j_k_redtail
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This is the location in question. Look at the size of the tank:
http://goo.gl/maps/ELSB5
Also note the proximity of the middle school, and the hospital just to the west.
Explosions reported at a fertilizer plant just outside Waco, Texas
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This is the location in question. Look at the size of the tank:
http://goo.gl/maps/ELSB5
Also note the proximity of the middle school, and the hospital just to the west.
indigo-cyclops
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OKC bombings employed large quantities of it. But man, this is crazy.
Hoping for the best with this situation.
Devolution
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It was just another knot in the string of events where the feds completely fucked up and killed innocents in the process of dealing with an extremist individual. They could have dealt with Koresh offsite. Same with Randy Weaver. Instead women and children ended up dead because of standoffs/sieges.
maquiladora
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Alligatorjandro
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Man thats terrible,like the worst place to explode.Hope there arent many injuries.
This is a good question.
I was just thinking this. Why is it so close to residential structures?
BlazingDarkness
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Thankfully the school would have been closed at this time.
legacyzero
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Holy cow
ChainedMaster
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Anyone remember the Texas City explosion?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_Disaster
Fertilizer-loaded boat catches fire, explodes, kills 581 people. Thousands injured. Thousands left homeless. Explosion shattered windows miles away. Fertilizer ain't no joke.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_Disaster
Fertilizer-loaded boat catches fire, explodes, kills 581 people. Thousands injured. Thousands left homeless. Explosion shattered windows miles away. Fertilizer ain't no joke.
grimshawish
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Hopefully no one is too badly hurt :/
Explosion that big must have had some force though.
Explosion that big must have had some force though.
What the fuck city planner?
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Gas lines link up homes no? I remember a huge explosion due to what might have been a gas leak that burned a whole neighborhood a few years ago, in Sacramento or some such I forget.
So it doesn't surprise, but yeah I agree.
Devolution
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San Bruno gas pipeline explosion. Not sure what this has to do with a fertilizer plant.
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I'm saying a lot of houses are straight connected to gas pipe lines, which can blow up a whole neighborhood, which is obviously crazy and unsafe, so not surprised that some fertilizer plant would be near houses/hospitals.
But it seems like the people weren't killed. They were blocks away and are still alive. Initial reports seemed like it was much worse
This is Texas. Wouldn't be surprised if West had little or no zoning laws/ordinances. For example, Houston, the 3rd largest city in the country, has no zoning laws.
live video.
http://www.myfoxdfw.com/category/234333/live
http://www.myfoxdfw.com/category/234333/live
True Underdog
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Surprised Houston doesn't have zoning laws, Dallas has them.. West not having them doesn't surprise me, however.
It is a horrifically ugly and random city too. No offense. Great food, nice people, ugly as fuck. No rhyme or reason. I saw loft buildings, LOFTS opposite a sprawling strip mall, beside my manicured hotel lawn. Just random shit.
Yeah, Houston is to be avoided except for traveling out of George Bush Intercontinental.
BlazingDarkness
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holy crap that is a lot of ambulances/fire engines. All these traffic jams. It's like a Sim City screenshot 
yeah that's not from today, we had overcast skies with expected thunderstorms today.
it's the other way around, the plant came first, people then built their homes around it because the land was cheap and jobs next door. What you should be asking is why would someone want to live so close to something so dangerous?
j_k_redtail
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Per CNN,* who is citing the Department of Public Safety: The nursing home nearby has collapsed and a number of people are feared to be trapped inside.
*make of that what you will
*make of that what you will
In a lot of places this would not be allowed. Zoning laws in a lot of places would prevent this.
Demoncarnotaur
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Did anyone see the video of the explosion? http://www.kwkt.com/news/caught-camera-fertilizer-plant-explosion-near-waco
Terrifyingly huge.
Terrifyingly huge.
Devolution
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Because people need to live somewhere that's why. This is why zoning laws are a must though. That land shouldn't have been developed into schools, nursing homes and housing.
maquiladora
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I think he's talking about Waco. Could be wrong... but everyone here (tx) always talks about how ugly Waco is.
holy shizzzzle
maquiladora
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Wow.....
BlazingDarkness
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christ
holy shit! and that poor kid...
Earthstrike
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Huh? Insurance companies are going to have to make some gigantic fucking payouts.
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