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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
It's going to end up way above that, I think.
How the hell do you allow a residential area of that size to spring up around a fertilizer plant? And I would definitely be interested in hearing of what the initial emergency response to the fire was, because the second they saw flames, there should have been some kind of evacuation procedure enacted.
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I think you're not understanding how small towns exist in the States. Any time a factory, mine, port, whatever, is created, the town springs up right beside it. Thing of all the mining towns built right beside the mines, or thousands of cities directly beside the ports; all have the possibility to be totally destroyed, but that the way we've designed them. Think Halifax, Frank, etc.
And on your second point, Id say this is pretty similar to the local Hub oil fire. People directly in the danger zone were evacuated, but in the Tx case, it somehow detonated, something I don't think anyone was expecting given the type of product produced at this plant.