April 17, 2013
— DrewM An unbelievable week is getting worse.
The explosion was reported at around 7:50 p.m. in a frantic radio call from the scene of the fire at West Fertilizer at 1471 Jerry Mashek Dr. just off Interstate 35.Numerous injuries were reported and multiple ambulances were requested.
Several buildings were reported destroyed and a nearby nursing home was damaged.
There were reports that people were trapped in the nursing home and in an apartment building.
Scanner traffic indicated that some residents of both the nursing home and apartment building were severely injured.
A triage area was established at the intersection of Haven and North Reagan Streets.
A number of buildings were reported to be burning, some in residential areas.
West Middle School was one of the buildings reported to be on fire.
Update: Damn.
Photo: Man says he was 'right there' when explosion rocked West, TX twitter.com/AndyBartee/staÂ…
— Jon Passantino (@passantino) April 18, 2013
I changed the photo because there's some talk that other one might be Photoshoped. Sorry about that. (Via TMI3rd, it was an old photo of a refinery fire.)
9 Medivac helos already on scene, more requested.
This is a bad one. A really bad one.
Here's the Twitter feed of the Waco newspaper.
They set up a triage area in a nearby (looks like a block or two away) on a football field. They are now evacuating that over concern of more explosions.
There was also a report (unconfined so BIG GRAIN OF SALT) that a nearby nursing home collapsed.
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Posted by: Mayor Bloomberg at April 17, 2013 05:58 PM (k4bdL)
Posted by: zsasz at April 17, 2013 05:59 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Red Shirt at April 17, 2013 05:59 PM (FIDMq)
It should be kept in mind that fertilizer plants do sometimes just explode.
Posted by: TB at April 17, 2013 06:00 PM (0Ez44)
Call it "National Sanity Week". Stay home and hug your loved ones, and boil up some water for tea.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at April 17, 2013 06:00 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: mugiwara at April 17, 2013 06:02 PM (hpYnL)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at April 17, 2013 06:02 PM (wbeNt)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am (new nic eventually) at April 17, 2013 06:03 PM (kRPdA)
Sounds like they're having a hard time coordinating between responders.
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at April 17, 2013 06:03 PM (0It32)
Hope the workers and their families are safe.
Nothing else to see here.
Posted by: pet at April 17, 2013 06:03 PM (r0DVT)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at April 17, 2013 06:03 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 17, 2013 06:04 PM (paU/2)
Posted by: This is AltonJackson and I approve of this message at April 17, 2013 06:04 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 17, 2013 06:04 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 17, 2013 06:04 PM (BVq/X)
Posted by: Truman North at April 17, 2013 06:04 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Lauren at April 17, 2013 06:04 PM (wsGWu)
We saw it second-hand at Deer Park when we were working IT for them. That was close enough.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at April 17, 2013 06:05 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Jones in CO at April 17, 2013 06:05 PM (8sCoq)
I guess we know now why fertilizer is used to make bombs.
Posted by: Jeff B. at April 17, 2013 06:05 PM (/COnL)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 17, 2013 06:05 PM (jE38p)
Posted by: Truman North at April 17, 2013 06:05 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Lauren at April 17, 2013 06:05 PM (wsGWu)
Posted by: jewells45 at April 17, 2013 06:07 PM (u25eL)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 17, 2013 10:04 PM (4Mv1T)
Nope, I have a morbid fear of hangovers that has kept me on the straight and narrow for quite a while. This last week has been one blow after another starting with the original gun vote.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at April 17, 2013 06:07 PM (wbeNt)
Posted by: jewells45 at April 17, 2013 06:07 PM (u25eL)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at April 17, 2013 06:07 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: texette at April 17, 2013 06:07 PM (GOhwo)
Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at April 17, 2013 06:07 PM (bpsQc)
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at April 17, 2013 06:08 PM (0It32)
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at April 17, 2013 06:08 PM (FsUAO)
Posted by: Jeff B. at April 17, 2013 10:05 PM (/COnL)
It's the ammonium nitrate. John's last John before his death was as plant accountant for a company that makes the stuff. He'd probably have had a good guess which company and plant this was.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at April 17, 2013 06:08 PM (wbeNt)
Posted by: Methos at April 17, 2013 06:09 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at April 17, 2013 06:09 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 17, 2013 06:10 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: jewells45 at April 17, 2013 06:10 PM (u25eL)
Yes, we lived in fear of a big boom like this one in Waco. There was a smaller one today at a plant in my hometown. It sent twelve men to the hospital. Two of them with severe burns to UTMB in Galveston. They were welding a pipe that they thought was empty of fuel. Turns out it wasn't.
