plant http://fxn.ws/XHEU9u

they aren't really graphic, they had to evacuate a senior convelescent home and there are a few old people in hospital gowns being taken out in wheel chairs. I don't think they are injured so much as unhappy, and not wanting to be stared at. but there are a lot of pictures of the damage

First two seniors in those images are bloody, but compared to Boston they don't look like that bad of injuries.

 

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Bradley Manning☮ ‏@WarisaRacket now
Burn patients from #WestTX taken to Parkland Hospital in Dallas. Food & Comfort for families! Shelter https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...GZ3dMYUZTWnJTeEZMRUs5U0E&toomany=true#gid=0 … … #WestTXAid

 

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Conservative Sue ‏@conservativesue now
Family Members worried about loved ones affected by #westexplosion can call 254-202-1100. #cvn

 

[Anti Federalist]

Speaking of which, I heard a rumor that the Boston devices were at least initially thought to have possibly been triacetone triperoxide. If so, then whoever is responsible is SERIOUSLY insane. It is a primary high explosive compound of highly strained and thereby unstable bonds. My understanding is that the synthesis path is VERY dangerous and as likely to kill the manufacturer as any intended targets. Has anyone else heard anything similar?

Which would explain the bomb sniffing dogs not picking it up.

I'd hesitate to post it, but since just the chemical name itself probably has the feds crawling all over this thread:

It's called "Mother of Satan".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetone_peroxide

 

[Matthew5]

Which would explain the bomb sniffing dogs not picking it up.

I'd hesitate to post it, but since just the chemical name itself probably has the feds crawling all over this thread:

It's called "Mother of Satan".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetone_peroxide

<install = 'tin foil'> Boston bomber(s) trying to cover tracks?

 

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RT ‏@RT_com now
URGENT UPDATE: Over 170 hospitalized, 24 in critical condition in West, #Texas explosion - LATEST HERE http://on.rt.com/a10r5x #WestTX

 

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