Re: Texas oil refineries, a White Van, and Al Qaeda
The person in question was just somebody with a weakness for industrial architecture.
Either that, or they wanted to see if there'd be ANOTHER apocalyptic chain reaction decimating Texas City, just in the off chance someone hits just one of the tanks.* In other words, does public safety still boil down to "just trust us"? *: A year or two ago someone posted about the blow up of Texas City back in the early 1950s. Apparently, some kind of tanker hit something else and set of a chain reaction killing thousands and wiping out the town (I know someone who walked over to Texas City right after it happened and looked around.) _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/
"Tyler Durden" <camera_lumina@hotmail.com> writes:
*: A year or two ago someone posted about the blow up of Texas City back in the early 1950s.
1947.
Apparently, some kind of tanker hit something else and set of a chain reaction killing thousands and wiping out the town
After several earlier events (the biggest being Oppau in Germany in 1921, which left a crater the size of a city block), fire safety folk were given an incentive to discover the true chemistry of ammonium nitrate. Google for "Texas city" + Grandcamp (the ship carrying the ammonium nitrate) for the full story. Peter.
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