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dixiegrrrrl

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18. First reports said 50 to 70 houses and businesses were destroyed.

Reply to cbdo2007 (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 19, 2013, 01:38 PM

Apr 2013

Including a nursing home and a Jr. High school across the street from the blast.
So they were going door to door at first light to see who was missing.
Sadly, the wreckage needs to be cleared to find any bodies.
The firemen who were directly in the blast have been given up for dead at this point.

ENORMOUS blast and pressue wave, very small town, everthing was close to everything else.

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BREAKING: 12 dead, 35 missing, about 200 injured in Texas West fertilizer plant explosion [View all] dixiegrrrrl Apr 2013 OP

K&R OneGrassRoot Apr 2013 #1

Wow, I can't believe so many are still missing. cbdo2007 Apr 2013 #2

With the magnitude of that blast, there may not be much left of some of them. BlueStreak Apr 2013 #11

First reports said 50 to 70 houses and businesses were destroyed. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2013 #18

Well the Rand Paul regulatory theory is if your work blows up then people won't work there Johonny Apr 2013 #3

Hey but they can recover damages for those who died in the courts? cascadiance Apr 2013 #4

Rand Paul Chaco Dundee Apr 2013 #15

Horrific. SunSeeker Apr 2013 #5

Definitely not a good week for the US. Beacool Apr 2013 #6

12 from the plant Catherine Vincent Apr 2013 #7

Most of them seem to have been volunteer firefighters NoPasaran Apr 2013 #17

Dunno at this point.. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2013 #19

good god marions ghost Apr 2013 #8

So that's probably 47 dead. Patiod Apr 2013 #9

This was just a tragic accident...NOT..This was CRIMINAL neglect.. Tikki Apr 2013 #10

People are going to go to jail for this one. AtheistCrusader Apr 2013 #12

You know what went wrong and who's to blame, and even go so far as to call it criminal... Demo_Chris Apr 2013 #21

I don't give a shit where it was located. AtheistCrusader Apr 2013 #22

Still too soon for political blame, need to find the rest of the dead first. TwilightGardener Apr 2013 #13

Realistically fertilizer is very dangerous in hands of terrorists golfguru Apr 2013 #14

I haven't seen anything about this on the news. A terrible tragedy. sabrina 1 Apr 2013 #16

How crazy is our country. Boston experienced a horrible glowing Apr 2013 #20

Good post malaise Apr 2013 #23

Good post! byeya Apr 2013 #26

Thank you. I'm sorry I had so many mis-spellings on that post. I was on the iPhone. glowing Apr 2013 #32

During weeks like this one there is no time for the grammar police malaise Apr 2013 #33

There is another reason nadinbrzezinski Apr 2013 #25

I think my ending thought is the need to find our heart. turn toward one another. glowing Apr 2013 #29

I agree, but it's the modern media nadinbrzezinski Apr 2013 #30

Agreed. They certainly do pick and choose some odd things to grab hold of... glowing Apr 2013 #34

I don't like the idea of pitting West against Boston Skittles Apr 2013 #35

Yes, they both deserve recognition. glowing Apr 2013 #36

last night i saw the death toll reported as 80 or more & 100. HiPointDem Apr 2013 #24

The wording is being ..tactful.... dixiegrrrrl Apr 2013 #27

Meanwhile, at the Legion of Doom Rick Perry Rex Apr 2013 #28

Last Inspection Of West, Texas Fertilizer Plant Was In 1985 (also paid fine in 2011) ProSense Apr 2013 #31