Huge explosion in Dallas. Closes major Interstates.

[Subdivisions]

Looks like acetyline gas supplier. Chunks of debris all over area. Live coverage on MSNBC. Hundreds more bottles in vicinity of fire. Building demolished.

[helderheid]

1. keep us posted!

[marmar]

2. How soon before the ubiquitous "Terror not suspected" gets added to news stories about it....

:shrug:

[jojo54]

4. Not until they get the o.k, that the W.H. hasn't been able to

find a spin on this tragic event.

[Warpy]

14. All ready done, CNN asked that stupid question

of a silly woman who couldn't pronounce "acetylene" to save herself. Good thing they didn't ask her to spell it, eh? At least she had the good sense to pooh-pooh the terra idea.

One shot showed tanks with jets of flame coming out of the top, exactly what you'd expect to see when cylinder tops crack in the presence of fire.

They'll have to wait until the gas mostly burns off before they can safely enter the area.

At least they've got something real to deflect them from covering the contempt hearings. They didn't have to do rich blondes in rehab.

[marmar]

17. Sadly, I'm not surprised.....

n/t

[madokie]

3. jimmy jones co had one of those over there in tulsa about a year ago

huge acetylene gas explosion that is

[RB TexLa]

5. Industrial Blvd

[DemoTex]

16. Close to the Trinity river?

I thought I saw a river dike in one of the aerial shots.

[RB TexLa]

23. Yes, Industrial pretty much runs along side the river

Explosion is near the Jefferson Street bridge

[Marrah_G]

6. wow.............

I hope no one was hurt.

[RB TexLa]

7. Humane society is near there

[Subdivisions]

9. It doesn't look good. Reports of two injured at Parkland

[tammywammy]

8. Live coverage here

http://www.nbc5i.com/videostream/13751972/detail.html

[Subdivisions]

10. Thanks tammywammy!

[tammywammy]

11. Hey, thanks for the heads up

I'm watching it now. Thank goodness I have no reason to go to downtown Dallas today. I hope everyone made it out okay. It looks horrible.

[RB TexLa]

12. It's also on TXCN if you are outside of Dallas

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

13. Yikes - looks terrible

I hope there aren't more injuries than have already been reported.

[BlueJazz]

15. Somebody probably struck a match and the Air (Polluted) caught...

..on Fire.

:rofl:

[RB TexLa]

18. The rain and the coolness of the nights has cleared the air out pretty well

lately

[LSK]

19. of course! there is about to be contempt charges drawn

We cannot have that reported on!!!

[mod mom]

20. exactly. nt

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

31. ...

:eyes:

[tammywammy]

32. Yes, I'm sure the head honcho at Airgas

Was just planning on this. Screw our business and surrounds business, there's gonna be contempt charges, we should explode our building today!

Do you think before you post? Seriously, there are two men injured from this, but a lot of people could have been killed.

[LSK]

35. this will get 99% of the MSM attention

That was my point.

[Tesha]

21. "Man, like, who knew the 'No smoking' sign actually *MEANT* it, huh?" (NT)

[warren pease]

22. Quick! No time to lose...

faster than you can say "terra - terra - terra," it's time for The Commander Guy to protect us by invoking those national security and vaterland security presidential directives he was so proud of when he rolled them out a couple of months ago:


http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070509-12.html


And here's an analysis of what they actually mean:


http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_2143.shtml


And here's three of their most odious provisions:


“(b) "Catastrophic Emergency" means any incident, regardless of location, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the U.S. population, infrastructure, environment, economy, or government functions;“ (MY NOTE: which means Katrina, a Calif. quake, a flood in the Midwest, a massive power outage, AN EXPLOSION IN DALLAS, etc. could all trigger the marvelous plans that comprise most of the rest of the directive.)

“(18) The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall provide secure, integrated, Continuity of Government communications to the President, the Vice President, and, at a minimum, Category I executive departments and agencies.” (MY NOTE: This would be making sure the usual shadow government entities have uninterrupted access to Il Duce and his puppet masters in the secure white house bunker.)

“(6) The President shall lead the activities of the Federal Government for ensuring constitutional government.” (MY NOTE: You may have noticed BushCo’s ongoing respect for Constitutional law, and may assume that such respect will continue after the dictatorship is in place.)


wp

[RB TexLa]

24. I bet everyone at the Holy Land Foundation trial looked around a bit when the

explosions went off.

[tammywammy]

26. There maybe a couple

with brown pants now.

[tammywammy]

25. We can see the haze where I work

Over off 183 in Irving.

[Babsbrain]

27. Has the little general invoked martial law yet? n/t/

[RB TexLa]

33. I don't think Avery Johnson has that power

[tammywammy]

36. Maybe he meant Jerry Jones

:)

[H2O Man]

28. It looks intense.

I've flipped back and forth from CNN to MSNBC.

[RB TexLa]

29. More explosions 11:00AM

[tammywammy]

30. 2 men at Parkland

With serious injuries, burns on chest and arms. But both are expected to recover fully. They're both awake and talking with doctors.

Parkland not expecting any other injuries.

[lpbk2713]

34. Headline --- *President airborne in AF-1. Won't come back till Cheney says it's safe*