Large fertilizer plant explosion near Waco. 60-70 estimated dead, more injured.
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Death toll is up to 60-70 now.
[QUOTE=supersnail11;40321919]Nah, the pepcon one was much larger
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cy0bd-TdmA[/media][/QUOTE]
Ahh. I can tell by the new video that just got released it's a lot smaller. That mushroom cloud looked huge.
[QUOTE=OvB;40322285]Death toll is up to 60-70 now.[/QUOTE]
Source?!
[QUOTE=Iago;40321131]3 explosions in 3 days. I feel the media is paying attention to common accidents due to boston for more viewers.[/QUOTE]
lol yeah how dare a LOCAL NEWS SOURCE report on a big incident in their state :(((((((((((((((((( FUCKIN MEDIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAA
[QUOTE=Zambies!;40322311]Source?![/QUOTE]
It's the OPs link.
[url]http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/Explosion-Injuries-Reported-At-West-Fertilizer-Plant-203505331.html[/url]
snip- distasteful joke, i'm sorry.
[QUOTE=Iago;40322370]-unfunny joke-[/QUOTE]
80 people just died literally less than an hour ago, you're not even funny.
[QUOTE=Zambies!;40322383]80 people just died literally less than an hour ago, you're not even funny.[/QUOTE]
Im sorry, i should've think more before posting. I apologize for my annoyance.
I wasn't aware of the deaths, i feel like shit now :(
jesus christ
that's weird that they're not even covering it down here in San Antonio like I haven't seen it on the news yet and Waco's only a few hours north
[QUOTE=Pascall;40322490]jesus christ
that's weird that they're not even covering it down here in San Antonio like I haven't seen it on the news yet and Waco's only a few hours north[/QUOTE]
It's on all the national news sites and local news here in Houston.
maybe our news here is just balls
[editline]17th April 2013[/editline]
oh no wait here we go, now they're covering it
That's just terrible. I don't live very far from here. I heard an odd loud boom earlier, but I assumed it was just SpaceX testing again.. :/
60-70 dead estimated by EMS/Fire Officials. Two dead EMTS, and three dead firefighters suspected
Jesus fuck
We had something like this at a frozen meat works a couple of years back but nowhere near as massive an explosion or death toll
What a shit week for the US
SEVENTY people? Jesus christ, this is way, way worse than I thought it would be.
Why are some people complaining about media bandwagoning?
When would the media ever [i]not[/i] cover a fertilizer plant blowing up
CBS Dallas live coverage:
[url]http://dfw.cbslocal.com/live-video/[/url]
[QUOTE=Zeke129;40322762]Why are some people complaining about media bandwagoning?
When would the media ever [i]not[/i] cover a fertilizer plant blowing up[/QUOTE]
They assumed it was a minor event that the media was latching onto because of the word "explosion" being the new buzzword after Boston, even though this wasn't a bombing.
In other words, they're assholes who laughed off 70 dead people because explosions are just media buzzwords.
[url]http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fd2_1366257204[/url]
Little more extended video to the one shown earlier...Makes the scene even more grim.
Via Aftenposten.no:
60-70 dead, more feared.
75-100 buildings destroyed.
City West (pop. 2700) being evacuated.
Nursing home collapsed with people trapped inside.
I passed through this place anytime I went down to Austin or San Antonio because it's right on I-35. I'd always recognize it because they had the "Czech Bakery" or something similarly named as a tourist draw right on the highway, because apparently they have a history with Czech settlement in Texas.
Really unfortunate event for them.
what the fuck is goin on
[QUOTE=mac338;40322825]Via Aftenposten.no:
60-70 dead, more feared.
75-100 buildings destroyed.
City West (pop. 2700) being evacuated.
Nursing home collapsed with people trapped inside.
That's all confirmed information, to bring everyone up to speed.[/QUOTE]
Christ. Oh, god, this is awful.
Been texting a bunch of friends up around Waco all day, one lives a few miles past West and said he heard the explosion. He has a friend who lives in West and is freaked out.
This week sucks.
Oh my God
I'm actually shaking after watching that video. Fucking terrifying.
[QUOTE=Eudoxia;40321262]Waco? Fertilizer?
Oh, if this had happened on Friday I would swear it was the ghost of Timothy McVeigh that returned to haunt us.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]The explosion came two days before the 20th anniversary of a fire in Waco that engulfed a compound inhabited by David Koresh and his followers in the Branch Davidian sect, ending a siege by federal agents. Some 82 members of the sect and four federal agents died at Waco.[/QUOTE]
seriously this is kind of unnerving
Umm well you realize that it wasnt IN waco, it was NEAR waco in a town called "west"
[QUOTE=mac338;40322825]Via Aftenposten.no:
60-70 dead, more feared.
75-100 buildings destroyed.
City West (pop. 2700) being evacuated.
Nursing home collapsed with people trapped inside.
That's all confirmed information, to bring everyone up to speed.[/QUOTE]
Need a source for the body count. Everyone is reporting only two deaths so far.
Same for buildings. They only report a dozen surrounding buildings damaged.
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