This fire in Waxahachie is a big deal...

[w8liftinglady]

Downwinders At Risk have been active in this area for DECADES about risks in the cement and chemical industries here in Central Texas

You can get more info here:
http://downwindersatrisk.org/

[livetohike]

1. I hope you aren't nearby w8liftinglady

Thanks for the link :hi:.

[w8liftinglady]

3. Unfortunately,I am in the plume path...

I told my kids to spend the night at their grandma's... they are at the State Fair right now...

[Horse with no Name]

7. You need to get on out of there too if you can

the ER's are going to be packed tonight.

[dixiegrrrrl]

28. EPA says no air threat. Better....RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!

[livetohike]

9. Oh no

:hug: Hope this gets under control immediately.

[w8liftinglady]

10. The bummer is- tons of chemicals have been released

it's a fairly low residency area... but this big black plume is drifting towards DFW full of chemicals

[livetohike]

20. I lived in Houston years ago (early '80's). The refinery fires

were scary, but this one is something else. Do they even know the chemical mix? I lived downwind of several chemical factories when living in Pgh. I had numerous migraines and that is probably why :-(.

[w8liftinglady]

22. they don't have the msds sheets yet. I bet the ER is hopping!

[livetohike]

23. Take care. Please check in and let us know you all are okay

:hug:

[w8liftinglady]

24. I have a mask that protects against EVERYTHING

I am wearing it as I round the neighborhood

[Horse with no Name]

2. Stay safe down there

but the fact that nobody is talking about any injuries yet is kind of frightening considering the toxic chemicals that are being used.

[w8liftinglady]

4. They are strangely quiet. MULTIPLE HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS

[Horse with no Name]

5. I know.

I am not a whizbangkid at chemicals, but was wondering if an explosion of the ammonia, sulfuric, hydrochloric, nitric and phosphoric acids had the capacity to literally vaporize anyone that was in its path? That is why there isn't any injuries?

[Dennis Donovan]

6. Link to the fire story:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/03/us/texas-chemical-fire/

[Romulox]

8. "Raise to the bottom" has been Texas' economic program for decades.

This is the "low tax/low regulation" environment they often brag of...

[Texasgal]

11. Are you safe honey?

Please be careful!

[w8liftinglady]

12. I have a direct escape route... too late for the chemicals

[Texasgal]

13. I'd leave if I were you!

Better safe than sorry!

Keep us posted! :hugs:

[w8liftinglady]

14. according to the fire chief

there was a 'reaction" between two chemicals...
They thought they had the fire under control...then there was another release of chemicals with "liquid fire"

[malaise]

15. What Texas needs is a slow moving tropical storm

with two days of rain

[w8liftinglady]

16. no kidding!

[TBF]

29. I've been praying for that for weeks -

unfortunately the imaginary folks in the sky don't listen to me anymore than they listen to Rick Perry ...

Although when I do spend a few hours watering the lawn that seems to bring some showers, so I'll go back to that method. :)

[salin]

17. Take that escape route - asap!

[w8liftinglady]

19. I'm making sure my elderly neighbors don't need help..

[CrispyQ]

18. The footage on CNN is stunning.

Take care.

[Texasgal]

21. Agreed.

It's horrible.

[w8liftinglady]

25. without comment - letter printed in Waxahachie Daily Light yesterday

http://www.thedailylight.com/articles/2011/10/03/opinion/doc4e88d2774d654921602918.txt

There has been much in the news lately about how new EPA regulations will force Texas power plants to close. Power company operators and states have sued to stop implementation of the new regulations. In that litigation, the EPA has recently disclosed that it will hire 230,000 new employees at an estimated cost of $21 billion annually, in order to process all the extra paperwork required by the new regulations.

That cost does not include the economic impact of the regulations themselves -- such as the higher utility costs we in Texas will end up paying.

In short, Obama and the “greenniks” are about to cost us another $21 billion in taxes every year as well as higher electric bills

This is irrational even in good times, but especially so at a time when the economy is in the tank, unemployment is high, and we are laying off school teachers.

Bob Rader,

Oak Leaf

[GeorgeGist]

26. Ecologic degradation isn't cheaper.

[unhappycamper]

27. Be safe, my Friend....

:hug: