TX - Fertilizer plant explodes in West, Texas

[21merc7]

Looting happened in Florida (so kids were guarding what little they had with guns, where they got the guns who knows) and New Orleans during bad weather tragedies. It was the t.v. kind of stuff. Made no sense to me, where you going to put it or plug it in. Of course anything without people around was being taken. Greed.

 

[Sporky]

Video of the explosion and some video of destroyed homes and vehicles.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/video?id=9070093

 

[SurfieTX]

And the number of displaced/homeless pets that are going to come from this disaster either because their owners have left them behind or possibly due to their owners death.

If anyone sees links for local rescues that will be evacuating pets please post it, I would like to donate. I would assume the shelters in that area are already overflowing so hopefully some agencies will be looking at transporting animals north.

If you are on Facebook, this is an informative open group.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/WestTexasAnimals/

 

[mimi56]

OMG! Went to bed early last night and wasn't even aware until I woke up this morning. Prayers going up for my neighbors to the south in West.

 

[Soulmagent]

Well it is Texas and folks are already pretty upset, hopefully the looters will be shot (which I believe may be legal in that state)

Honesty if I had just lost everything and had to evacuate my town with nothing but what I had on ,and I didnt have shoes and came across a pair laying in a yard of a destoryed home. I would so be wearing those shoes.
If there were glass and stuff everywhere (including chemicals falling from the sky) and my kids didnt have shoes..well I might even go looking for a pair somewhere I wouldnt consider in normal conditions. Dont shoot me.

People will meet their own immediate needs if they have to.

 

[The Cheese]

Matthew Keys, who some of you may be familiar with from following the Boston Marathon attack, is tweeting news and pictures from the Texas fertilizer plant this morning.

Here's Matt's Twitter page

https://twitter.com/TheMatthewKeys

Matt recommends reporter Lowell Brown, who is tweeting from Waco. Here's Lowell's Twitter page

https://twitter.com/LowellMBrown

Matt is also recommending KXAS reporter Eric King. Here's Eric's Twitter page

https://twitter.com/EricKingNBC5

 

[The Cheese]

Pics from Waco reporter Lowell Brown

Lowell Brown ‏@LowellMBrown 9m
A house on N Regan, about half-mile from #westexplosion pic.twitter.com/7ZvGVC3mn3

On N Regan St, looking north #westexploison pic.twitter.com/L88u6adPxW

Looking toward #westexplosion area. pic.twitter.com/u9NwlNuRcA

Outside damaged West Intermediate School pic.twitter.com/xB81PeuE9N

 

[raisincharlie]

Watching a small herd of Charlais calves and some horses following some first responders about, they are scared, poor little creatures...

Some of these videos are horrific in the damage depicted. Stay strong Texas, no one can do it better than you.

 

[The Cheese]

This will give you Matt's, Lowell's, and Eric's tweets all on one page. When you see a message at the top of the list saying e.g. "6 New Tweets", click the message, and the new tweets will appear.

https://twitter.com/search/realtime...om:EricKingNBC5 OR from:LowellMBrown&src=typd

ETA - I just updated that search link to eliminate people tweeting to the reporters or talking about them. It's cleaner now.

 

[Sonya610]

If you are on Facebook, this is an informative open group.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/WestTexasAnimals/

Wow...it is so great to see so many folks already stepping up to evacuate and care for the animal victims of this tragedy.

 

[Softail]

Some good news, they are now reporting there is no threat of any toxic fumes coming from the area.

 

[SailorMoon]

Wow...it is so great to see so many folks already stepping up to evacuate and care for the animal victims of this tragedy.

Those animals had to be terrifed and probably ran for their lives. I'll bet a lot are missing and scared. Who knows how far they ran so keep an eye out locals.

 

[nursebeeme]

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlin...ilizer-plant-explosion-injures-more-than-100/

live updates

 

[WI1987]

CNN and Fox are still reporting between 5-15 dead, hopefully it does not go as high as the estimates last night. This is a huge disaster that is bad enough already :banghead:

 

[nursebeeme]

http://www.wfaa.com/news/full-coverage-explosion-west-texas-tx-fertilizer-plant-203584881.html

complete coverage

 

[The Cheese]

Doug Delony ‏@DougDelonyKHOU 1h
The viral photo of the smoke plume above #WestTX explosion is NOT #WestTX. It's Big Spring, TX in 2008. pic.twitter.com/yPXDBW3TEw

 

[wfgodot]

Doug Delony ‏@DougDelonyKHOU 1h
The viral photo of the smoke plume above #WestTX explosion is NOT #WestTX. It's Big Spring, TX in 2008. pic.twitter.com/yPXDBW3TEw

Oil refinery blew up, iirc.

 

[The Cheese]

USA TODAY ‏@USATODAY 1h
Map of the fertilizer plant in #WestTX, where explosions left at least 160 injured and as many as 15 people dead: http://usat.ly/ZBG5Uz

 

[The Cheese]

Lowell Brown ‏@LowellMBrown 6m
To give you an idea how much media are here, I just met a Danish reporter.

 

[PoirotryInMotion]

My apologies if this has already been posted, but I feel so bad for this frightened kid in this video! Dad was filming the fire from his truck maybe a half mile or so away when the whole plant exploded. You can see the truck was completely rocked, and the poor little guy is panicky, saying "I can't hear!" and "Dad, please get outta here!"

Hope he's okay.

http://now.msn.com/explosion-at-texas-fertilizer-plant-causes-fatalities-injuries?gt1=50501

ETA: It was a little girl, and they were 300 yards away--but apparently not [permanently] harmed.
Good news.