Texas; Developing WMDs?????

[Mr. Shaman]

'Red flag'​

"The fertilizer plant that exploded on Wednesday, obliterating part of a small Texas town and killing at least 14 people, had last year been storing 1,350 times the amount of ammonium nitrate that would normally trigger safety oversight by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Yet a person familiar with DHS operations said the company that owns the plant, West Fertilizer, did not tell the agency about the potentially explosive fertilizer as it is required to do, leaving one of the principal regulators of ammonium nitrate - which can also be used in bomb making - unaware of any danger there.

Fertilizer plants and depots must report to the DHS when they hold 400 pounds or more of the substance. Filings this year with the Texas Department of State Health Services, which weren't shared with DHS, show the plant had 270 tons of it on hand last year."

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[Harry Dresden]

'Red flag'​

"The fertilizer plant that exploded on Wednesday, obliterating part of a small Texas town and killing at least 14 people, had last year been storing 1,350 times the amount of ammonium nitrate that would normally trigger safety oversight by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Yet a person familiar with DHS operations said the company that owns the plant, West Fertilizer, did not tell the agency about the potentially explosive fertilizer as it is required to do, leaving one of the principal regulators of ammonium nitrate - which can also be used in bomb making - unaware of any danger there.

Fertilizer plants and depots must report to the DHS when they hold 400 pounds or more of the substance. Filings this year with the Texas Department of State Health Services, which weren't shared with DHS, show the plant had 270 tons of it on hand last year."

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why is this in politics?....

 

[hoosier88]

Yah, saw that in coverage. The owner of the plant has a lot of explaining to do - as well as the TX Dept. of State Health Services, which apparently spectacularly failed to notify DHS of the stockpile.

Nor were local first responders notified, which would have prompted them to pull back & possibly saved lives. Also, a blast wall should have been built around the plant, & special zoning should have been put in place, to keep apartments & old-age homes, schools, nurseries, daycare centers, etc. from being built within a reasonable distance. (The blast exceeded any reasonable distance, of course. No one in public safety apparently knew anything about the powderkeg they were sitting on.)

Which is probably why the owner didn't report - after all, who was he hurting? We have an answer now, & he & his corporation will likely go bankrupt from fines, penalties, denial of permitting, civil suits. Even so, I don't think he's going to sleep well for a v. long time ...

 

[TemplarKormac]

I'll tell you what's more explosive.

My indigestion.

 

[blackhawk]

'Red flag'​

"The fertilizer plant that exploded on Wednesday, obliterating part of a small Texas town and killing at least 14 people, had last year been storing 1,350 times the amount of ammonium nitrate that would normally trigger safety oversight by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Yet a person familiar with DHS operations said the company that owns the plant, West Fertilizer, did not tell the agency about the potentially explosive fertilizer as it is required to do, leaving one of the principal regulators of ammonium nitrate - which can also be used in bomb making - unaware of any danger there.

Fertilizer plants and depots must report to the DHS when they hold 400 pounds or more of the substance. Filings this year with the Texas Department of State Health Services, which weren't shared with DHS, show the plant had 270 tons of it on hand last year."

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why is this in politics?....

Conspiracy theories was full.

 

[blackhawk]

FYI we have had WMD for many year's it's a combination of long horn steers and ex-lax the result one massive gas attack.