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Thread: New video of Texas explosion and damage to area. WOW

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cigar View Post
    Rick Perry asks Obama for a ‘quick turnaround’ on federal aid after explosion


    Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) on Thursday declared a disaster area and said he planned to request federal funds in response to an explosion at a fertilizer plant in Waco that may have killed as many as 15 people.

    At a press conference, the governor thanked President Barack Obama for calling for offer quick action after Wednesday night’s explosion.

    “Last night was truly a nighmare scenario for that community,” Perry said. “President Obama called from Air Force One as he was en route to Boston… We greatly appreciate his call, and his gracious offer of support, of course, and the quick turnaround of the emergency declaration that will be forthcoming, and his offer of prayers.”

    As a Republican candidate for president in 2012, the Texas governor often railed against federal spending.


    Just think about how Republicans, especially from the south, treated the good folks of New York and New Jersey after Hurricane Sandy.

    They have no problem crawling to the Federal government for aid when they're hit by disasters. That's fine. But don't try to shaft people in New York and New Jersey when they get slammed by hurricanes.


    Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/1...ter-explosion/


    Hummmm interesting ...
    You liberals have an odd way of showing what dumbasses you are when you fault republicans for asking for something they're entitled to

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    Rick Perry has been a good Governor, I voted for every time.

    1. Good job on jobs

    2. Kept the state out of the red.

    3. Stoped government money to baby killers.

    4. Kept Taxes low.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cigar View Post
    I bet they had no idea what was being produced ...
    I can't imagine that after the Timothy McVeigh incident, that anyone was completely ignorant of the explosive properties of fertilizers. Then again, I don't know how old the adjacent neighborhood was. If it was old construction, current regulations would not apply, however if it was new construction, the town will be sued along with the fertilizer plant.
    In quoting my post, you affirm and agree that you have not been goaded, provoked, emotionally manipulated or otherwise coerced into responding.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Cigar View Post
    About 30 minutes ago the Texas Governor was talking about Obama calling him while on Air-force One this morning when he was in flight to Boston.

    Sorry ... I guess the President didn't call you first.
    Then show proof

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    U Reps have odd way of looking like Dems when u speak of entitlements.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Who View Post
    This was a horrible tragedy. Why is a fertilizer plant adjacent to a residential neighborhood? Isn't that a serious zoning conflict? Why would the community allow that sort of proximity?

    You do not know a lot about rural Texas do you?

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    Another video claims that "Homeland Security" forces were in the vicinity the day before the bombing.

    More video analysis indicating a projectile initiation of disaster
    Last edited by Ivan88; 04-23-2013 at 08:48 PM.

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    There are two major classes of incidents resulting in explosions:
    • In the first case, the explosion happens by the mechanism of shock-to-detonation transition. The initiation happens by an explosive charge going off in the mass, by the detonation of a shell thrown into the mass, or by detonation of an explosive mixture in contact with the mass. The examples are Kriewald, Morgan (present-day Sayreville, New Jersey), Oppau andTessenderlo.
    • In the second case, the explosion results from a fire that spreads into the ammonium nitrate itself (Texas City, Brest, Oakdale), or from a mixture of ammonium nitrate with a combustible material during the fire (Repauno, Cherokee, Nadadores). The fire must be confined at least to a degree for successful transition from a fire to an explosion (a phenomenon known as "deflagration-to-detonation transition", or DDT). Pure, compact AN is stable and very difficult to ignite, and there are numerous cases when even impure AN did not explode in a fire.
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    A crater from which damage at the plant seems to emanate south of the railcar's location, either next to or atop the railroad siding.


    Read more: http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news...#ixzz2RLic2I3t
    Blast site is North of building containing main nitrate quantity and has an East by North East splay
    Attachment 2449

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