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14 dead, 100's injured in Texas (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Apr 2013
OP
Yahoo had an article stating the plant was housing 1300% more then the legal limit.
Lobo27
Apr 2013
#5
kr. and i bet the death toll will turn out to be higher. initially the news said 80-100. it
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#7
freshwest
(53,661 posts)1. There it is. 'Go back to sleep, America.'
upi402
(16,854 posts)2. Oh come on
There were no "Moslums" or "brown skinned individuals" after all.
Seriously, folks in the south pride themselves on 'no permits or inspections'. This is WHY we have codes, permits, and inspections.
Loudly
(2,436 posts)3. Perry is in Illinois this week prosyletizing.
Trying to induce Illinois businesses to move to Texas.
He has an effective pitch too, the jackass.
People die = larger profits.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)4. Should make one for the Sago mining disaster that happened under Bush
Lobo27
(753 posts)5. Yahoo had an article stating the plant was housing 1300% more then the legal limit.
lexw
(804 posts)6. Holy heck! What a picture. I hadn't seen that.
HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)7. kr. and i bet the death toll will turn out to be higher. initially the news said 80-100. it
would be kind of miraculous if only 14 people died.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)8. I hope people sue him until he has nothing but the clothes on his back
Then they can charge him with negligence and murder and live behind bars.