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Deadly blast devastates Indianapolis neighborhood
Yahoo News ^ | November 11, 2012 | Charles Wilson

Posted on 11/11/2012 8:35:35 PM PST by JerseyanExile

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Splintered beams and boards on a piece of charred earth were all that remained Sunday where at least two Indianapolis homes were leveled in a blast that killed two people and rendered homes for blocks uninhabitable. A backhoe raked through the rubble in the middle-class subdivision as clusters of firefighters and rescue workers weary from a long, chaotic day that began late the night before waited for their next assignment.

The two-story, brick-faced homes on either side of those demolished by the blast were ruins. One home's roof was gone, a blackened husk left behind. On the other side of the gap, the side of a home was sheared off. Across the street, garage doors had buckled from the heat.

It wasn't yet clear what caused the blast that shook the neighborhood at 11 p.m. Saturday. Residents described hearing a loud boom that blew out windows and collapsed ceilings. Some thought a plane had crashed or that it was an earthquake.

Alex Pflanzer, who was asleep when the nearby homes were leveled, said he heard his wife screaming and thought someone was breaking in his house. Grabbing his gun, he checked the house and saw the front door was standing open.

"I walked outside and all the houses were on fire," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: explosion; indianapolis
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To: ltc8k6
I meant hiding it in terms of a conspiracy to conceal the cause of the explosion to avoid liability, as was suggested.

I am getting older now. I would not answer the phone on this one.
41 posted on 11/11/2012 10:24:10 PM PST by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media. GOTV<GOTF)
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To: cricket

“There was a very odd “smell” thoughout the southside after the explosion and it was still lingering in the wind at 2:00AM. It was NOT the smell of natural gas and it did not have the typical “house fire” smell. It smell almost sweet, floral, but musky. (That’s the best I can describe it.)”

Nitrous Oxide has a faint sweet smell.


42 posted on 11/11/2012 10:26:48 PM PST by ltc8k6
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To: _Jim
You're no fun.

I'd like to do the math.

43 posted on 11/11/2012 10:29:40 PM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: ltc8k6

But they add Sulfur Dioxide to Nitrous Oxide these days to thwart the huffers...


44 posted on 11/11/2012 10:35:54 PM PST by ltc8k6
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To: Tenacious 1

I saw a pic of this Sunday AM, and my first guess was gas leak. Has this happen in my neighborhood when I was a kid and it took out 3 houses and killed 3-4. Two of the houses were leveled like some at the epicenter of this blast.


45 posted on 11/11/2012 10:36:15 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est.)
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To: _Jim; Moonman62

From practical experience from seeing the results, enough to level the house and have insulation falling out of the sky like snow a 1/2 mile away. See my previous post.


46 posted on 11/11/2012 10:42:16 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est.)
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To: JerseyanExile

Mythbusters ignites air/Methane mixture in a confined/closed area (simulating a sewer pipe in this case); note how the pressure wave of the igniting wavefront compresses the un-ignited air on the far left as the flamefront progresses:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DokeJj0pxPw


47 posted on 11/11/2012 10:43:46 PM PST by _Jim (Conspiracy theories are the favored tools of the weak-minded.)
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To: FreedomPoster

See my post just above, re: flamefront working to compress the un-ignited air/methane mixture (as the flamefront progresses forward). These ‘ignition’ events aren’t static things (there is forward momentum, and that is imparted to debris and walls as well as the pressure factor) ...

Also, did you see the Philly explosion? What was the wind like that night? 1/2 mile is not that far for debris in wind ...


48 posted on 11/11/2012 10:47:12 PM PST by _Jim (Conspiracy theories are the favored tools of the weak-minded.)
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To: ltc8k6
Nitrous Oxide has a faint sweet smell.

Hmmm; no laughing matter, here; for sure and 'however'. . .

49 posted on 11/11/2012 11:34:46 PM PST by cricket
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To: _Jim

Well; this may have it. Incredible the damage; whatever the case.


50 posted on 11/11/2012 11:38:49 PM PST by cricket
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To: _Jim

Most of the information to start the investigation is in the photograph at the beginning of the thread. Notice the house was blown away from the foundation and look at the burn marks in the foundation.


51 posted on 11/12/2012 12:03:23 AM PST by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media. GOTV<GOTF)
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To: _Jim; PA Engineer
She had been having trouble with her gas heat all week and Citizens gas had been out working on her gas lines just three or four days before the explosion.

I don't understand that post.

In my city, if she called about gas at her furnace, then the gas company would come out and inspect it, and if there was a small problem with no real safety issues, then they may give her a break and write up a notice, and tell her to call a plumber, if there was any danger, then they would lock the meter, and then a licensed plumber and a permit, and a full pressurized test of the entire system after the repair, and a city inspection of that work and test would be required.

Since the gas company only works from the outside meter back through their lines in the yard, then all of their work area would be outdoors, and it would be very simple and straightforward, basic, and it would be hard to make such a gross mistake with it.

52 posted on 11/12/2012 1:16:13 AM PST by ansel12 (Todd Akin was NOT the tea party candidate, Sarah Steelman was, Brunner had tea party support also.)
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To: JerseyanExile

Contrary to what the article says....those do not look like BRICK houses.


53 posted on 11/12/2012 3:27:33 AM PST by octex
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To: PA Engineer

Natural gas. I’m sticking with it from experience.

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54 posted on 11/12/2012 3:36:01 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: ltc8k6
IIRC, the gas utility has said it wasn’t a gas leak.

From the article:

Dan Considine, a spokesman for Citizens Energy, said the utility had not received any calls from people smelling natural gas in that area.

"Most of the time, when there's a gas leak, people smell it," he said. "But not always."

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Stating no gas leak was reported, is not the same as saying it was not a gas leak. I would bet money on a gas leak.

55 posted on 11/12/2012 3:38:30 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: Tenacious 1

Read a report and this report also may contain there were no reports of “rotten egg smell” which would indicate natural gas. Imagine there is checking to see if possibly chemical not added for smelling of leak, if it was a leak.


56 posted on 11/12/2012 3:57:22 AM PST by no-to-illegals (Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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To: _Jim

Viable thoughts.


57 posted on 11/12/2012 4:02:21 AM PST by no-to-illegals (Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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To: thackney

They said an initial inspection detected no gas leaks. You missed a post.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2958463/posts?page=14#14


58 posted on 11/12/2012 4:19:31 AM PST by ltc8k6
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To: JerseyanExile

If the “authorities” are stalling the announcement of a cause, you can rest assured that “No terrorism was involved”


59 posted on 11/12/2012 4:22:36 AM PST by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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To: ltc8k6

Acetone peroxide is a favorite of ROP adherents. As any welder knows, acetylene defines the term musky smell.


60 posted on 11/12/2012 4:25:57 AM PST by antidisestablishment (Our people perish through lack of wisdom, but they are content in their ignorance.)
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