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Unfortunately, this event would probably make millions on pay-per-view. I'm not a chemical engineer, but they make peroxides and ammonia so I suspect the cryogens they have include liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. That's a recipe for a big KABOOM!
1 posted on 08/30/2017 8:42:01 PM PDT by Rockitz
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And the formula for more water.


2 posted on 08/30/2017 8:44:13 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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If peroxide mixes with that dirty water it will release large amounts of pure oxygen.


3 posted on 08/30/2017 8:44:40 PM PDT by Husker24
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When it rains it pours!

Geez!


4 posted on 08/30/2017 8:45:40 PM PDT by Boomer (Have RINO republican pols been radicalized somehow?)
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Not sure why they did not go into a safe shutdown, it does take some time, but it could have been done before the power went out. So if they can’t go into a safe shutdown, who is approving their permits?


5 posted on 08/30/2017 8:50:36 PM PDT by ClayinVA ("Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it")
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I was in Beaumont after Katrina, working on restoring the fiber optic cables in a refinery. They had experienced 9 feet of water in their computer room, so they were moving it up to the second floor. (”gee, why didn’t we think of that sooner?”)

Before we were allowed into the refinery we had to complete a safety course. There are so many chemical plants in the area that there was a regular “Safety Junior College” with a steady steam of ‘students’ (new employees) passing through. Very comprehensive program!

Once on the refinery we ‘newbies’ had to wear different color Nomex overalls to identify us. They take safety very seriously there!


6 posted on 08/30/2017 8:56:02 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ("The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but the conscience" - Luther)
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“We have an unprecedented 6 feet of water throughout the plant,”

Um, what is the normal amount of water throughout the plant?

8 posted on 08/30/2017 9:08:19 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Your Free Speech is Violence. My Violence is Free Speech.)
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From my post on the earlier thread about this.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3581682/posts

From Arkema at 5:55 EST:

“Our Crosby facility makes organic peroxides, a family of compounds that are used in everything from making pharmaceuticals to construction materials.  But organic peroxides may burn if not stored and handled under the right conditions.  At Crosby, we prepared for what we recognized could be a worst case scenario.  We had redundant contingency plans in place.  Right now, we have an unprecedented 6 feet of water at the plant.  We have lost primary power and two sources of emergency backup power.  As a result, we have lost critical refrigeration of the materials on site that could now explode and cause a subsequent intense fire. The high water and lack of power leave us with no way to prevent it.  We have evacuated our personnel  for their own safety.  The federal, state and local authorities were contacted a few days ago, and we are working very closely with them to manage this matter.  They have ordered the surrounding community to be evacuated, too. ”

They’ve ordered evacuations within a 1.5 mile radius of the plant. Sounds like they’re just waiting for the fireworks to begin. “The high water and lack of power leave us with no way to prevent it.”


9 posted on 08/30/2017 9:09:25 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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“We have an unprecedented 6 feet of water throughout the plant,” Arkema’s North American operations Chief Executive Rich Rowe said

Mr. Rowe said that the plant lost primary power and two emergency backup power sources, which led to a shutdown of “critical refrigeration needed for our materials.”


Nobody to blame here. Totally inconceivable that water might flood your plant. Completely unprecedented.

And they actually paid people to design these backup system.
10 posted on 08/30/2017 9:09:43 PM PDT by Garth Tater (What's mine is mine.)
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Fox News reporting that it just blew - prayers going out to everyone impacted by this storm.


16 posted on 08/31/2017 3:37:05 AM PDT by capydick (“Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.)
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My daughter lives in Crosby, Texas, a little outside of the 1.5 mile evacuation zone from the chemical plant. Yesterday she took in a family, Mom, Dad, 2 young children and their dog and cat. They’d been turned away from the shelters because of the pets.


21 posted on 08/31/2017 4:27:38 AM PDT by BuffaloJack
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I would think the military would have a few high-power generators that could be brought on site.


22 posted on 08/31/2017 4:32:24 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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Update: explosions have started

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3582051/posts


25 posted on 08/31/2017 5:40:44 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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