Posted on 12/10/2005 10:42:38 PM PST by Big Bad Bob
Edited on 12/10/2005 11:05:40 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Look at that fire! It's still burning very big and bright...
For those who cant see it, it's much larger than the last propane fires that were on the news a few months ago.
Beat you by 1 second... Do I get a prize??
What bigger prize is there than the satisfaction of being first :)
And Police now specifically saying that reports of a plane going down are 'untrue'.
Perhaps to those with little familiarity with industrial plants. The Houston area alone averages about 1 of these dramatic explosions per year or two, and none of those have ever been terrorism.
Great minds and all that.
Well keep posting your updates.
I'm working on 2 items of interest
right now...and this brain is getting
a bit tired.
That is simply unbelievable.
Bushs fault?
Witnesses report fireballs 100s of feet in the sky. They say police are treating it as an accident for now. Windows have been shattered a good distance away and there are reports of roofs caving in.
Here's an update...reports of casualties but police are saying (unofficially) that this is an accident.
Wow, that sent a chill down my spine. What an image of Hell. Especially creepy is that wide angle shot from miles away. Huge smoke plume.
Coffee coming right up!
God bless firemen. Amen.
BBC is showing a shot from a hillside a couple of miles away. ITV footage is MUCH more dramatic......
Well, if that brain is getting tired, use the spare one!
Good night, and thanks for your research!
Oh thank you so much.
Sounds just right!
just sent an email saying nearly the same thing to a friend who's unable to get to a tv at the moment...........it is really phenomenal!
http://www.archimage.co.uk/ind_28_hemel.htm
That is the oil depot they are referring to - it is about 2 miles from my house - the explosion was unbelievable! I did hear a plane just before it happened, however, there are always planes going over here as we are near-ish to Luton airport so that may be a coincidence. Personally I would be surprised if it was terrorists of any sort but then I guess you never know. The flames are still burning though not as fiercely - well not that you can see from here anyway - but the smoke is horrendous. Thick and acrid - it has turned the sky totally black. .... that noise was the scariest thing... people heard from it from so far away too! Not what you expect on a Sunday morning!
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