Posted by: no good deed at April 17, 2013 06:10 PM (mjR67)
Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at April 17, 2013 06:10 PM (bpsQc)
Posted by: ace at April 17, 2013 06:10 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: Lauren at April 17, 2013 06:10 PM (wsGWu)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at April 17, 2013 10:09 PM (wR+pz)
Lol, unfortunately this *was* the big size and I filled it really full.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at April 17, 2013 06:11 PM (wbeNt)
Posted by: Baldy at April 17, 2013 06:11 PM (opS9C)
. God.. I really hate to think about turning 60 next year.Posted by: jewells45 at April 17, 2013 06:11 PM (u25eL)
Posted by: zsasz at April 17, 2013 06:11 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: jewells45 at April 17, 2013 06:12 PM (u25eL)
best borscht in Texas...
Posted by: Jerry Jack in Jacksonville at April 17, 2013 06:12 PM (Dll6b)
People were hurt? Well, who cares? They are just Texas rednecks anyway!
Posted by: Giddy MSM Wishcasters at April 17, 2013 06:12 PM (k4bdL)
Posted by: jewells45 at April 17, 2013 10:11 PM (u25eL)
Happy birthday. Turning 60 beats the alternative.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at April 17, 2013 06:12 PM (wbeNt)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at April 17, 2013 06:13 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: jewells45 at April 17, 2013 06:13 PM (u25eL)
The worst explosion in this country's history, the Texas City explosion of 1947 killed over six hundred people. A 441 foot long French ship loaded with ammonium nitrate blew up in the harbor of Texas City on April 16th, 1947 with such force that the Strategic Air Command of the United States and seismologists as far away as Denver actually thought that an atomic bomb had exploded.
We should remove the April from the calender.
Posted by: Cicero Kid at April 17, 2013 06:14 PM (026j9)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 17, 2013 06:15 PM (jE38p)
Posted by: Barney Frank at April 17, 2013 06:15 PM (KzTUI)
Posted by: jewells45 at April 17, 2013 06:16 PM (u25eL)
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at April 17, 2013 06:16 PM (eyJh9)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 17, 2013 10:15 PM (jE38p)
Those are the pics that ace posted earlier from 4chan site.
Posted by: Tami [/i] at April 17, 2013 06:16 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 17, 2013 06:17 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: @PurpAv at April 17, 2013 06:17 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: zsasz at April 17, 2013 06:18 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: This is AltonJackson and I approve of this message at April 17, 2013 06:18 PM (JMmQ9)
Just coming here to chime in about guest on Hannity tonight (memory fails me). He said a Saudi National was deported today by ICE. Drudge links that The Won met with Saud diplomat today, not on WH calendar. UK Daily Mail give more information from the Saudi who was tackled for "acting suspiciously." Monday, before he was "cleared" he had burns on his hands...that story quickly was gone. Burn marks on hands when the rest of the injuries were to lower extremities (except for the poor children who were lower in height). Something smells, big time.
This link to Daily Mail shows the guy and the fact that he is from Medina. Same guy who was admitted to Brigham and Women's hospital. This hospital and courthouse evacuated at same time. NDH, in another link, stated this and it is confirmed...was this guy sprinted out and then to Logan and back to his homeland? This keeps getting more crazy.
http://tinyurl.com/bqrzz56
Just like after Benghazi, if you want the news to to the UK papers online. They print what the US press has been told not to.
Posted by: ChrisyBlinky,Sarcastic and Cynical Redneck Queen needs more proof at April 17, 2013 06:18 PM (baL2B)
37...I have family there I cannot reach.
