I read it was about 35 dead. Where did you get that number?
Course, with the whole Boston thing, everything else has taken a back seat.
More deaths in the Texas disaster. More traumatic injuries in the Texas disaster. But completely ignored by the media. It would be poetic justice if a terrorist group claimed responsibility. I’d love to see the media trying to explain why they completely ignored a disaster that was 100 times worse than the one that happened in Boston.
An earlier fertilizer ship explosion at the Port of Texas City in 1947.
Understandably! That was awful. At least Boston came out looking great as a city. The Mayor should run for Governor. I don’t know his politics but he was incredible during this. Almost as good as Rudy during 9/11!
Texas city explosion in 1947.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_Disaster
2300 tons of ammonium nitrate, diesel fuel, and munitions all in close proximity created one of the largest non nuclear explosions of all time.
“I read it was about 35 dead. Where did you get that number?”
The Texas City disaster of April 16, 1947 is the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history, and one of the largest non-nuclear explosions. Originating with a mid-morning fire on board the French-registered vessel SS Grandcamp (docked in the Port of Texas City), its cargo of approximately 2,300 tons (2,086,100 kg) of ammonium nitrate detonated,[1] with the initial blast and subsequent chain-reaction of further fires and explosions in other ships and nearby oil-storage facilities killing at least 581 people, including all but one member of the Texas City fire department.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_Disaster