Explosion hits fertilizer plant north of Waco, Texas

[sky otter]

it should be the ides of april not the ides of march..especially if you check your history...

anyway here are some known facts



(CNN) -- Firefighters at the scene of a massive fertilizer plant explosion in Texas were concerned Wednesday night about anhydrous ammonia.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, anhydrous ammonia is a pungent gas with suffocating fumes that is used as a fertilizer.

When exposed to humans, it can cause various problems:

• Anhydrous means without water


Watch fertilizer plant explode
Plant explosion devastates Texas town
Explosion aftermath 'like Iraq' • Anhydrous ammonia can rapidly cause dehydration and severe burns if it combines with water in the body

• Symptoms can include breathing difficulty; irritation of the eyes, nose or throat; burns or blisters.

• Exposure to high concentrations can lead to death.

• Victims require treatment with large quantities of water for at least 15 minutes

• It must be stored at high pressure, according to the University of Minnesota.

• It is a low-cost, highly effective nitrogen-based fertilizer, the University of Arkansas said.

• It is one part nitrogen and three parts hydrogen.

• When released, the vapors initially move close to the ground, causing greater risk for exposure.

One of the worst disasters in U.S. history involving a form of ammonia occurred in April 1947 when a ship loaded with ammonium nitrate -- a solid fertlizer composed of ammonia and nitrogen -- caught fire while docked in Texas City, Texas, in April 1947. The fire caused an explosion that damaged more than 1,000 buildings, according to the website of the Texas Historical Association.

The blast ignited a fire on a second ship docked in Galveston Bay that was also loaded with ammonium nitrate. With most of the city's fire fighters killed in the first blast, the fire burned for 16 hours and caused another huge explosion. Volunteers fought to put out subsequent blazes.

The historical association said almost 400 people were killed and more than 175 were listed as missing. Only a few bodies in the dock area were even recovered.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/17/us/anhydrous-ammonia-dangers/index.html

[Amaterasu]

i checked the two sights i go to and there was nothing but they may have deleted them.dont know.

if its another false flag to coverup for boston then its probly civil war in weeks.
holding my breath but it doesnt look good.

obama tried like hell to milk it today.
i thought bidens face was gonna shatter into a million pieces or fall off his skull.

sure is getting weird and the illumanati cards are making it even weirder.

Hmmmm.  How fast can We spread a solution?

[Somamech]

Posting this Antipodean New's Item from 2011 as a Reference to how different cultures deal with different happenings.

Explosions rattle Melbourne suburbs

Police in Melbourne are seeking information about a series of explosions in the northern suburbs on Friday night.

Three homemade explosives were set off in the Eltham area around midnight, rattling windows in nearby houses and sending debris flying 15 metres.

Sergeant Brenton Smith says it was lucky no one was injured.

"It was a real risk not only to the community who may be walking through those areas, residential areas, but also to the people that are making these devices," he said.

"They're not trained, they're not chemists, they don't know what they are doing. There's a high risk they may in fact injure themselves."

SOURCE:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-09-17/police-search-for-melbourne-explosives/2904286

[Somamech]

That News Article is a case of people having a little too much fun    

A factory going up in smoke is quite normal where I live in Melbourne.  Its not even hard to find a new's article searching "Melbourne Factory on Fire"


Crews bring Melbourne factory fire under control

A fire which caused millions of dollars of damage to a factory in Melbourne's west this morning has been brought under control.

Firefighters say the metal manufacturing factory in Sunshine North was well alight when they arrived around 5:00am.

They had to work quickly to stop the fire spreading to nearby businesses.

The Metropolitan Fire Brigade's David Woods says there were several explosions caused by gas cylinders inside the Munro Avenue building.

"I wasn't the first on scene but even when I turned up, flames were through the roof of the factory and explosions of the gas cylinders could be heard at that time," he said.

The fire is now under control but it is estimated it caused around $2 million worth of damage.

Investigators are working to determine the cause of the blaze.

No one is believed to have been inside the factory at the time of the blaze, but nearby residents had been warned to stay indoors to avoid smoke and fumes.