Damn, texette...I hope they're all okay.
I was about 13 miles from the OKC Murrah Bldg. bombing, and it cracked some of our windows.
That explosion was done with a lot less fertilizer than, I would imagine, what would be found in a fertilizer plant.
Again, I hope they're okay.
Posted by: wheatie at April 17, 2013 06:19 PM (T1BD9)
No offense, but you're a crank.
Posted by: Jeff B. at April 17, 2013 06:19 PM (/COnL)
Posted by: CarolT at April 17, 2013 06:20 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: CAC at April 17, 2013 06:20 PM (GAnkq)
Prayers for the United States of America.
Prayers continue for the victims of the Boston bombing.
Posted by: ChrisyBlinky,Sarcastic and Cynical Redneck Queen needs more proof at April 17, 2013 06:21 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: @PurpAv at April 17, 2013 06:21 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: tmitsss at April 17, 2013 06:21 PM (+EPwJ)
My God this year sucks and it is only April. Ok, now I am going to break my one drink rule. I'll rue it tomorrow at work but I need to be in a little denial right now.
Posted by: Cheri at April 17, 2013 06:22 PM (EAgmr)
No offense, but you're a crank.
Posted by: Jeff B. at April 17, 2013 10:19 PM (/COnL)
Thank you. No offense taken. It was on Hannity, who I watch about twice a year. I am only stating what his guest said, if that makes me a crank, tough.
Posted by: ChrisyBlinky,Sarcastic and Cynical Redneck Queen needs more proof at April 17, 2013 06:22 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: Peaches at April 17, 2013 06:22 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: sTevo at April 17, 2013 06:23 PM (VMcEw)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 17, 2013 06:23 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Jeff B. at April 17, 2013 10:19 PM (/COnL)
Oh, look who came over to piss in the cheerios again.
Posted by: Peaches at April 17, 2013 06:24 PM (8lmkt)
...at least I hope not, cause there's literally a ton of shit clogging up my toilet right now from my dinner.
Posted by: Rosie O'Dumbell at April 17, 2013 06:24 PM (XWP2P)
Posted by: Reggie Love: Night Nurse at April 17, 2013 06:25 PM (ypzqs)
80...No offense, but you're a crank.
No, JeffB....ChristyBlinkly is not a crank.
This whole thing smells fishy to me too.
Don't be obtuse.
Posted by: wheatie at April 17, 2013 06:25 PM (T1BD9)
Posted by: Jeff B. at April 17, 2013 10:19 PM (/COnL)
Just because you put 'no offense' in front of an insult, it's still an insult.
Posted by: Tami [/i] at April 17, 2013 06:25 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: CAC at April 17, 2013 06:25 PM (GAnkq)
Wait, you can't be serious, can you? We're in here talking about this awful tragedy, and then in comes an insane woman declaring that it's "definitely terror-related" and that Obama is colluding to let the Boston Marathon Bomber escape the country or whatever bullshit (I can't even tell, it's incoherent)...and I'm the one pissing in the cheerios.
Stop the knee-jerk crap and focus on who the real problem was in this case.
Posted by: Jeff B. at April 17, 2013 06:26 PM (/COnL)
Posted by: jewells45 at April 17, 2013 06:26 PM (u25eL)
That's the joke.
Posted by: Jeff B. at April 17, 2013 06:26 PM (/COnL)
20th anniversary of the fire at the end of the Waco siege is Friday.
Posted by: Methos at April 17, 2013 06:26 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 17, 2013 06:27 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Lauren at April 17, 2013 06:27 PM (tLQ2U)
I go outside at that hour to pee when I'm up drinkin' so as not to wake the natives asleep indoors.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 17, 2013 06:27 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: T. at April 17, 2013 06:27 PM (SVVtQ)
Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at April 17, 2013 06:27 PM (7cS5n)
Whatever. Okay, if people really want to dip their beaks into the Refreshing Crazy of conspiracy theories ("ZOMG OBAMA IS HELPING THE BAD GUYS ESCAPE BACK TO MEDINA!") then go ahead, I'll back off.
