To: i_dont_chat
Saving for future reading.
Where is Texas City located, btw?
2 posted on
03/23/2005 12:45:33 PM PST by
SheLion
(Trying to make a life in the BLUE state of Maine!)
To: i_dont_chat
Prayers for all involved.
3 posted on
03/23/2005 12:45:36 PM PST by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
To: i_dont_chat
For tose with cable TXCN is providing good coverage.
5 posted on
03/23/2005 12:48:27 PM PST by
politicalwit
(Republican and Democrats are across the aisle but sleep in the same bed.)
To: i_dont_chat
18 posted on
03/23/2005 1:06:46 PM PST by
deport
(You know you are getting older when everything either dries up or leaks.)
To: i_dont_chat
Just tuned in..Looks really bad...
Gasoline refinery... 3% of the refined gasoline will not be produced because of this explosion..affects supply, markets,etc..
I am not feeling good about number of victims..need more info about how many there..Terrible destruction..
May God be with those who mourn and bless the rescuers.
24 posted on
03/23/2005 1:16:03 PM PST by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
To: BellStar
TX City PB plant explosion ping.
31 posted on
03/23/2005 1:38:38 PM PST by
anymouse
To: i_dont_chat
Explosion at BP refinery ... see below... blood donors are needed... please let everyone know! Mary Anne Holcomb University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston
http://www.jarbobayoutimes.com
34 posted on
03/23/2005 1:48:21 PM PST by
BellStar
("A human being, not a vegetable, is slowly dying")
To: Siobhan
Here's your sister's explosion....
35 posted on
03/23/2005 1:49:15 PM PST by
r9etb
To: i_dont_chat
Just reported 62 are in Mainland Hospital.
12 in UTMB Trauma Center in Galveston.
39 posted on
03/23/2005 1:57:08 PM PST by
BellStar
("A human being, not a vegetable, is slowly dying")
To: i_dont_chat
News reports stated this was an explosion in an isomerization unit. That process unit converts C5 and C6 straight chain hydrocarbons into C5 and C6 branched chain hydrocarbons, which have a higher octane. The higher octane hydrocarbons are then blended into gasoline.
Think of the C5 and C6 hydrocarbons as liquids that vaporize very easily, not so easily as butane, but easier than the full range gasoline you put into your car.
This is not a critical process unit to the operation of the refinery. In fact it is a rather minor part of the refinery operation.
Pictures shown on the news appear to be a typical industrial disaster. The explosion did not appear to impact nearby process units to any great degree. There is nothing on the TV pictures that would lead one to suspect some type of sabotage, as opposed to a typical industrial disaster.
41 posted on
03/23/2005 1:59:25 PM PST by
LOC1
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