www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20130...-west-near-waco1.ece

Yes, I've just seen the headlines for this, dot-dot-dot. The initial report is "70 dead". Very sad.

Indeed

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Scary stuff.

very sad indeed, they will know more in the daylight

right at 146 Miles / 267 Km away from me which I really thought Waco was farther away doesn't seem that near

Bigbadaboom.

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Reports are now saying between 5 and 15 dead and over 160 injured.

Not great, but better than the original "70 reported dead". I do wish these supposed news reporters would get their facts right before putting out information.

Anyway, still bad enough and I'm sorry for all involved and their families.

cantata wrote:
Its a big big problem, the media are quite happy to fling out made up numbers if they have nothing solid.
They do it with the bloody economic news too!

Some are saying they felt the blast waves in far southern Dallas county,

Holy shit! That was one huge explosion! no wonder people got hurt...

Who was the idiot who thought it was good idea to build that plant so close to other buildings/people etc?

Good question, Hex. I think he was called "Mr Capitalist", a close relation of "Mr Money-Mad" and "Mr Banker".

It's peculiar that we all fear war and nuclear weapons.... yet, somewhere near you and me right now, is a bigger and far more real threat to our lives and health, and we're upholding them with our labour.

Mad world.

Yea, that's probably the bunch who thought it's good way to make some $... And nobody though that if that thing catches fire, it might go boom. wWll, there's more important stuff like profit to think about.

Not being an explosives expert (though I'll bet somebody on here is ) I've no idea how much credence this missile assertion deserves. But as always, I like to consider possibilities.

It's quite interesting to learn of the lawsuit filed against Monsanto. Food for thought?

There's also some interesting comment on tactics employed by internet shills that's worth looking at.

Missile Strike Appears To Have Destroyed West Texas Fertilizer Plant
April 23, 2013
Print Version
Source: Lee Rogers, Blacklisted News

With everyone’s attention on the Boston Marathon bombings there have been a few events that occurred last week that have flown under the radar. On Wednesday April 17th 2013 there was an explosion at a fertilizer plant in West Texas that killed several people and injured hundreds. Raw video footage showing the plant on fire and the subsequent explosion shows what looks like a missile blowing up the complex. A very distinct sound can be heard right before the blast indicating that some sort of object traveling at a very high rate of speed was fired into the area. The corporate media has claimed that something inside the plant set off the larger explosion but if you carefully watch the footage it is obvious that this was not the case. The explosion was reported to have been felt up to 50 miles away and even registered 2.1 on the Richter scale creating an enormous mushroom cloud. This is similar to the Oklahoma City bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building which resulted in a 3.0 reading on the Richter scale. The blast left a crater 30 yards across and 15 yards deep. Barry Murry a local resident who lives a mile away from the plant compared the blast to a bomb going off when speaking with CNN and this is just one of several eyewitness accounts comparing it as such. Common sense would dictate that this type of seismic activity and the crater size could have only occurred with the use of a powerful missile or bomb and the video evidence certainly supports it.

Angle #1 Of Explosion




Angle #2 Of Explosion




Slow Motion Analysis Of Footage




Texas Plant Explosion Compared To Munition Strike



There are some back stories to this now destroyed fertilizer plant which are of interest. The first one is that there have been reports that the plant had been storing 270 tons of ammonium nitrate which is 1,350 times the amount that would normally require safety oversight by the Department of Homeland Security. It is also being reported that the plant housed a large quantity of anhydrous ammonium which can be used to create ammonium nitrate when combined with nitric acid. Up until the time of the plant explosion, the Department of Homeland Security claims that they had no knowledge of any ammonium nitrate being stored at this facility although other government agencies are reported to have had records of what was stored there.

Ammonium nitrate is the same substance that Tim McVeigh used for the Ryder truck bomb that was parked outside of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building the day of the Oklahoma City bombing. So here we have a plant that is reported to have stored large quantities of ammonium nitrate that conveniently gets set on fire and explodes a few days prior to the anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. This is quite an amazing coincidence with the ammonium nitrate angle giving the media all sorts of chances to invoke memories of Oklahoma City.

Another interesting back story to this fertilizer plant is that the company that ran the plant called the West Fertilizer Company had filed a 2007 class action lawsuit against Monsanto for artificially inflating prices of its Roundup product. Since at least 1997 this company had done a good amount of business with Monsanto but evidently the relationship went south in recent years resulting in this lawsuit. A judge denied a request to certify the case which prompted an appeal from the West Fertilizer Company that a district judge has yet to rule on. The company was represented by approximately 30 lawyers at 12 firms according to a Wall Street Journal article which analyzed the court records.

Monsanto has been regarded by many researchers as one of the most evil companies on the planet due to their involvement in weapons manufacturing and genetically modified foods. Those claims are not off-base considering that this is the company that was responsible for developing wonderfully horrible substances like Agent Orange. Even though it is impossible to say if this lawsuit had any connection to the events that occurred this past week, there is little question that Monsanto is a powerful company with powerful connections. This lawsuit gives us more perspective as to what may or may not have been going on with this company and the fertilizer plant. Undoubtedly, they were creating quite the annoyance for a powerful company with historical connections to the U.S. military and the federal government. It is a guarantee that high level executives at Monsanto aren’t shedding any tears over this company’s plant being blown up.

Curiously enough there was also a huge emergency preparedness drill set to take place at the North Hills Hospital around the same time that the plant explosion occurred. The North Hills Hospital is roughly an hour’s drive away from the now blown up fertilizer plant. According to the North Hills Hospital blog, they cancelled the drill so resources could be shifted over to help the victims of the blast. There has also been a report of an unusually large number of FEMA vehicles spotted in the Waco Texas area before the plant explosion. Much like the Boston Marathon bombing and other suspicious events resulting in chaos, death and destruction we have another government sanctioned drill happening in the general area at around the same time. Admittedly this is less suspicious than the drills that have occurred during other events, but it does raise questions.

