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04-17-2013, 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by rsx  Has the cause been determined? | Would doubt they'd be even to get close, like any huge fire, it's still smoldering and there are pockets or sparks/flames.
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04-17-2013, 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Soundy Plant was already on fire well before the big blast: | JESUS FUCK. That would be unexplainably terrifying.
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04-17-2013, 09:21 PM
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I hope this has nothing to do with the Boston Marathon.
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04-17-2013, 09:26 PM
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Almost the 20th anniversairy of the Waco Siege.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_siege
Fascinating story that I bet most people have not heard of.. (including myself)
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04-17-2013, 09:27 PM
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70-80 confirmed dead among many fire fighters too, fuck this shit man..  | |
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04-17-2013, 09:29 PM
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04-17-2013, 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by LiquidTurbo | It sounds like the Movie "red state" is loosely based on this story.
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04-17-2013, 10:07 PM
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#33 | | I have named my kids VIC and VLS
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Amonium nitrate is the main component in "ANFO"
ANFO (or AN/FO, for ammonium nitrate/fuel oil) is a widely used bulk industrial explosive mixture.
It consists of 94 percent porous prilled ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3), (AN) that acts as the oxidizing agent and absorbent for the fuel – six percent number 2 fuel oil (FO).[1]
ANFO has found wide use in coal mining, quarrying, metal mining, and civil construction in undemanding applications where the advantages of ANFO's low cost and ease of use matter more than the benefits offered by conventional industrial explosives, such as water resistance, oxygen balance, high detonation velocity, and performance in small diameters.[2]
It accounts for an estimated 80% of the 6,000,000,000 pounds (2.7×109 kg) of explosives used annually in North America.[3]
The press and other media have used the term ANFO loosely and imprecisely in describing IEDs, in cases of fertilizer bombs.[4]
My uncle is a manager for a mine where ANFO is the main explosive used. In the Oklahoma city bombing McVeigh used "The bomb consisted of about 5,000 pounds (2,300 kg) of ammonium nitrate and nitromethane, and motor-racing fuel
at this small mine my uncle runs their supply of ANFO is like 100,000 pounds and this is a relatively small mine. Albeit with ANFO in the form needed to be used as an explosive you need proper ignition equipment, and even when blown to nothing these ignitors can be traced back to the person/company who purchased them, its highly regulated
so if a small mine has that much imagine a facility like this producing it? that video is scary it looks like a fire ball comes right at the vehicle
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04-17-2013, 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by westopher It sounds like the Movie "red state" is loosely based on this story. | it was
Im actually surprise how many ppl don t know about waco i was a kid when it happened but remember it being on the news all the timeheck even to this day there are special reports about it
makes me wonder how many ppl know about the mass cult suicide in California http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven'...eligious_group)
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04-17-2013, 11:35 PM
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the blast radius: 
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04-18-2013, 12:09 AM
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^ I'm just hoping there were no kids playing in that playground/park by the school at the time of the explosion
damn if i saw that mushroom cloud in the sky I would've thought someone tried to nuke my town.
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04-18-2013, 12:19 AM
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fertilizer plants are dangerous, im surprised they didnt call for an evacuation of residents when the fire started.
so tragic, rip
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04-18-2013, 12:51 AM
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Originally Posted by E-SPEC 70-80 confirmed dead among many fire fighters too, fuck this shit man.. | Were did you hear that CNN has only 2 confirmed dead but do think the number will be 50 to 100 plus.
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04-18-2013, 01:12 AM
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^ exactly, a lot of reports of different numbers. I also just read on cnn 2 confirmed but on news1130 60 to 70 people and between 50-75 homes destroyed but they didn't say confirmed. The number definitely will be more than 2.
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04-18-2013, 02:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Soundy | "dad please get out of here!"
...daddy can't hear either lol
shit that was a huge explosion, good thing their windows were rolled down, otherwise they'd get glass in their faces
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04-18-2013, 02:58 AM
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#41 | | I STILL don't get it
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that video is like Blaire Witch Project
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04-18-2013, 04:00 AM
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shit.....just seeing those flames and knowing what kind of chemical's are in that place i would get the hell away.
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04-18-2013, 05:59 AM
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The number of dead remained unclear, with police saying it could be between five and 15. More than 160 people were injured and "three to four" firefighters were missing or unaccounted for, officials said.
U.S. intelligence official: no indication the blast is related to terrorism Explosion hits fertilizer plant north of Waco, Texas - CNN.com | |
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04-18-2013, 09:34 AM
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In before CharlesinCharge saying it's the government
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04-18-2013, 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Not really racist! | This is actually a photo from a 2008 refinery explosion in Big Springs, TX. West Texas Oil Refinery Explodes, Injures 4 People | Fox News
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04-18-2013, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by GabAlmighty In before CharlesinCharge saying it's the government | Flase flag man. Alex Jones is already spinning it.
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04-18-2013, 12:25 PM
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04-18-2013, 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by tonyvu the blast radius: | WOW, if they were recording from any closer they would literally be ashes now ...
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04-19-2013, 05:54 AM
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JUST IN: Law enforcement says 12 bodies have been recovered after yesterday's #Texas fertilizer plant blast.
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