Explosion in Waco/West

[DigMe]

Hey, everyone. Are y'all hearing about this explosion in your neck of the woods?

Please keep these people in your prayers. This is a tight-knit little czech community where everyone knows everyone and I'm already hearing rumors of possibly 60-70 dead. That would be just devestating. Man..just to think about that many dead in little West just hurts my heart.

I have so many friends around here that I'm already hearing are affected by this including damaged and flattened houses. My best friend got called in to the hospital to treat casualties.

This is horrible. Pray.

bc

 

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[scorpionldr]

News hasn't even surfaced around me about that, but damn, everyone's losing it lately.

 

[DigMe]

It was a fertilizer plant. An ammonia tank caught on fire.

bc

 

[MJ5150]

Let us know how we can help beyond prayers bc.

-Mike

 

[DigMe]

I don't know man.. Waco and all of the surrounding communities all have open arms right now. Not even sure the extent of everything. Everyone is ready to help.

bc

 

[ThatBassistDude]

I've been watching the news for hours, absolutely tragic. I live in Burleson Tx (about an hour away) and even felt the blast. My dad was driving his 18 wheeler on I35 about 5 miles from west when the plant exploded, almost knocked him off the road!
Giving blood tomorrow! 1000 prayers their way.

 

[4Mal]

Wow! Note to self, do not live near a fertilizer plant... Thoughts out to the people of West.

 

[Scott in Dallas]

My mother in law's house is rubble. We won't see how much is left until tomorrow morning. It's three houses down from the apartments they keep showing on the news. She saw the fire and got the boys knocking on doors to get people to go down to the church. I wonder how many lives she saved doing that.

 

[smperry]

I heard about it through Twitter...and actually remembered that you're in Waco.

Horrible. Hoping the lives lost is not as bad as estimated.

 

[Scott in Dallas]

Wow! Note to self, do not live near a fertilizer plant...

Or if you do, always be ready to bolt the second you smell smoke. We always thought about the fertilizer plant the same way you'd think of a munitions factory or a fireworks plant. That's why my MiL got her friends and family a couple of miles away when it happened. We lost the cat, though. Fingers crossed.

 

[i_got_a_mohawk]

Reported casualities are coming out at 5-15 fatalities and a lot of injuries.

 

[michael_atw]

I'm noticing almost a complete lack of coverage on this chaos from national media outlets.

Social media is quiet.

Considering how off-the-wall the coverage was for 3 days, I find it compelling a significantly larger tragedy is basically ignored for coverage on how to lose weight while fighting inflammation.

 

[Marlat]

I'm noticing almost a complete lack of coverage on this chaos from national media outlets.

Social media is quiet.

Considering how off-the-wall the coverage was for 3 days, I find it compelling a significantly larger tragedy is basically ignored for coverage on how to lose weight while fighting inflammation.

Its top story on the BBC.

 

[i_got_a_mohawk]

I'm noticing almost a complete lack of coverage on this chaos from national media outlets.

Social media is quiet.

Considering how off-the-wall the coverage was for 3 days, I find it compelling a significantly larger tragedy is basically ignored for coverage on how to lose weight while fighting inflammation.

As Marlat points out, it's certainly a top news story over here.

Though so was the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit Iran & Pakistan, which AFAIK wasn't mentioned here and didn't make much of a blip on social media.

 

[GregC]

Its top story on the BBC.

And CNN.

 

[guy n. cognito]

I'm noticing almost a complete lack of coverage on this chaos from national media outlets.

Social media is quiet.

Considering how off-the-wall the coverage was for 3 days, I find it compelling a significantly larger tragedy is basically ignored for coverage on how to lose weight while fighting inflammation.

It's the top headline on every national media source I've read this morning.

 

[Marlat]

As Marlat points out, it's certainly a top news story over here.

Though so was the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit Iran & Pakistan, which AFAIK wasn't mentioned here and didn't make much of a blip on social media.

That earthquake was all over the BBC - it was the main coverage under the Thatcher Funeral special report on the website.

 

[Febs]

Its top story on the BBC.

It's been the top story on CNN and Fox News as well. There was constant live coverage on CNN overnight.

 

[sloasdaylight]

Just saw a video of the blast.

Holy mother of God. Good vibes going out that way.