Posted on 05/23/2023 2:10:25 PM PDT by spirited irish
Investigations are reportedly underway as 60,000 pounds of toxic ammonium nitrate have been reported missing while being transported from Wyoming to California.
An empty railcar was found at a rail stop in the California Mojave Desert, two weeks after it had departed its initial location.
Multiple entities have announced through their representatives that The Federal Railroad Administration, the California Public Utilities Commission, Union Pacific, and Dyno Nobel (the company responsible for the transport) are looking into the incident.
On May 10th, the report was sent by Dyno Nobel to the government National Response Center, or NRC. Last Wednesday, the report was published in an NRC database of occurrences in California maintained by the state Office of Emergency Services.
Ammonium nitrate, typically transported in pellet form, is a chemical used as both fertilizer and a component in explosives.
Dyno Nobel claimed that pellets had fallen from the car during its two-week transit to the Saltdale rail siding, which is a short track connecting with the main track, about 30 miles from the town of Mojave in eastern Kern County.
“The railcar was sealed when it left the Cheyenne facility, and the seals were still intact when it arrived in Saltdale. The initial assessment is that a leak through the bottom gate on the railcar may have developed in transit,” the company spokesperson said.
A representative from the Federal Railroad Administration attributed the incident to a failure to properly close one of the hopper car gates. This oversight led to the loss of the hazardous material.
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Breaking Bad-ish
We covered this yesterday. It is fertilizer, not explosives.
It can be turned into explosives with some minor knowledge.
It leaked out from the train car on the tracks.
But let’s get hysterical.
It’s always the last place you look.
That’s about 12 Oklahoma City bombs worth. My first impression was that it was an FBI operation that will allow them to raid the homes and businesses and arrest anyone they label a “white supremacist”, or “Christian Nationalist”.
RE: But let’s get hysterical.
“Mistakes were made”
WhatsBiden’s FBI going to blow up now?
My dad told me the story of how he was forced by his dad to go steal flammable materials from the railroad as a kid.
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Okay - maybe not forced. But during the Depression he would roam the rail line and pick up coal that had fallen out of the cars and bring home for the furnace.
“It can be turned into explosives with some minor knowledge.”
Yeah, but that’s not very practical to do when it’s spread out, pellet by pellet, over 1,000 miles of train track.
Maybe the FBI plans to blow up a seaside mansion.
OK, Did anyone retrace the route to confirm this or are we being hosed again?
Did he ever get a soup stone and hobo ID card? Just wondering.
Yer prolly right. Lets see if anything blows up real good in coming weeks like some of those abandoned govt buildings in DC. 😐
Florida man? 60,000 pounds oughta do it.
Yeah, but now it's become a toxic chemical!!
"Investigations are reportedly underway as 60,000 pounds of toxic ammonium nitrate have been reported missing while being transported from Wyoming to California."
Next thing you know, it will be radioactive!
Sure it was a leak, just like the leaks coming over the boarder.
Somewhere there is a stretch of rail where the vegetation is going to flourish.
That’s what I was thinking, it’s straight out of Breaking Bad.
Here’s the clip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hLJgoIm8qk
My Dad did the same in south Chicago. He was one of 9 kids. Besides picking up coal they set traps by the graineries and grandma cooked sparrow stew. Too bad I didn’t get her recipe.
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