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i am willing to wager that there is 0% chance of connection to terrorism.

What country are you living in? 0% chance? The sad thing is, I doubt we'll get the real story even if it is a terrorist act. It's better for the government to keep us feeling safe and working. That keeps the taxes coming and the economy working, after all. I just wish we could really "know" the truth about everything. Just because they say "minor injuries" doesn't mean it is so.

As a former Boeing Employee with a decent understanding or airline mechanics and the manufacturing process, I can personally vouch for a number of "cover ups" and "bogus" stories the government used to explain plane crashes and explosions.

my 0% wager is based upon live news coverage from the site and from the industry. while i can't think of any scenario where i believe the government, that doesn't mean that we cant draw conclusions based upon evidence.

since there was a release prior to the explosion that means the tank car was defective, either from design or mishap. the tank cars are stored in areas which are very far away from people and surrounded by other tank cars. i dont thik anyone has reported seeing 3 middle eastern men running through the storage yards.

even if they were there, i doubt if the tactic they would have tried is opening a valve on an ammonia tanker.

to make a long story short, these sorts of things happen not quite routinely but frequently. if we were not under orange alert this would be a purely local story and no eyebrows raised.

"JAUI"