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Major explosion in Baltimore, adults and children trapped, reports say
Fox News ^ | August 10, 2020 | James Rogers, Robert Gearty | Fox News

Posted on 08/10/2020 7:58:51 AM PDT by rdl6989

Fox Baltimore reports that medical units have been called to the scene and Baltimore County firefighters have been called to help.

“Several houses exploded. At least 5 people trapped, some children.

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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: baltimore; explosion; maryland
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To: rdl6989

Lebanese fireworks?


41 posted on 08/10/2020 9:11:48 AM PDT by McGruff (Polls are for dancing)
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To: rdl6989

During a live report, people on the scene said there was a strong odor of natural gas. So I guess it was someone’s old pipes leaking that exploded.


42 posted on 08/10/2020 9:12:37 AM PDT by EinNYC
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To: John S Mosby

Diana Oughton, Bill Ayers previous girlfriend, suffered premature detonation in this event


43 posted on 08/10/2020 9:12:47 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: EEGator

I only watched 3-4 episodes but that little blonde girl and her kin pretty much fit the bill as far as poor people here, although like all entertainment, they make the men look dumb and the women smart. No jobs is hell on a society. The last economic boom in rural Ctrl MO was in the 1800s. Everyone’s big goal in life is to get on disability. Knowing how to hunt is more important than a HS diploma. All the jobs typical for men go to family members.

Looks like MO no longer holds that esteemed position, https://www.ozarksfirst.com/local-news/local-news-local-news/kolr-10-investigates-is-missouri-still-the-meth-capital/

It did as recent as 2004 which is about the time I learned the factoid.


44 posted on 08/10/2020 9:15:24 AM PDT by Pollard (whatever)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Yeah real shame about that explosion, it did not get them all.


45 posted on 08/10/2020 9:20:05 AM PDT by Mouton (The media is the enemy of the people.)
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To: blackdog
It's not important to be a skilled pipefitter or welder today

I grew up with gas. We never worried about it. But in the last 20 years, there have been three devastating gas explosions in homes and apartment buildings near me

I want to live now where everything is electric - I don't trust standards of workmanship and conscientiousness to be what they once were.
46 posted on 08/10/2020 9:20:18 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: EinNYC

Wow, what street is this accident? Watching JZ now but not seeing any road signs or mention, only NW.

I guess you’re not in NYC after all....


47 posted on 08/10/2020 9:20:26 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: EinNYC

Finally claimed Brookhill Rd near Reisterstown Rd.

Sound right?


48 posted on 08/10/2020 9:23:01 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Jamestown1630

Some might just be too old now.


49 posted on 08/10/2020 9:23:54 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: blackdog

If it’s in the NE or North, that does not surprise me.
There has been a transformer shortage for the past 5 years at least, almost all sizes nationwide.

It’ll take another decade to upgrade and get the NE/North up to code & modernized I’d imagine with electricity and gas.


50 posted on 08/10/2020 9:27:12 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)
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To: Jane Long

Sorry, the explosion near me was not this one.it was another state and time. I was just giving an eample of the destrution of gas explosions. My fault for not being more clear.


51 posted on 08/10/2020 9:36:35 AM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

I work with 4,160 Volt transformers at work. We have a few that blow every time we have a scheduled maintenance outage. They are so old the windings insulation has deteriorated. The cold outage lets ambient moisture accumulate inside. Then when we power back up the moisture becomes steam with no way to escape until it does violently and kaboom! Sounds like a bomb going off. Our lead times on replacements is about six weeks.


52 posted on 08/10/2020 9:37:41 AM PDT by blackdog (If you must cut a tree, plant two. It's just decency.)
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To: blackdog

Six weeks isn’t bad for lead times on the smaller xformers.
Anything over 37.5kVA for me is 12 weeks.


53 posted on 08/10/2020 9:41:55 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)
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To: Dutch Boy

Yes...I understood exactly what you meant. I was just commenting on how these windows (in adjacent buildings/homes) look broken, as well....similar to how you described your situation.


54 posted on 08/10/2020 9:41:59 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: rdl6989

Interesting. Reporter says a Puerto Rican family was in a neighboring house they had just moved to after being devastated in PR Hurricane Maria. They’re lucky they missed being truly destroyed here, though there is much damage. No injury I guess to them.


55 posted on 08/10/2020 9:44:18 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Yikes! And I’m sure like us, management will not authorize a spare on hand? We usually pay almost as much in emergency expediting and freight as the transformer itself.


56 posted on 08/10/2020 9:47:46 AM PDT by blackdog (If you must cut a tree, plant two. It's just decency.)
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To: silverleaf

His grandkids doing stuff in the basement.

Or he left his oven on without the pilot light.


57 posted on 08/10/2020 9:53:40 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Jane Long

It took a 3 story building an reduced It to about 10 feet tall. It also blew the siding off closer houses. Lots of broken glass.

The cause was an undetected gas leak from under the sidewalk. It leaked into a basement and when the furnace came on, it blew.


58 posted on 08/10/2020 10:05:51 AM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: rdl6989

This is interesting:

https://mobile.twitter.com/scanthepolice/status/1292881659776446467

Scan the Police // Baltimore City
10m
Scanner: Cop, sounding panicked as if she’s walking on the explosion site, tells crime lab units to go to 4229 Reisterstown wearing boots & hard hats & bringing their camera because she’s found specific things she needs photos of


59 posted on 08/10/2020 10:57:44 AM PDT by SE Mom (Screaming Eagle mom)
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To: Vermont Lt

If I remember my Breaking Bad, meth labs produce poison gas if there’s an accident, not explosions.


60 posted on 08/10/2020 11:06:17 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
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