Just on CNN...Chemical plant explosion.

Chemical Plant explosion in Morganton, NC. No details, other than a nearby witness described a "mushroom cloud."

That safety measures had been done away with by the Bush Administration.

I hope they are okay

now lives in Lincolnton, NC.

as a Davidson student in advanced abnormal psychology. Quite a place.

I used to visit that place as a kid and there was this lady who'd cuss to herself and I thought she was scary. Now I cuss aloud to myself. Especially when I burn myself on the friggin' stove.

my NOT going into clinical psychology. The patients were shocking. Many of them were senile or retarded. I met with a schizophrenic about my age every week (we were supposed to track one patient), and he became progressively more delusional. I got access to patient drug records for a term paper, and the number elements of the average drug cocktail was amazing.

that took place during the late 1960s by the very person I would visit. Not crazy either. Shock treatment, loads of pills...plus a lot of hokey pokey between the doctors and staff. But the grounds were very lovely.

Jacksonville Fl yesterday

Just don't know....We have been threatened, it is CHEMICAL and (not trying to sound "tin-foil" deprived)--SOTU speech tonight.

Marijuana in baby's diaper--check (takes care of drug searches talking point)
Illegal Iraqi's at Mexican border--(takes care of immigration talking point with hint of terror)
Chemical plant explosion--(reminding us we have to keep vigil and aren't safe talking point)

Yeah I am sure you are right.
Isn't it amazing how everything conforms to talking points so nicely and that the media covers it all? What a wonderful country.:sarcasm:

explosions form a "mushroom shaped cloud"...the fireball from the explosion rises and boils....

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... earlier today. My wife has an aunt and uncle and cousins there.

Hope they're okay, but it looks like it was confined to the plant.

(Edited to reflect West of CHARLOTTE, a little EAST of Asheville)

Let's hope the NSA wasn't monitoring your computer at the time.

If I disappear from this computer in the next 5 minutes, you all will know what ha

and closer to Durham.

County seat, Burke County. It's northwest of Charlotte, and slightly east of Asheville. Nowhere near Durham - - that's almost three hours to the east.

That is, in fact, why I was looking up Morganton... to see if there WAS a Morganton (I thought my wife's relatives lived in MorganTOWN, but I think they live in MorganTON).

MorganTOWN is in Alamance County - - a small town just north of Burlington, about equidistant from Greensboro and Durham off of I-40. MorganTON is bigger and about 100-120 miles to the west.

cool username, btw.

:(

an American mine anyone?

Dad was a UMWA lawyer.

Saftey just gets in the way of American corporate profits

ttp://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/breaking/news-article.aspx?storyid=50644



MORGANTON, N.C. (AP) -- Six people were injured after an explosion at a chemical plant Tuesday, authorities said.

The blast occurred at the Synthron Inc. plant shortly after 11:30 a.m.

Firefighters were on the scene and police urged residents to stay inside while they determined what chemicals were involved in the explosion.

like the Houston Ship Channel - or the Jersey Turnpike - or I-95 between Philadephia and Wilmington DE.

WE have been warning -and nobody in oficial Washington has been listening.

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safety issues. We must let the free market work! :sarcasm:

the Mississippi - where the free market took care of safety issues.

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where one employee was "missing" for several weeks - suspicion centered on him -- until they found his charred, bloated remains in a drainage ditch inside the plant.

:sarcasm:

The smartest & most natural reaction is "Run Away!"

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got out of FL in time...I AM SUPERMAN!

Sixteen Hurt in N.C. Chemical Plant Blast
Sixteen Injured in North Carolina Chemical Plant Explosion; Residents Urged to Stay Inside
The Associated Press

Jan 31, 2006 — MORGANTON, N.C. An explosion at a chemical plant Tuesday injured at least 16 workers and set off an intense blaze spewing thick, black smoke that forced nearby residents indoors while crews tried to determine what chemicals might be in the air.

Two victims were airlifted to different hospitals after the 11:30 a.m. explosion at the Synthron Inc. plant, a hospital spokesman said. One was in serious condition and the other's condition was not released.

Fourteen people, none with life-threatening injuries, were being treated at another facility, officials said.

Firefighters were on the scene and police urged residents to stay inside. Authorities called residents near the plant to tell them to close their windows and turn off their ventilation and heating systems while hazardous materials crews figure out what chemicals were involved in the blast, said Lisa Propst, a communications manager for Burke County emergency services.
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1561852

why don't they just say what is processed or manufactured at the damned plant?

wtf? Shouldn't they be evacuated until they figure out what it is they are breathing?

And shut up doors, windows, etc.

In Texas, chemical plants are secretive about which chemicals they actually manufacture. This is supposedly for "Security." Big plants usually have their own HazMat teams. But explosions or leaks at smaller places can be real problems. Sometimes it takes a while to find out what the City (or County) HazMat should do. Quench a fire immediately? Let it burn out? Run away? Tell the people to stay inside until the all-clear? Tell them to stay inside until the ambulances arrive? Tell them not to light a match, whatever they do?

Expensive homes are NOT built near petrochemical plants.

This is just awful. :(

and DUCT TAPE!!! Most surely have stockpiles from... BWHAHAHAHAHA!

http://www.wastenotnc.org/hwhome/penalties/countylist/burke.htm

failed to :

perform or document weekly inspection on containers of hazardous waste in storage and daily inspections of the on site hazardous waste storage tank farm,

to determine the average volatile organic as required for the hazardous waste storage tank,

have an appropriate training program in place for facility personnel,

maintain the required documents and records for persons involved in hazardous waste management,

adhere to Contingency Plan requirements and to maintain in its files, a copy of the one-time written notice that included the information required in the Generator Paperwork Requirements Table,

stored hazardous waste without complying with the requirements set forth in Rules

and complete, sign and submit a permit application to the Hazardous Waste Section for a storage permit as required by the Rules.