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Explosion rocks Naval base in New Jersey
Yahoo/Reuters ^

Posted on 08/20/2013 7:59:12 AM PDT by nuconvert

An explosion on Tuesday morning rocked Naval Weapons Station Earle near the Jersey Shore, and fire trucks, ambulances and a medical emergency helicopter rushed to the scene, authorities said.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: navalbase; navalweaponsstation; navy; navybase; newjersey; nj; waronterror
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1 posted on 08/20/2013 7:59:12 AM PDT by nuconvert
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To: nuconvert

Prayers up for all concerned.


2 posted on 08/20/2013 8:01:52 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: nuconvert

Bammy’s fault.


3 posted on 08/20/2013 8:01:55 AM PDT by Paladin2
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U.S. Navy ‏@USNavy 28m Explosion & fire in building on base NWS #Earle. Emergency personnel on scene. Injured taken 2 hospital. More 2 follow Retweeted by Bret Baier
4 posted on 08/20/2013 8:02:48 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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To: nuconvert

reports are, at least 4 injured


5 posted on 08/20/2013 8:02:59 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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U.S. Navy ‏@USNavy 1m UPDATE: NWS #Earle #explosion occured @ Marine Boat Repair Shop. Initial reports 6 injured, all taken 2 local hospita
6 posted on 08/20/2013 8:03:43 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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To: nuconvert

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/Report_Explosion_at_NJ_Naval_base.html

Slightly more info


7 posted on 08/20/2013 8:04:39 AM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: nuconvert
Someone missed the threshold of an experiment.
8 posted on 08/20/2013 8:07:07 AM PDT by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: nuconvert

And a B-1 Bomber downed yesterday?!


9 posted on 08/20/2013 8:07:15 AM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: nuconvert

Workplace violence?


10 posted on 08/20/2013 8:11:19 AM PDT by Above My Pay Grade (The people have the right to tell government what guns it may possess, not the other way around.)
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U.S. Navy ‏@USNavy 4m Ammunition & ordnance operations at NWS #Earle not affected by #explosion. Full press release 2 follow. Expand U.S. Navy ‏@USNavy 6m #Earle #explosion damage was contained within the boathouse area
11 posted on 08/20/2013 8:12:14 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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To: don-o
I was unaware of this facility.

Looks like it was valuable enough to rebuild the huge piers fairly recently.

12 posted on 08/20/2013 8:21:19 AM PDT by Paladin2
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http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=76051

press release from USN


13 posted on 08/20/2013 8:32:59 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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To: Paladin2

Have a look on Google Earth .... they have a HUGE hull testing pool


14 posted on 08/20/2013 8:35:19 AM PDT by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: Above My Pay Grade
Workplace violence?

If it was, I'm sure they'll let us know.

15 posted on 08/20/2013 8:35:46 AM PDT by null and void (Frequent terrorist attacks OR endless government snooping and oppression? We can have both!)
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I was trying to figure out exactly what that was, but an outdoor testing tank for models makes sense (except for the winter temps in NJ)


16 posted on 08/20/2013 8:41:05 AM PDT by Paladin2
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I was unaware of this facility.

It's been just up the coast from us forever, have not thought much about it now that the nukes are gone.

How do I know the nukes are gone? When rent-a-cops take the place of United States Marines as base security, the nukes are gone.

17 posted on 08/20/2013 8:41:44 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed &water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: don-o
I remember in 1973 an explosion occurred in the machine shop at Coast Guard Base Cape May.

Turns out a couple of machinist mates were blow torching a WWII torpedo they fished out.

18 posted on 08/20/2013 8:54:56 AM PDT by AU72
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To: Paladin2

more ordinance passes through Earl than any other facility by far.


19 posted on 08/20/2013 9:08:56 AM PDT by frithguild (You can call me Snippy the Anti-Freeper)
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To: null and void

It couldn’t have been. The NSA would have picked up on it after reading his emails and FR posts.


20 posted on 08/20/2013 9:27:26 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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