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Texas explosion was a Bomb - fire dispatch recording
Live leak.com ^ | 4-17-2013 | Live leak

Posted on 04/18/2013 12:48:21 AM PDT by Species8472

A recording of the radio traffic between fire dispatch and responders reveal that West fire units report that a bomb went off in the building.


TOPICS: US: Texas
KEYWORDS: explosion; fire; texas
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To: Species8472

It does not require a High Explosive.

http://www.sinooan.com/do-you-know-much-of-disaster_91.html

http://www.hysafe.org/science/eAcademy/docs/3rdfesshs/presentations/ESSHS2008DorofeevSB.pd

Texas City 1947 is an example of this phenomena.

Prayers to the survivors and those that have lost loved ones.


21 posted on 04/18/2013 1:21:58 AM PDT by Bidimus1
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To: Bidimus1

Correct. Also I read in an early report that there was a fire, they used water and then the explosion. Water and AN is endothermic but after a certain point it becomes exothermic so that could have been a factor.


22 posted on 04/18/2013 1:23:28 AM PDT by reaganaut (Kyrie eleison...Christe eleison...Kyrie eleison)
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To: Species8472

Don’t be stupid.

Seriously.

Yeah, a fertilizer plant blew up. Happens. Fertilizer plants, fireworks factories, and munitions plants all have similar track records of cooking off now and again.

Goes off *like* a bomb due to the materials involved.

But it would be stupid to pretend that an accidental explosion, or words to describe such in the heat of the moment, would be the same as a deliberately designed bomb.

...show me that you know the difference.

If you can.


23 posted on 04/18/2013 1:27:13 AM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Are you saying this was domestic?

It could be of course but it smells like Al Queda to me.


24 posted on 04/18/2013 1:31:38 AM PDT by Impy (All in favor of Harry Reid meeting Mr. Mayhem?)
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To: reaganaut; All

There is video of the blast. And prior to the explosion there WAS a pretty major fire going on there.


25 posted on 04/18/2013 1:33:19 AM PDT by fiftymegaton (God Bless and Protect America)
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To: donna; All

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen_trichloride


26 posted on 04/18/2013 1:34:46 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: Species8472

On high alert in OK...

Oklahoma City bomb team called in after report of suspicious U-Haul truck in downtown

The cops used a robot to investigate, but luckily the vehicle was empty — on the anniversary week of the McVeigh bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.

By Sasha Goldstein / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, April 17, 2013, 5:22 PM

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/abandoned-truck-oklahoma-city-town-hall-high-alert-article-1.1319528


27 posted on 04/18/2013 1:36:03 AM PDT by stlnative
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To: Species8472

Neither, just an excited observer getting mixed up with big explosion equaling bomb.


28 posted on 04/18/2013 1:38:31 AM PDT by Ophiucus
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To: fiftymegaton; All

Here’s the amateur video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROrpKx3aIjA

There’s another video somewhere on youtube that slows it down frame-by-frame. Needless to say, HUGE explosion.


29 posted on 04/18/2013 1:40:11 AM PDT by fiftymegaton (God Bless and Protect America)
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To: fiftymegaton

That is the video that has already been debunked by several sources. Apparently it is from a few years ago.


30 posted on 04/18/2013 1:41:26 AM PDT by reaganaut (Kyrie eleison...Christe eleison...Kyrie eleison)
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To: fiftymegaton

Video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3iL2EhVsTs

Videographer was taping the fire when the major explosion occurred.


31 posted on 04/18/2013 1:41:40 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: PGalt
  If there was a fertilizer explosion somewhere that you don't usually find fertilizer, then it might be intentional. When it happens inside the fertilizer plant, it sounds like an accident.
32 posted on 04/18/2013 1:42:07 AM PDT by Maurice Tift (You can't stop the signal, Mal. You can never stop the signal.)
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To: Species8472

Up to the Minute on CBS is showing the major damage to the homes in the area. Walls blown in 10 feet or more.


33 posted on 04/18/2013 1:45:41 AM PDT by stlnative
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To: reaganaut

Not saying you are wrong, but can you point me to the info where the video was debunked? Thanks.


34 posted on 04/18/2013 1:47:24 AM PDT by fiftymegaton (God Bless and Protect America)
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To: reaganaut

Post the sources...


35 posted on 04/18/2013 1:49:48 AM PDT by stlnative
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To: Species8472
Just because it seemed like Hiroshima or Nagasaki (or Texas City) doesn't mean a bomb went off. It just means something went boomb! real good!
36 posted on 04/18/2013 1:53:20 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: fiftymegaton; stlnative

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3009132/posts?page=31#31

Some of the other threads also mention it and that the news source retracted after showing it.


37 posted on 04/18/2013 1:57:15 AM PDT by reaganaut (Kyrie eleison...Christe eleison...Kyrie eleison)
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To: Southack
All kinds of facilities "blow up" and burn. I've been there and done that in 39 years in the fire service.

I also know that a good percentage of those fires and explosions are sabotage or arson. It can be a disgruntled employee, financial difficulties, or an environmental wack job.

It's why we have arson investigation squads. I also know that a trained firefighter can recognize a bomb as well as other devices used to commit arson.

Terrorism is always a possibility of course, and given all the DHS/FEMA/USFA training on the subject that has been thrust upon us since 911, may have been the first thing the firefighter thought of when the place went up.

38 posted on 04/18/2013 2:00:31 AM PDT by Species8472 (Stupid is supposed to hurt)
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To: reaganaut

Did you even look at the video in post 31. It is not the same video as the one with man and his kid in the truck. Please review both videos.


39 posted on 04/18/2013 2:05:49 AM PDT by stlnative
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To: reaganaut

Looks like two completely different videos to me. I recognize the video you referenced as an old video that I’ve seen many times before.

The link I posted is to a completely different video.


40 posted on 04/18/2013 2:05:59 AM PDT by fiftymegaton (God Bless and Protect America)
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