Posted by: Jeff B. at April 17, 2013 06:28 PM (/COnL)
Posted by: Tami at April 17, 2013 10:25 PM (X6akg)
He thinks dying gives him carte blanche to be an asshole to anyone and everyone. I don't know the whole story, nor do I care, due to his fuckin' attack mode behavior, but it's unfortunate, all of it. Sucks to be him. But, hey, I could get hit by a muthafuckin' bus tomorrow and I'm still gonna be an upstanding member of the horde tonight.
Posted by: Peaches at April 17, 2013 06:28 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston at April 17, 2013 06:28 PM (KCvsd)
Contrast with soothsayer "it was teh gas leak!".
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at April 17, 2013 06:29 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 17, 2013 06:29 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Knave at April 17, 2013 06:29 PM (cipri)
Posted by: Dan at April 17, 2013 06:30 PM (bxp5Z)
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There were also some suspicious outages in San Jose, I believe. Vandalism resulting in power and telephone service outages. I just skimmed something about it earlier today, but that's the gist I think.
Posted by: Mayday at April 17, 2013 06:30 PM (F3s39)
104...20th anniversary of the fire at the end of the Waco siege is Friday.
Right, Methos.
But that whole thing was going on for days, weeks, leading up to the final torching.
So...we're in the 'anniversary days' of it, if someone wanted to look at it that way.
Posted by: wheatie at April 17, 2013 06:30 PM (T1BD9)
Posted by: Michael Moore at April 17, 2013 06:30 PM (KY3fy)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at April 17, 2013 06:30 PM (Lq5WC)
Posted by: Extremely grumpy momma bear at April 17, 2013 06:30 PM (mRuxb)
Posted by: jewells45 at April 17, 2013 06:31 PM (u25eL)
Prayers for you and your family. Prayers for the people of Waco and all of Texas.
Please keep us posted.
Posted by: ChrisyBlinky,Sarcastic and Cynical Redneck Queen needs more proof at April 17, 2013 06:31 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at April 17, 2013 06:32 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 17, 2013 06:32 PM (jE38p)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 17, 2013 06:32 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Extremely grumpy momma bear at April 17, 2013 06:32 PM (mRuxb)
Posted by: Mayday at April 17, 2013 10:30 PM (F3s39)
could be metal thievery and other assorted hijinks
Posted by: Red Shirt at April 17, 2013 06:32 PM (FIDMq)
@66: "The worst explosion in this country's history, the Texas City explosion of 1947 killed over six hundred people. A 441 foot long French ship loaded with ammonium nitrate blew up in the harbor of Texas City on April 16th, 1947 with such force that the Strategic Air Command of the United States and seismologists as far away as Denver actually thought that an atomic bomb had exploded."
*dismissive wanking gesture*
Though what is it with those French ships, eh?
Posted by: Halifax, Nova Scotia at April 17, 2013 06:33 PM (FsqHK)
I think that was Steve Emerson for whose cheerios you are searching.
Posted by: Methos at April 17, 2013 06:33 PM (hO9ad)
I hate the Left. This is their legacy and what they cherish.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 17, 2013 06:33 PM (xjpRj)
Posted by: bikermailman at April 17, 2013 06:33 PM (JdYGq)
Posted by: Dan at April 17, 2013 10:30 PM (bxp5Z)
Thank you. I could not remember Emerson's name. Guess, per Jeff B, this is no big deal.
Sorry, but since Benghazi...
Posted by: ChrisyBlinky,Sarcastic and Cynical Redneck Queen needs more proof at April 17, 2013 06:33 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: The littl shyning man at April 17, 2013 06:34 PM (PH+2B)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am (new nic eventually) at April 17, 2013 06:34 PM (kRPdA)
I am an emergency prep. manager and I work for a VA Medical Center.
