The local people did not build houses around a fertilizer plant - the grain company illegally stored fertilizer near those homes.
Blaming the townspeople - many of whom lost everything, including family members - is pretty repulsive, especially given the heroism and stoicism so many of them displayed.
If anyone deserves opprobrium it is the scum at that business who violated Texas law and put their neighbors in danger because they didn't want to act like responsible adults.
There are very few places in this country where you are safe from some sort of potential ‘accident’ and blaming either the people who live close or the factory for doing what they do is a futile exercise. The statistical probability of something happening is so low and events so rare it is not on people’s minds the worst case scenario like this. I would bet that every single one of us live within a mile or two of something that could do similar damage if the circumstances were right. You can’t predict it nor just assume people should move away from it.
People naturally move closer to their employment. As plants age, sometimes safety measures degrade. Accidents happen.
“That was not a very intelligent comment on your part.
The local people did not build houses around a fertilizer plant - the grain company illegally stored fertilizer near those homes.”
I don’t think “West Fertilizer Company” would be illegally storing feritilizer.
“Blaming the townspeople - many of whom lost everything, including family members - is pretty repulsive, especially given the heroism and stoicism so many of them displayed.”
Personal responsibility — you take responsibility to your own safety! And lets not get libtard emotional arguments in the mix. We can talk like rational and logical people.
“If anyone deserves opprobrium it is the scum at that business who violated Texas law and put their neighbors in danger because they didn’t want to act like responsible adults.”
Bull. Anyone who builds or resides in residential complexes around a FERTILIZER plant are to blame. Personal responsibility and individual freedom should come to play here.