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AT LEAST 1 DEAD IN INDIANA FERTILIZER PLANT EXPLOSION
The Blaze ^ | 6/24/13 | Jason Howerton

Posted on 06/24/2013 1:11:39 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55

UNION MILLS, Ind. (AP) — An explosion at a fertilizer plant in northwest Indiana has killed one person.

(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: explosion; jihad
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1 posted on 06/24/2013 1:11:39 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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Ok.. what in the world is going on here?????


2 posted on 06/24/2013 1:11:51 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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Somebody needs to tally how many of these we’ve had.


3 posted on 06/24/2013 1:12:04 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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There was one in Texas.. and I believe one in Louisiana.. maybe another.. and now this one.


4 posted on 06/24/2013 1:13:04 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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Prayers for all who will be affected by this tragedy.


5 posted on 06/24/2013 1:13:48 PM PDT by NEMDF
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This sounds like the work on Al-Queda.


6 posted on 06/24/2013 1:14:08 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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Three ... “central fuel tank explosions”?


7 posted on 06/24/2013 1:14:32 PM PDT by Diogenesis
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Or Monsanto, maybe they were peddling uncontrolled seeds. /sarc


8 posted on 06/24/2013 1:14:58 PM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Diogenesis

I didn’t see that.

Hmmm


9 posted on 06/24/2013 1:15:32 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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Ok.. what in the world is going on here?????

Shockingly, it seems flammable or explosive substances sometimes burn or blow up.

10 posted on 06/24/2013 1:16:32 PM PDT by Strategerist
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Not at this pace.


11 posted on 06/24/2013 1:17:18 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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I'm sure it was all coincidence.

Nothing to see here.

Please move along.

12 posted on 06/24/2013 1:18:33 PM PDT by SIDENET
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To: Strategerist

You don’t say—hazardous material is hazardous?


13 posted on 06/24/2013 1:19:37 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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Shockingly, it seems flammable or explosive substances sometimes burn or blow up.

Three large industrial explosions in two months?
14 posted on 06/24/2013 1:19:44 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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Statistically, what is the acceptable rate?


15 posted on 06/24/2013 1:22:40 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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Just shocking isn’t it.

Turns out the extra pay for working in a hazardous environment is actually done for a reason.


16 posted on 06/24/2013 1:26:09 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: Strategerist
Shockingly, it seems flammable or explosive substances sometimes burn or blow up.

I know they can but aren't there supposed to be procedures to make sure they don't?
This many industrial accidents in a short time means either lax procedures or sabotage. Which is it?

17 posted on 06/24/2013 1:27:43 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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Wikipedia: Ammonium Nitrate Disasters
18 posted on 06/24/2013 1:32:07 PM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep ("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
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Yes they happen at this pace. You just weren’t paying attention until recently.

And the question is what “pace” you are talking about; just ammonium nitrate explosions? There’s been two this year in the US. Or are you mentally adding in the Canadian fireworks explosion, etc.?

If you’re talking about all industrial explosions, then there are of course far more of those.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonium_nitrate_disasters

There were 3 separate incidents in Spain, Romania, and North Korea just in just three months in 2004.

A random distribution of rare events will be naturally “clumpy” on its own, far more than the average person understands. If there are on average 1 ammonium nitrate explosion every year over a 50 year period, there’s not ACTUALLY going to be one a year. you’ll go three years without one, and other times you’ll have two explosions within three months, etc.


19 posted on 06/24/2013 1:32:42 PM PDT by Strategerist
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Two in Louisiana in two days, different plants. One was nitrogen and one was fertilizer.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/14/18963584-one-person-killed-in-second-plant-incident-in-two-days-in-louisiana-parish?lite


20 posted on 06/24/2013 1:34:47 PM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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