Posted by: Cheri at April 17, 2013 06:34 PM (EAgmr)
I'd like to request Jail House Rock. Here, use this mic... **unziiiiiip**
Posted by: Big Bubba, Cell Block 6 at April 17, 2013 06:35 PM (XWP2P)
Prayers for all. I am interested in learning the true chronology of events because on Twitchy one of the Texas stations is reporting that firefighters were back at the plant after an earlier fire rekindled when the explosion happened.
Not to be called a crank or a nutjob or whatever, because there are lots of things that explode (and good grief I regret my post in the ONT now about splodey things) at a fertilizer plant, but don't terrorists often like to set off an explosion after a first one to catch the first responders? Or is that an urban legend?
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at April 17, 2013 06:35 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Extremely grumpy momma bear at April 17, 2013 06:35 PM (mRuxb)
Posted by: Lauren at April 17, 2013 06:35 PM (tLQ2U)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at April 17, 2013 06:35 PM (Lq5WC)
I am an emergency prep. manager and I work for a VA Medical Center.
Posted by: Cheri at April 17, 2013 10:34 PM (EAgmr)
Dang, girl. You just made the prayer list. At least they're in good hands over there at your med center.
Posted by: Peaches at April 17, 2013 06:36 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Cheri at April 17, 2013 06:36 PM (EAgmr)
@84: "Ricin/Boston/Waco
Once is happenstance.
Twice coincidence.
Three times is enemy action."
What am I, chopped liver? Avenge me!
Posted by: Pat Summerall at April 17, 2013 06:37 PM (FsqHK)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at April 17, 2013 06:37 PM (CA2NO)
Not urban legend, military gets trained for it before going to the sandbox. Pretty standard tactic, actually.
Posted by: Country Singer at April 17, 2013 06:37 PM (0eRkg)
Posted by: CarolT at April 17, 2013 06:37 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: ChrisyBlinky,Sarcastic and Cynical Redneck Queen needs more proof at April 17, 2013 06:37 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: Moki at April 17, 2013 06:38 PM (SdetR)
Posted by: Extremely grumpy momma bear at April 17, 2013 06:38 PM (mRuxb)
Walid Shoebat noted that this particular Arabian wasn't a Saudi ... he was a Harbi. This matters because the Saudi family really isn't directly associated with terrorism; they already got theirs, so they don't want to rock the boat. But the Saudi family does have to pay other clans off.
One of those clans, which Shoebat associates with terrorism, are the Harbis.
Still. Even if Shoebat is right that clan is *everything* in Arabian culture (and I think he is) he is still off base when he says that, just because someone was born in a clan, that this means he must be "omgz associated with terristz".
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at April 17, 2013 06:38 PM (QTHTd)
So...we're in the 'anniversary days' of it, if someone wanted to look at it that way.
Yeah, I had to look it up and according to wikipedia, that went on for 50 days before Reno ended it.
Posted by: Methos at April 17, 2013 06:38 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at April 17, 2013 06:39 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at April 17, 2013 06:39 PM (yJYwC)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 17, 2013 06:40 PM (jE38p)
Posted by: This is AltonJackson and I approve of this message at April 17, 2013 06:40 PM (JMmQ9)
babygirl . . . who made my day today . . . {{{{{}}}}}
Posted by: Peaches at April 17, 2013 06:40 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: rickl at April 17, 2013 06:40 PM (sdi6R)
@84: "Ricin/Boston/Waco
Once is happenstance.
Twice coincidence.
Three times is enemy action."
What am I, chopped liver? Avenge me!
Posted by: Pat Summerall at April 17, 2013 10:37 PM (FsqHK)
I think the ricin guy did his thank on April 11th and was known, per McCaskill, as a crank. He deserves everything he gets if guilty and stupid and do not care about his politics, whether he votes the same as I do. He created some terror, but doubt he is in same cabal as the Boston monsters.
Regarding whoever bombed Boston. That was a terrorist act. Until Waco is sorted out, it may just be a horrible thing. Guess we will hopefully see. And I do hope and pray there will continue to be some truth with the media.
