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Post by Tex on Apr 18, 2013 16:55:14 GMT -6
The Texas ammonium nitrate explosion yesterday killed an unknown amount of people (are they blown to bits or off visiting grandma?) I guess when you find an ear over here and an asshole over there, it takes a while to put it together. The explosion injured many more; and did a shitload of property damage. They haven't sorted it out yet as to whether it was intentional or accidental.
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Post by Irish Stu on Apr 18, 2013 18:01:40 GMT -6
The IRA used to use fertiliser bombs in cars (or car bombs as we called them). In 1993 they packed a truck with one, drove it into London, and the resulting explosion destroyed buildings and broke every window in every building for hundreds of metres. I cannot even begin to imagine the destruction an entire fertiliser plant blowing up must have caused.
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Post by Exildo Wonsetler Briggs III on Apr 18, 2013 20:41:45 GMT -6
The IRA used to use fertiliser bombs in cars (or car bombs as we called them). In 1993 they packed a truck with one, drove it into London, and the resulting explosion destroyed buildings and broke every window in every building for hundreds of metres. I cannot even begin to imagine the destruction an entire fertiliser plant blowing up must have caused. The video I have seen is stunningly scary! What looks like a small fire suddenly erupts beyond imagination and destroys much of a small town. The blast in Boston was NOTHING compared to this. BLIMEY!!! |
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Post by Merlot Joe on Apr 19, 2013 0:02:26 GMT -6
Isn't that what they used to blow up the Federal Building in Oklahoma in 1995 ?
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Post by Chicago Jake on Apr 19, 2013 0:06:13 GMT -6
Isn't that what they used to blow up the Federal Building in Oklahoma in 1995 ? Pretty much. That was a rental van full of fertilizer. That's a big load of shit! |
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Post by Tex on Apr 19, 2013 6:43:13 GMT -6
BTW, Willie Nelson is from Abbott, the next little town. This is home for him. He does a big concert every year in a pasture at Bee Cave, Texas, ten minutes from our place. This year he is donating the entire proceeds to the West Volunteer Fire Department, which was devastated. Willie is a good man.
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Post by Merlot Joe on Apr 20, 2013 0:38:45 GMT -6
We can sure use a whole shit pot full of good guys like that.
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