As the bull s**t continues ...
Holy Fertilizer !
Tuesday, I blogged that there would be more explosions and now it's hit the fan again! The planet is starting to look like a war zone.
The full extent of the devastation will have to wait until the light of day Thursday. But residents of the small Texas town of West already know what to expect. A massive explosion at a fertilizer plant on the edge of the town killed an estimated five to 15 people, wounded more than 160, leveled dozens of homes and prompted authorities to evacuate half their community of 2,800.
Between five and 15 people are thought to have been killed by a huge explosion at a US fertilizer plant that witnesses said was "like a tornado". More than 160 people were injured as dozens of homes and buildings were destroyed in the evening blast near Waco in the US state of Texas. Emergency services are still going from home to home trying to find survivors. A number of firefighters were tackling a blaze at the scene when the explosion happened, and are still missing. The explosion happened at West Fertilizer on the edge of West, a town of about 2,700 people some 20 miles (32km) north of Waco.
You know about Boston and Texas, now take a quick look at a video in the aftermath of the 7.9 earthquake this week in Pakistan. There are also the usual war zones ... and let's not forget the ricin incident and destruction caused by climate changes. End times continue ...
From Linda in Texas
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Hi Ellie, My husband and I heard and felt the explosion in Cedar Hill, Texas 90 miles away. It caused a seismic wave over 2.0. West Texas is a Czech community know as the Kolache Capital of the state. [By the way, Philadelphia is about 90 miles from New York City.]
Europe
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