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timdog44

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10. They had as of 2012 270 tons of ammonium

Reply to pipoman (Reply #4)

Tue May 7, 2013, 10:39 AM

May 2013

nitrate in storage, which is 1350 times the amount that they were permitted to have. And the company should have reporte that thye had this much as this how it is to be done. Self reporting and no over sight.

Any farmer who has to blow up a stump or two knows that ammonium nitrate is what to use to blast the stump out of the ground. So many people know this is a very explosive chemical as it what was use in Oklahoma City by Timothy McVeigh.

The owner of the plant only carried a $1,000,000 liability insurance policy. http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-texas-fertilizer-plant-insurance-20130504,0,4743622.story Maybe Dick Perry should kick in the rest of the multiple hundreds of millions that this is going to eventually cost.

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Ammonium Nitrate Was Cause of Texas Explosion, State Agency Says [View all] Hissyspit May 2013 OP

So will the owner go to prison for leaving such huge quantities onsite? Nah, he's rich. nt valerief May 2013 #1

How much was there? And how much did they need this time of year.. pipoman May 2013 #4

They had as of 2012 270 tons of ammonium timdog44 May 2013 #10

lots of problems with this it seems.. pipoman May 2013 #11

Permited by Fire Dept? or DHS? One_Life_To_Give May 2013 #17

I am sure it has to be timdog44 May 2013 #18

SARA title 3 required reporting to the Fire Dept. One_Life_To_Give May 2013 #19

and probably a donor to cement head perry. nt Javaman May 2013 #6

duh heaven05 May 2013 #2

No shit nt LiberalEsto May 2013 #3

Sherlock Holmes would be proud. And it only took three weeks. Buzz Clik May 2013 #5

They are still trying to connect the dots after learning about the fire on an arson hotline Brother Buzz May 2013 #16

No shit Dick Tracy appleannie1 May 2013 #7

Any recent word on the legal issues? Jerry442 May 2013 #8

I see a lot John2 May 2013 #9

With virtually no liability coverage, it's a race against time. sofa king May 2013 #13

I don't know if the company or even the owner had a lot of assets LeftInTX May 2013 #15

So maybe his clock will run out first. sofa king May 2013 #22

Ahh, durr... bobclark86 May 2013 #12

And all this time I thought it was criminal negligence. Scuba May 2013 #14

Best response yet. nt Earth_First May 2013 #20

Their subtle spin tells gullible readers that a substance, not a person, was responsible. Scuba May 2013 #21