Posted by: ChrisyBlinky,Sarcastic and Cynical Redneck Queen needs more proof at April 17, 2013 06:41 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: Cheri at April 17, 2013 06:41 PM (EAgmr)
Posted by: Jones in CO at April 17, 2013 06:42 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 17, 2013 10:40 PM (jE38p)
another sad trombone for the media
Posted by: Red Shirt at April 17, 2013 06:42 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 17, 2013 10:40 PM (jE38p)
They will put him in the Tea Party anyway. Just watch.
Posted by: ChrisyBlinky,Sarcastic and Cynical Redneck Queen needs more proof at April 17, 2013 06:42 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: ChrisyBlinky,Sarcastic and Cynical Redneck Queen needs more proof at April 17, 2013 06:43 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: Jones in CO at April 17, 2013 06:43 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: CarolT at April 17, 2013 06:43 PM (z4WKX)
I am an emergency prep. manager and I work for a VA Medical Center.
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Probably a follow-on from the Salisbury, NC threat.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 17, 2013 06:44 PM (aDwsi)
I think I saw where the letter to Wicker was post marked on the 8th.
Posted by: Country Singer at April 17, 2013 06:44 PM (0eRkg)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 17, 2013 06:44 PM (jE38p)
Posted by: The littl shyning man at April 17, 2013 06:45 PM (PH+2B)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am (new nic eventually) at April 17, 2013 06:46 PM (kRPdA)
Ricin guy is a democrat
Hopefully, he's a WHITE MALE.
Posted by: The Media at April 17, 2013 10:43 PM (vbh31)
They say white ricin is no good for you, always order the brown ricin.
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 17, 2013 06:46 PM (5wHPS)
I am an emergency prep. manager and I work for a VA Medical Center.
Posted by: Cheri at April 17, 2013 10:34 PM (EAgmr)
Blessings.
Posted by: ChrisyBlinky,Sarcastic and Cynical Redneck Queen needs more proof at April 17, 2013 06:46 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 17, 2013 06:46 PM (xjpRj)
You know what else blew up? The ONT. Damn. Posted by: The littl shyning man at April 17, 2013 10:45 PM
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It's a design feature.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 17, 2013 06:46 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at April 17, 2013 06:47 PM (0It32)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at April 17, 2013 10:35 PM (RZ8pf)
IIRC, that's what the frakkers did at Beslin. Jones, I've seen that copper has collapsed recently. More worrying than GLD, as copper is so much more involved in production and less bubble-ish.
Posted by: bikermailman at April 17, 2013 06:47 PM (JdYGq)
I think I saw where the letter to Wicker was post marked on the 8th.
Posted by: Country Singer at April 17, 2013 10:44 PM (0eRkg)
Thanks. I am a moron this week, for sure.
Posted by: ChrisyBlinky,Sarcastic and Cynical Redneck Queen needs more proof at April 17, 2013 06:47 PM (baL2B)
Look for a mediocre instructor in a "studies" department with no publications, probably taught an Occupy seminar last year.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. Those who can't teach blow shit up.
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at April 17, 2013 06:47 PM (a5ljo)
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at April 17, 2013 10:47 PM
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Not good. Possibility of secondary (s)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 17, 2013 06:48 PM (aDwsi)
why do you guys keep saying copper thievery about the Santa Clara thing? Why would copper thieves shoot up a transformer and why would they cut fiber optic lines?
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at April 17, 2013 06:48 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, elsewhere at April 17, 2013 06:49 PM (m9V0o)
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Agreed. Something nefarious going on there. Deliberate disruption of communication.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 17, 2013 06:49 PM (aDwsi)
We like movies too, racist.
Posted by: Mohammed Derka Mohammed at April 17, 2013 06:49 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: Knave at April 17, 2013 06:50 PM (cipri)
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at April 17, 2013 10:47 PM (a5ljo)
And those who fail at blowing shit up, mentor a future President.
Posted by: bikermailman at April 17, 2013 06:50 PM (JdYGq)
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Wish I could remember what/where I read about that. The article or post speculated it was a terroristic test run.
Posted by: Mayday at April 17, 2013 06:50 PM (F3s39)
Posted by: Moki at April 17, 2013 06:50 PM (SdetR)
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at April 17, 2013 06:51 PM (a5ljo)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 17, 2013 10:48 PM
Those responder folks are cathing alligators from everywhere.
