Fire at chemical facility in South Midland (tx), evacuation under way

MyWestTexas.com ^ | 02-21-03

[The_Victor]

I use the Reynolds heavy duty type.

I hate to burst your bubble, but Reynolds specializes in aluminum. I don't think you can even find real tin foil anymore.

Yeah, I know: Picky, picky, picky.

[Overtaxed]

I don't think you can even find real tin foil anymore.

Oh no! What do we do now?!

[homeschool mama]

We're doomed.

[Overtaxed]

Think we can make it through with duct tape?

[Overtaxed]

Think we can make it through with duct tape?

[MeekOneGOP]

No, I haven't. And the Dallas Morning News doesn't have anything about it either.

Chemical plant fires happen quite often in Texas. I'll check the Houston Chronicle and see what they have.

Hopefully, it's nothing terror related.

Thanks for the heads up...

[Aggie Mama]

I bet an oil refinery doesn't have tight security like a nuclear plant.

Wrong. I'm sure there are exceptions, but most refineries have such tight security that if you fart the wrong way outside the front gates, they are all over you.

[babaloo999]

Texas is a big state... Crawford is near Waco, Midland is in far West Texas....

It's so far west that you only have to drive another 350 miles to get to El Paso.

[wysiwyg]

[Mo1]

Fox News is reporting ANOTHER fire at a recycling plant in CA

[stands2reason]

I hadn't heard about this until I saw it here...

[js1138]

What brand of foil do you use and what type? I use the Reynolds heavy duty type.

Sorry I don't have pictures, but aluminum foil of any kind is like a glass window to mind-control rays. You need mu-metal.

How Do PMT Mu Metal Shields Hold Up To Deformation? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The question is how well do mu metal shields work after they've been dropped, dented and completely deformed. Using a Hall probe and some old pmt mu metal shields we performed the following tests. Magnetic fields were measured with the Hall probe aligned vertically with the mu metal shields (the shields sitting as shown below). With this orientation the probe was nearly aligned with the Earth's magnetic field and read ~350 mGauss. Fields inside the shields were measured as nearly as possible to the centers of the shields.

And if you want something durable, here's the lifesaving link.

[js1138]

and the truckload of BORIC ACID hijacked 2 weeks ago.,.....

Cockroaches just can't resist boric acid, especially if you put some chocolate in it.

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

I don't know about South Midland, but President Bush grew up in Midland, Texas. He may well know some of the people involved in the plant.

[JustPiper]

I saw a father here in Chicago who went to the morgue, came away with a brown manilla envelope and said "This is my daughter" that stuck with me!

[MeekOneGOP]

I hadn't heard about this until I saw it here...

Me either. The Dallas Morning News and the Houston Chronicle don't have this story. I just checked again.

[MeekOneGOP]

Ah ! I do find something in the Midland paper though...

http://www.mywesttexas.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7133552&BRD=2288&PAG=461&dept_id=475626&rfi=6

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BREAKING NEWS ...
Fire at south Midland chemical facility dying down; evacuees allowed to return

Staff Report NewsWest 9

02/21/2003

Emergency personnel are still on the scene of a fire at the Tetraco chemical facility on Francis Road in south Midland. The fire has died down considerably, and an evacuation of area residences and businesses has been recalled, allowing them to return.

* Fire started at about 9 a.m.
* Officers of several municipal, county and state agencies have been or are on the scene.
* Salvation Army provided support services for emergency personnel and evacuees.
* No official reports of injuries at this time.
* Firefighters contained the scene and let the fire burn-out.
* Authorities are asking curious onlookers to avoid the scene.

CLICK HERE for the latest news, a live report from the scene.

CLICK HERE for an overview of today's incident from Dale Little, Emergency Services Coordinator for Midland County.

CLICK HERE for residents' accounts of the fire.

en Español

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A complete report tonight on NewsWest 9 at 6 and 10 p.m. and in Saturday morning's edition of the Midland Reporter-Telegram.

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[MeekOneGOP]

Oops ! I meant to include you in post #119, fyi...