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Huge Explosion at Texas Fertilizer Plant
A massive explosion took place around 8:50pm ET at a fertilizer plant in a small town in Texas. The cause of the explosion is not precisely known, but the plant was on fire beforehand. The casualty reports are tentative and expected to rise, but two people are dead and over 150 are injured. Firefighters responding to the initial fire are unaccounted for. Over a thousand residents have been evacuated from their homes. Officials are worried about the volatility of another tank at the plant, but also about the potential damage from exposure to anhydrous ammonia. The blast was heard in Dallas, 75 miles away. "There are lots of houses that are leveled within a two-block radius. A lot of other homes are damaged as well outside that radius." A brief YouTube video shows the explosion of the plant.
"It was a like a nuclear bomb went off," Muska said.
Maybe we could drop a *real* nuclear bomb on Muska, show him what one of those is like.
The cause of the explosion is not precisely known, but the plant was on fire beforehand.
Golly, do you think there's a connection?
No sig today...
You're a fucking idiot.
- How long do you think it would take the emergency services in a small town in central Texas (West is a VERY fucking small town of less than 3,000 people) to evacuate everyone in the area? There's not enough fucking personnel to make door-to-door fast enough and even then stubborn fucks don't want to do what "TEH GUBMINTZERS!!!!" tell them to, even when it means they're going to get blown to shit and back. Fuck you.
- Chemical plants catch on fucking fire. They're incredibly dangerous places. Having lived in Texas my entire fucking life I can name off about a dozen instances of fires in various chemical facilities over the years. SOME, not all, have evolved into large explosions like this one. Fucking nothing about this seems "abnormal" for a situation like this. Again, fuck you.
- Your face needs further clarification from a fucking claw hammer. Fuck you and die.
Go Right-to-Work states. I mean right to summarily fire your employees for complaining about dangerous conditions.... I get those confused.
Best part is that fertilizer will be more expensive ths year! Go Business!