The original cause of the plant fire is still said to be officially unknown but it seems clear based upon the video evidence available that some sort of missile or airborne projectile was used to fully destroy the plant and the surrounding area. Local officials are claiming that there was no criminal activity involved in starting the fire but they have also remarked at the large size of the crater. The crater is an obvious characteristic of a missile or bomb blast despite what the local authorities and the corporate media whores are saying.

One thing worth noting is that there were more people killed in this plant explosion than in the Boston Marathon bombings. Despite this, the event has not been given anywhere near the same amount of attention. It should be clear to all why this is the case considering what the video footage shows. There is absolutely no reason to pay any sort of attention to what the corporate media shills are saying about what happened unless you are looking for some comedic relief. All these people do is parrot what people in government tell them in order to protect the evil of the power structure. Even when the video footage obviously shows a projectile traveling at a high velocity blowing up the fertilizer plant they are going to treat you like you are stupid and act like they have no idea what caused the plant to explode. It is surprising that these clowns haven’t started telling people that the sky is purple on a sunny day. We also have Larry Klayman the Jewish founder of Judicial Watch promoting a conspiracy theory about how Muslims might be behind the plant explosion with no proof. Apparently Klayman would prefer we believe his ridiculous conspiracy theory instead of watching video documentation of the plant being blown up with a missile strike. On top of this, paid Internet trolls have come out in full force claiming that people who think a missile destroyed the fertilizer plant are crazy which is ridiculous if you watch and hear what’s in the video footage.

Unfortunately there are also people in the alternative media like Mark Dice who is claiming that anyone who thinks it was a missile strike is a crazy conspiracy theorist living in their Mom’s basement. He attempted to prove this by showing a video of someone claiming that the plant was blown up by a nuclear strike when the vast majority of people questioning this are not making that assertion. The fact that Dice would create a straw man argument like this by showing a single person with a bizarre theory raises serious questions about his credibility. It is the equivalent of finding a single person who claims that the Godzilla monster brought down the Twin Towers on September 11th as a way to discredit anyone who has questions about the September 11th attacks. The fact that Dice is putting out rubbish like this actually gives more credibility to the prospect that the fertilizer plant was hit with some sort of missile strike.

We also have this plant explosion occurring in West Texas which is a town just north of Waco Texas. Conveniently like the Oklahoma City bombing this happens right around the anniversary of the 1993 government sanctioned raid of the Waco Texas based Branch Davidians which resulted in the slaughter of many innocent women and children. Instead of the media presenting the events as occurring in West Texas, they would keep saying that the explosion occurred just north of Waco Texas. Again, we have the media shills invoking memories of the Waco Texas raid as a means to manipulate their audience. This is just one more coincidence that we need to consider.

It is terrible to think that the federal government would use military assets against the American people. However, we must understand that the Obama regime has had no problem using drone strikes to kill women and children in foreign lands. This man and the people associated with him are documented war criminals and entirely psychotic. It might sound crazy to the average person to hear this but it is doubtful the people in charge would have any problem using military assets including drone strikes against the American people.

It is difficult to explain a rational motive for this other than the fact that we are dealing with some sick people. These are individuals who would have no problem killing and injuring a bunch of people as part of a ritualistic PSYOP to invoke memories of previous government sanctioned slaughters such as the aforementioned Oklahoma City bombing and the Waco Texas raid. The Monsanto connection could have been another reason or maybe there was something more sinister going on behind the scenes of the plant that made it necessary to facilitate a cover up. Admittedly this is all speculation, but when you are dealing with sick and crazy lunatics who run the United States government, anything is possible.

Even if you don’t believe my own conclusions, I strongly encourage everyone to carefully watch the video footage. Pay no attention to what the propagandists are saying and make up your own mind.

Jewish lightning clearly.

www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2013/04...nt-ha_n_3113117.html

Or more likely it was the lack of work place safety enforcement.

The casualty numbers now stand at 15 dead and 200 injured.

It's reported that there are currently more than 70 State & Federal agents along with fire protection engineers, investigating the scene in an effort to determine whether the cause was accidental or incendiary.

The crater created is 93'wide x 10' deep.

Officials say,"Using blast patterns and evidence analysis, investigators have also determined that a railcar filled with ammonium nitrate is not the cause of the fire or the cause of the explosion.It is a victim of the explosion,” ."

I'd read elsewhere that they were storing chemicals in quantities that were way above the threshold guidelines, but here, the investigating officials state that the amounts at the site do not pose a hazard.

They're still compiling an inventory of materials that were held there, and state that most have been mitigated.

www.wacotrib.com/news/mclennan_county/we...9f-594fad7d2089.html

Details are still pretty sketchy, but I had a feeling we'd perhaps not heard the end of this...

WEST (CBSDFW.COM) - A man from West has been arrested for possessing a destructive device. Bryce Ashley Reed is set to appear in a federal court in Waco at 10:15 a.m. Friday morning.

Court documents detailing Reed’s arrest will be made public during his court appearance.

Reed’s brother, Cyrus, was a volunteer firefighter who died in the fertilizer plant explosion that rocked the small Texas town. Authorities previously said that the deadly blast in West was not a criminal act or an act of terrorism. It is unclear if police believe that Reed may now be connected to the West explosion.

dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/05/10/west-man-arr...-destructive-device/