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nadinbrzezinski

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16. Fertilizer has nitrates

Reply to ChangeUp106 (Reply #8)

Wed Apr 17, 2013, 09:56 PM

Apr 2013

It is highly explosive.

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Breaking: Explosion in Waco [View all] ChangeUp106 Apr 2013 OP

Will not go into the shitty jokes that just flew here nadinbrzezinski Apr 2013 #1

That sounds bad. Lone_Star_Dem Apr 2013 #2

Isn't the Waco anniversary in a few days? n/t malaise Apr 2013 #4

Day after tomorrow, April 19th. Lone_Star_Dem Apr 2013 #7

yes, arely staircase Apr 2013 #20

I do hope that this was an accident and not a malicious act..... AverageJoe90 Apr 2013 #3

the article makes it sound like a fire BainsBane Apr 2013 #5

...fertilizer plant explodes...sounds like the fertilizer was improperly stored. MADem Apr 2013 #6

Looks like it started out as a fire and fertilizer exploded malaise Apr 2013 #9

Yeah, my first thought was Lindsay Apr 2013 #11

I am from Boston, so my focus was a bit parochial. nt MADem Apr 2013 #14

Maybe It's Nothing ChangeUp106 Apr 2013 #8

If it's the same kind of fertilizer ingredient that you make dynamite out of, then Cleita Apr 2013 #12

Fertilizer has nitrates nadinbrzezinski Apr 2013 #16

Except... bobclark86 Apr 2013 #18

That's Why I Posted It ChangeUp106 Apr 2013 #29

Rachel just announced it. So it is on TV now. MSNBC for those who don't know. Cleita Apr 2013 #10

And looks nastier than the write up nadinbrzezinski Apr 2013 #13

West, TX has a thriving Czech community.. X_Digger Apr 2013 #15

A fire at the plant rekindled, took off again and led to the explosion. Lone_Star_Dem Apr 2013 #17

Boston, Ricin, Waco. Are militia's declaring war? JaneyVee Apr 2013 #19

This doesn't sound like war, it sounds like lax regulation arcane1 Apr 2013 #22

The one sounds like a flare up nadinbrzezinski Apr 2013 #24

Yep. There's a lot of highly explosive stuff hifiguy Apr 2013 #39

That's just too easy, and it recalls Timothy McVeigh nt flamingdem Apr 2013 #21

A source said that a large swatch of the small town has been leveled. FarCenter Apr 2013 #23

Looks like a nuke malaise Apr 2013 #25

Conventional explosions can do that nadinbrzezinski Apr 2013 #27

Any large explosion that produces high temperatures will produce a cloud like that NutmegYankee Apr 2013 #30

Good stuff malaise Apr 2013 #31

Indeed, I hope they are OK. NutmegYankee Apr 2013 #33

Now on a very serious note, who represents this town in Cngress? nadinbrzezinski Apr 2013 #26

Bill Flores FarCenter Apr 2013 #32

Not just an R, but part of the 2010 Tea Party caucus nadinbrzezinski Apr 2013 #34

CNN reports it's too close to call SoonerPride Apr 2013 #28

heres the police radio from the area rdking647 Apr 2013 #35

Wow, they are draining the swimming pool nadinbrzezinski Apr 2013 #36

a second tank is reportedly on fire rdking647 Apr 2013 #37

For once I am glad I am far nadinbrzezinski Apr 2013 #40

firefighters where trying to put a fire out when the explosion happened rdking647 Apr 2013 #38

CBS broke in and said there are at least a hundred injured, and fatalities as well. MADem Apr 2013 #41