Hurricane Laura causes 'extremely dangerous' spill at Louisiana chemical plant

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Source: The Independent

Louise Boyle
@LouiseB_NY
in 24 minutes

An "extremely dangerous" chemical leak has happened at a plant in Lake Charles, Louisiana, according to reports, and breached a major highway.

The spill has flowed over the I-10, the cross-country highway connecting the southern states from Florida to California.

Storm chaser, Jeff Piotrowski, posted: "Chemical leak south side of I-10 west Lake area west of Lake Charles. 911 is aware they are overwhelmed."

Fox metereologist, Brad Sowder, tweeted that it was an "extremely dangerous situation".

A cloud can be seen over a plant in the video and pictures posted on social media.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/hurricane-laura-chemical-plant-leak-lake-charles-louisiana-a9691731.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1598540771

[BumRushDaShow]

1. There was a different chaser there earlier this morning who was near it showing it

and Brett Adair (another chaser) just arrived near that site and is streaming a view of it from a nearby casino lot.

[Budi]

2. Thanks! Here is his Twitter & the pics.

He's got more area pics at this twitter acct.

And here's his FBook with Videos
https://m.facebook.com/LiveStormsMedia/videos/3419534101441052

Link to tweet

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Yup and what is really bad too is what happened to the Lake Charles Doppler Radar

pics of which he also tweeted (I usually watch his chasers during these events - have one on now). That radar is probably one of the closest to the Gulf watching what comes in near that area.

Link to tweet

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Brett Adair
@AlaStormTracker
Better view of the radome up close at @NWSLakeCharles
Image
11:20 AM · Aug 27, 2020

This is it before it was blown apart -



Same thing happened to the San Juan radar and it took 9 months for them to replace it.

San Juan Doppler after Hurricane Maria (2017)



ETA - I had captured a grab one one of the last radar images from KLCH radar sent out at landfall before it was destroyed -

[ProfessorGAC]

4. According To This, It's Chlorine Gas

This & another station report a shelter in place order. Ventilation systems to be turned off.
It doesn't show the inventory of chlorine at the site though.

https://www.wdsu.com/article/state-police-hazmat-arrives-to-fire-at-gas-refinery-in-lake-charles/33822285

[Bengus81]

5. And they LIED about it this morning....

I was watching CBS who had hurricane reporters at a hotel who called to let them know of a possible fire or something, They were told it was a normal operation of letting off pressure, steam or something and not to worry about it.