http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/24/plant.explosion.ap/index.html


What makes this really interesting, is that i'm under 15 miles away(Sibley) from it. I heard and felt it all.

I don't recall hearing any explosions last week. Maybe I was asleep...

According to what i've head, a truck load of 750lb bombs was sitting right next to the burning building. Since I still have windows, I don't think they went off.

EDIT: It think this may be the bomb in question: http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/dumb/m117.htm

genius

Smarter then you...
KABURNZ..{I had too!]

Anyway. Wow that must be some freaky livig next to a huge bomb,

WTF were there bombs in a truck that wasn;t fireproofed?

Not really. It's not like shrapnel is going to miraculously fly over or through the many miles of dense forest and kill me in my sleep. It's not like they have flammable tactical nukes laying in random bunkers.



Fireproof trucks? I don't believe such a thing exists. Even if it did, the internal temperature would still rise and possibly set off the ammunition if the fire was hot and lasted long enough.(Right?)


I was at school when this happened. 1st hour/period when all of a sudden the building shook with a sound I normally attribute to lightning. It was quickly followed by a second explosion and possibly a third minor one. My first thoughts were that thunder struck the building. Most teachers guessed it was the ammo plant. It was soon proven that they were right when the Principal announced it and stated that the school(s) around Doyline were being evacuated to our school.

Later on there were more explosions, a few minor and few more "medium" explosions like I first heard. Then there was a bigger explosion. I swear I felt the actual shockwave(Blast wave?) indoors instead of the thundery ground tremors from the others.

One of the first explosions did knock a sprinkler or a piece of one from the ceiling.


EDIT: NEWS!

There is still a 1 1/2 mile danger zone around the plant. 750lb bombs are said to litter the area. Oh yeah, the plant seems to no longer exist and Doyline is completely empty, a good idea seeing as it is literally across the street from the plant's extrance.

http://www.ktbs.com/news/local/3728941.html <-- I saw it on TV...

Heh, reminds me when this happened where I live.

http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_222165020.html

You had one big bomb. I had the stationary equivalent of a carpet bombing.

http://www.ktbs.com/news/local/3735116.html