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Amaryllis

(9,524 posts)
Wed Aug 30, 2017, 09:10 PM Aug 2017

Rachel on this now: Chemical Plant Near Houston Warns It's About To Explode [View all]

See this thread:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141856636
Rachel on it now.
Talking about TX (non-existant) regulations and how this is a set up for disasters.

They won't say what chemicals are in the plant; No public access to this info is required in TX.
Matt Dempsey from Houston Chroicle covering the story on Rachel now.
Experts saying it could be huge.
Government saying it won't be that big.
Just two miles down road there is another chemical plant. They are also on high potential for harm list.
Worst case scenario listed with EPA is that if they rupture there would be an environmental concern and this was with perfect meteorological conditions, which we are far from right now.







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Get thee to the greatest page malaise Aug 2017 #1
If it happens, I can just hear the government's response. Baitball Blogger Aug 2017 #2
They tell the government... Whiskeytide Aug 2017 #5
I def see a lawsuit coming if anyone is harmed by those chemicals. Baitball Blogger Aug 2017 #6
Yes. Likely. But it won't... Whiskeytide Aug 2017 #8
I would hope this whole clusterfuck will lead to us learning something nini Aug 2017 #3
I would have hoped the Fukushima disaster Warpy Aug 2017 #7
I doubt I live long enough to see something that responsible happen nini Aug 2017 #13
I know I won't. Warpy Aug 2017 #15
Must be too many nit-picking regulations causing this. rickford66 Aug 2017 #4
No, it's having much of the plant under water. Igel Aug 2017 #19
Deregulation at work. Nt HopeAgain Aug 2017 #9
Thanks to Greg Abbott, the public doesn't have the right to know Ilsa Aug 2017 #10
Dominoes falling.......... 7wo7rees Aug 2017 #11
I'm pretty sure it's an ammonia plant n/t TexasBushwhacker Aug 2017 #12
That would be deadly if concentrated vapor was released defacto7 Aug 2017 #16
Found it TexasBushwhacker Aug 2017 #18
Smoke on the water ProudLib72 Aug 2017 #21
It's not. Igel Aug 2017 #20
No word that anyone's doing anything about it.... lindysalsagal Aug 2017 #14
There is nothign they can due. It's buried in six feet of water. Amaryllis Aug 2017 #17
The problem is simple. Igel Aug 2017 #23
Organic peroxides? Speaking as a Ph.D. Chemical Engineer, Still In Wisconsin Aug 2017 #22
At least one container is on fire TexasBushwhacker Aug 2017 #24
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