NashvilleNinja Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/17/us/texas-explosion/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 An explosion ripped through a fertilizer plant Wednesday night in the town of West, Texas, sending a massive fireball into the sky and causing dozens of injuries, officials said. A hospital in nearby Waco, Texas, has been told to anticipate 100 injured people coming in from the fertilizer plant area, an official at the medical facility said. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctm Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 On Friday, it will be 20 years to the day of the FBI Waco seige. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stan Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 Accident? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkiller Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 http://videos.digg.com/post/48255205917/an-explosion-at-a-fertilizer-plant-in-west-texas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NashvilleNinja Posted April 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 http://videos.digg.com/post/48255205917/an-explosion-at-a-fertilizer-plant-in-west-texas And the father of the year award goes to... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkiller Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 Not his fault. How would he know? I do blame him for holding his phone vertically... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonboy Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 http://videos.digg.com/post/48255205917/an-explosion-at-a-fertilizer-plant-in-west-texas Just watched that! Holy crap! Not his fault. How would he know? I do blame him for holding his phone vertically... It drives me crazy when people film in portrait. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonboy Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 After you've watched it once, go back and start pausing/unpausing around 26 seconds. It's almost unreal to see. I realize that's what an explosion is, but it's still just astounding to watch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercalius Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 Certainly puts action movie bullshit in a whole new context. They were...what, 300 yards or more away from that and it still rattled their vehicle like they were treading water next to a bellyflop. Crazy stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
titanruss Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 good lord that is scary. some news agencies are reporting estimates for the dead will be around 60-70. differing reports on confirmed dead... 2-5. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NashvilleNinja Posted April 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 Google maps ariel view of the area. http://www.google.com/maps?q=Fertilizer+plant+West,+TX&hl=en&ll=31.816131,-97.088113&spn=0.009481,0.013797&sll=31.816478,-97.089229&sspn=0.009481,0.013797&t=h&hq=Fertilizer+plant+West,+TX&z=16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtenn Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 Not his fault. How would he know? I do blame him for holding his phone vertically... Fine. There was no way for him to know. But you go ahead and post the video, in full, featuring the poor kid freaking out? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 it shows true to life reaction to a terrible event as it occurs. Why would you not post it? It's a piece of history, as trite as that might sound. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonboy Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 When I watched the original video on youtube last night, it was at 301 views. As of 9AM ET, it's at 1.5 million. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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