SOURCE

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-08/factory-ablaze-in-melbourne27s-west/3938188

RIP to all that suffered the Texan Explosion... 

[Somamech]

If there really was any angle of CT to these everyday event's I would be taking the insurance scam's gone wrong angle myself

Just saying

[Edward]

hmmmmm wtf is this?


Seriously wtf is this guy showing us in the video?   I know what he claims it to be but is there another explanation or is this guy in the video onto something?


Edward

[Edward]

hmmmmm wtf is this?


Seriously wtf is this guy showing us in the video?   I know what he claims it to be but is there another explanation or is this guy in the video onto something?


Edward

Wow!!!!!   I just found another video of someone slowing down the footage.  Now with the one I just linked keep in mind what that guy was saying and look at this one below very thoroughly.    Image experts and Deuem need your help on this.   

Check out the flow of  the "explosion" to.   

Also let's take the "hypothesis" from the guy from the first video and follow what is "claimed" to be coming from the left side of the screen.  See how the flow of the explosion reacts to what "might" be "incoming".  Anyways, there is a lot of information here to digest.  Lets find out what's going on?




Edward

[Edward]

Yet another angle of the explosion and "sound" just prior to the explosion.






Edward

[micjer]

Interesting Edward.  I have no idea.

Calling all bomb experts to analyze.

[micjer]

The factory was producing anhydrous ammonia.  Not Ammonium nitrate.  Ammonium nitrate was what was used in the Oklahoma bombing.  It was combined with diesel fuel to make that horrific bomb.  It is a granular product that comes in bags.

Anhydrous Ammonia is a gas.  Farmers use it as a nitrogen source and is applied after the corn is up by injecting it directly in the ground.  It is quite harmful if inhaled and the injectors have to remain in the soil or it escapes into the atmosphere.

This is a picture of the tanks that are used to hold the product.






Anhydrous Ammonia is an important source of nitrogen fertilizer for crops. The improper handling of anhydrous ammonia can have catastrophic results on both plants and farm workers. Common injuries are severe burns to eyes, skin and the respiratory tract.

Read on for more info on Anhydrous Ammonia Safety and First Aid for Anhydrous Ammonia Exposure...


Safety Tips
•Personal protective equipment (PPE) should always be worn. Standard PPE should be non-vented goggles, rubber gloves with thermal lining, face shield or an approved respirator. Wear a lightweight rubber suit, or (at the very least) a long sleeve shirt and coveralls.

•Make sure anhydrous ammonia tanks are not filled beyond the recommended capacity.

•Use care when handling the hose end valve so that it does not open accidentally. Do not move hose by handling valve handle.

•Be sure to bleed hose coupling before disconnecting. Use care when cleaning plugged knives as anhydrous ammonia could be built-up behind the plug.

•Use emergency water supply for at least 15 minutes if exposed to anhydrous ammonia and seek emergency medical attention

http://www.gccoop.com/news/post.php?id=71


According to this newspaper article the factory that blew in Texas was also storing ammonium nitrate.  Not only were they storing it, but they breached a lot of regulations and ignored safety rules.

They were supposed to report anything over 400 POUNDS of the stuff yet failed to do so.  Worse yet they had on site 270 TONS of the stuff.  :affraid:

Mix all this with serious breaches - then no wonder it all blew north.

I'm still not sure which way to go with this, can't decide if this is just a serious breach of rules and regulations, therefore, a natural disaster ensued; or whether there there was something more going on in the background that we don't know about yet.

source: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/texas-explosion-plant-ignored-safety-rules-8581505.html


Storing ammonium nitrate would not surprise me.

So imagine ammonium nitrate, probably a diesel tank on site for delivery trucks.....>Oklahoma all over again.

Now back to anhydrous ammonia.
Many fertilizer plants either produce or use anhydrous ammonia—a gas that is one part nitrogen and three parts hydrogen—as a base for creating different fertilizer types
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130418-west-texas-fertilizer-explosion-fire-anhydrous-ammonia-science/

Hindenburg disaster all over again.