Trying to evacuate 3/4 of the town.
People wandering back into the areas they've already cleared.
Second anhydrous tank just caught on fire.
Wrecks on the highway.
Rubberneckers (from Wisconsin of all places) driving around the evacuated area.
Hot powerlines by the middle school.
Traffic is clogging all the main roads.
etc etc.
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at April 17, 2013 06:51 PM (0It32)
I have an alibi.
Posted by: DOCTOR AMY BISHOP at April 17, 2013 06:51 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: bikermailman at April 17, 2013 10:50 PM
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Yup.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 17, 2013 06:51 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 17, 2013 10:48 PM
Those responder folks are cathing alligators from everywhere.
Trying to evacuate 3/4 of the town.
People wandering back into the areas they've already cleared.
Second anhydrous tank just caught on fire.
Wrecks on the highway.
Rubberneckers (from Wisconsin of all places) driving around the evacuated area.
Hot powerlines by the middle school.
Traffic is clogging all the main roads.
etc etc.
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at April 17, 2013 10:51 PM
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Clusterfuck.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 17, 2013 06:53 PM (aDwsi)
In all fairness to the USPS, whatever their shortcomings, you have to keep in mind that after the post-9/11 anthrax stuff all mail going into federal offices gets screened. So there's likely a pretty good bottleneck once it gets to DC.
Posted by: Country Singer at April 17, 2013 06:53 PM (0eRkg)
Posted by: Knave at April 17, 2013 06:53 PM (cipri)
Posted by: rickl at April 17, 2013 06:53 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am (new nic eventually) at April 17, 2013 06:54 PM (kRPdA)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am (new nic eventually) at April 17, 2013 10:54 PM (kRPdA)
Yeah, we wouldn't want anything to happen to any of THOSE shitweasels . . . 
Posted by: Peaches at April 17, 2013 06:55 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 17, 2013 06:55 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: T. at April 17, 2013 06:56 PM (SVVtQ)
Posted by: Extremely grumpy momma bear at April 17, 2013 06:56 PM (mRuxb)
Posted by: mugiwara at April 17, 2013 06:56 PM (hpYnL)
But no, we're not under attack, nor are we in a war. Nope. Nope. Nope.
Fer cryin' out loud.
Posted by: Derak at April 17, 2013 06:56 PM (lkjWK)
Prayers going out to the folks in Waco. I've got a friend out that way so will check to see if she's okay.
Posted by: notsothoreau at April 17, 2013 06:56 PM (Lqy/e)
Posted by: Country Singer at April 17, 2013 06:57 PM (0eRkg)
Posted by: Andrew at April 17, 2013 06:58 PM (HS3dy)
Posted by: Doc at April 17, 2013 06:59 PM (oUDps)
Posted by: jewells45 at April 17, 2013 06:59 PM (u25eL)
With the loss of social capital, the true value of contributing members of society has been lost. People only think of 'a job', not their contribution to the community, as a community.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 17, 2013 07:00 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Doc at April 17, 2013 07:01 PM (oUDps)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at April 17, 2013 07:01 PM (RZ8pf)
fuck . . . we need to pray harder, faster, this is a nightmare of epic proportions.
Posted by: Peaches at April 17, 2013 07:02 PM (8lmkt)
Back at the house for a moment. Thank you for the kind thoughts and prayers. Am volunteering to knock on doors in areas outlying West, as pressure wave apparently was strong enough to blow people off their feet up to at least three miles away if they were outside. As it was still late daylight, there are worries that older people either outside or inside their homes may be injured from falls, glass, etc. We are expecting serious thunderstorms tonight, and don't want anyone helpless outside.
Any of you morons who are in the general area, check out your neighbors. If they are close to West proper, tell them to go to someone out of town tonight. There are major gas leaks in town, and they are trying to get everyone out that they can.
