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« Reply #15 on: April 19, 2013, 08:20:08 am »

I wouldn't be able to sleep ever again if I was that guy
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« Reply #16 on: April 19, 2013, 08:26:13 am »

Crazy how far he is from the plant and how it still shoots debri into his car.

What is that, like 700 meters, give or take?
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between the 3 of them or how ever many where there one of them could of got the gun and pointed it at him and told him to gtfo. Its that simple he would of left no one raped murdered lives saved so on and so forth daugher be eating her captain crunch the next morning
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« Reply #17 on: April 19, 2013, 08:28:58 am »

I'm assuming by the map that jabba posted it's probably around 500 yards
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« Reply #18 on: April 19, 2013, 08:32:55 am »

This is really sad :/ This is a terrible week for America...

Unfortunately, these industrial accidents are quite frequent and typically preventable. 

What can individual citizens do? 

1) Learn the risks of plants near you.  Even the most innocuous buildings can house mind-numbing hazards.  Check out the EQ facility explosion in Apex, NC back in 2006. 

http://www.csb.gov/eq-hazardous-waste-plant-explosions-and-fire/

The link above is to the U.S. Chemical Safety Board's site, which investigates these types of incidents.  Even though they have no enforcement power, they can recommend legislation to help prevent these types of incident. 

Their videos have excellent recreations of the incident, and detail the causes and ensuing events.  http://www.csb.gov/videos/

2) The U.S. EPA is a good resource to find dangerous facilities near you.  Use their Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) or Biennial Reporting System (BRS) databases to find companies in your area that ship or receive hazardous materials or wastes. 

Since EPA databases can be a nightmare to navigate, use the Right-To-Know Network's page to search your area: http://www.rtknet.org/

Sorry about the long post, but in my line of work I have seen the aftermath of many waste plant disasters Embarrassed




Oh, and how about this guy's luck?

I guess I haven't really noticed them  Undecided There was one that happened a few miles from my old house in Utah a few weeks ago... luckily nobody was injured..




That video shows how crazy the shockwave is  Shocked
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« Reply #19 on: April 19, 2013, 08:40:21 am »

This is really sad :/ This is a terrible week for America...

Unfortunately, these industrial accidents are quite frequent and typically preventable. 

What can individual citizens do? 

1) Learn the risks of plants near you.  Even the most innocuous buildings can house mind-numbing hazards.  Check out the EQ facility explosion in Apex, NC back in 2006. 

http://www.csb.gov/eq-hazardous-waste-plant-explosions-and-fire/

The link above is to the U.S. Chemical Safety Board's site, which investigates these types of incidents.  Even though they have no enforcement power, they can recommend legislation to help prevent these types of incident. 

Their videos have excellent recreations of the incident, and detail the causes and ensuing events.  http://www.csb.gov/videos/

2) The U.S. EPA is a good resource to find dangerous facilities near you.  Use their Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) or Biennial Reporting System (BRS) databases to find companies in your area that ship or receive hazardous materials or wastes. 

Since EPA databases can be a nightmare to navigate, use the Right-To-Know Network's page to search your area: http://www.rtknet.org/

Sorry about the long post, but in my line of work I have seen the aftermath of many waste plant disasters Embarrassed




Oh, and how about this guy's luck?

Yeah I read about that guy....crazy eh
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« Reply #20 on: April 19, 2013, 08:41:38 am »

Wow, that looks pretty bad Autumn. Hopefully nobody was hurt badly....
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« Reply #21 on: April 19, 2013, 08:43:18 am »

the dog sounded like he was ok
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« Reply #22 on: April 19, 2013, 08:44:37 am »

I'm pretty sure nobody was hurt... Luckily it was fairly late.

If it happened during the day it would have been extremely tragic...
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« Reply #23 on: April 19, 2013, 09:10:28 am »

Yeah I read about that guy....crazy eh

The memes will start soon.  Remember this guy...

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« Reply #24 on: April 19, 2013, 09:11:45 am »

is that real?
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« Reply #25 on: April 19, 2013, 09:12:26 am »

ok nevermind.. I feel dumb now. 
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« Reply #26 on: April 19, 2013, 09:13:44 am »

That's quite all right.  Millions fell for it back in the day. 
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« Reply #27 on: April 19, 2013, 09:41:53 am »

Well sure it was louder, but it was also not six inches from her ear.  Tongue

The sound would have had time to dissipate a bit before it reached her.

The sound isn't the problem, its the shockwave. IIRC, there's a video from some college kid and his friends who were at the middle school there playing basketball and he took video of the fire. When the thing blew they got knocked back into the bed of his truck, and two of his friends got injured, one with a broken/**** rib and a bruise to the face, the other got some shrapnel stuck in him. The vid autumn posted doesn't look to be from all too much further away than the college kid's one.

Sound waves and "shock waves" dissipate the same way.  Autumn posted a video where it's clearly shown the girl has her hearing back.  I'm not sure why you're disputing that.
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