Posted by: texette at April 17, 2013 07:02 PM (GOhwo)
Posted by: HvyMtlHntr at April 17, 2013 07:02 PM (HqLmn)
They're evacuating their command location right now in a big hurry.
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at April 17, 2013 07:02 PM (0It32)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am (new nic eventually) at April 17, 2013 07:02 PM (kRPdA)
Posted by: Mose Humphreys at April 17, 2013 07:02 PM (br9dm)
Posted by: Moki at April 17, 2013 07:02 PM (SdetR)
God bless you and everyone within miles, texette . . .
Posted by: Peaches at April 17, 2013 07:03 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at April 17, 2013 07:03 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Doc at April 17, 2013 07:03 PM (oUDps)
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A good buddy, and VN vet, had lightening strike a transformer outside of his house last weekend. Transformer exploded, remnants burned until the FD showed up. My friend, who is not jumpy, said the shock was worse than any of his near-hits from mortars. It blew out the back window of his car.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 17, 2013 07:05 PM (aDwsi)
And they simply aren't. Posted by: T.
So well said T. Thank you.
Posted by: Cheri at April 17, 2013 07:05 PM (EAgmr)
Posted by: Moki at April 17, 2013 07:06 PM (SdetR)
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 17, 2013 07:07 PM (5wHPS)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 17, 2013 07:07 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 17, 2013 07:07 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 17, 2013 11:07 PM (5wHPS)
What happened? I am afraid to ask this just before bed.
Posted by: ChrisyBlinky,Sarcastic and Cynical Redneck Queen needs more proof at April 17, 2013 07:08 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Good grief - I'm glad he's ok but certainly shaken up.
The VA hospital in Waco (19 miles north of West) is specifically for mental illlness/PTSD, etc. They have a special ward for geriatric mental patients as well. I am sure that this has everyone shook up.
Again my prayers for all.
Posted by: Cheri at April 17, 2013 07:08 PM (EAgmr)
Posted by: Extremely grumpy momma bear at April 17, 2013 07:08 PM (mRuxb)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am (new nic eventually) at April 17, 2013 07:09 PM (kRPdA)
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 17, 2013 07:09 PM (5wHPS)
Posted by: Doc at April 17, 2013 10:59 PM
They're evacuating their command location right now in a big hurry.
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at April 17, 2013 11:02 PM (0It32)
Please, God, help these people.
Posted by: ChrisyBlinky,Sarcastic and Cynical Redneck Queen needs more proof at April 17, 2013 07:10 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at April 17, 2013 07:10 PM (0It32)
Posted by: Peaches at April 17, 2013 07:12 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 17, 2013 07:12 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at April 17, 2013 07:13 PM (0It32)
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 17, 2013 07:14 PM (5wHPS)
Posted by: Peaches at April 17, 2013 07:16 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 17, 2013 07:18 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Mayday at April 17, 2013 07:18 PM (F3s39)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 17, 2013 07:20 PM (piMMO)
A running toilet flush valve would cost someone like Barker a half day waiting on another "professional", and $150
Any of the wimmins here could swap it out themselves in 1/2hr for under $15 in parts and tools from Walmart.
Posted by: @PurpAv at April 17, 2013 07:21 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: Peaches at April 17, 2013 07:22 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Peaches at April 17, 2013 07:25 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Ernie McCracken at April 17, 2013 07:27 PM (ZETiK)
Posted by: HvyMtlHntr at April 17, 2013 07:28 PM (HqLmn)
Posted by: Mose Humphreys at April 17, 2013 07:32 PM (br9dm)
Posted by: Ernie McCracken at April 17, 2013 07:35 PM (ZETiK)
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Posted by: Mose Humphreys at April 17, 2013 07:38 PM (br9dm)
Posted by: CarolT at April 17, 2013 07:48 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Torqued at April 17, 2013 08:01 PM (AKS75)
Posted by: Stalin's Lumpy Boil at April 17, 2013 08:23 PM (bcA4R)
--What, the wildfires in Texas last summer weren't damning enough to appease your god?
Fuck you, libtarded shitstain.
Posted by: logprof at April 17, 2013 08:37 PM (+iA5G)
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