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Massive Fire Near Campus - Winston Weaver Fertilizer Plant 1400 N. Cherry Street

BiffTannen said:
I don't eat grass.
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To be fair, the Haber-Bosch process is probably more responsible for the growth of human population and civilization than any other technological innovation of the past 120 years, so Blue is pretty dead on.
 
mako1331 said:
To be fair, the Haber-Bosch process is probably more responsible for the growth of human population and civilization than any other technological innovation of the past 120 years, so Blue is pretty dead on.
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and basically most of the mass production of high-explosives ever since. i guess they balance each other out
 
mako1331 said:
To be fair, the Haber-Bosch process is probably more responsible for the growth of human population and civilization than any other technological innovation of the past 120 years, so Blue is pretty dead on.
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this is a negative though
 
BiffTannen said:
So you're on board with the genocide then. I'm not saying you're wrong, btw. This COVID thing might be just what mother Earth ordered.
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Covid wasn't strong enough, but it definitely helped create enough disinformation and division and mistrust in science that when a plague with a significantly higher mortality rate comes we have absolutely no chance.
 
These are the two rail cars filled with 90 tons of ammonium nitrate that caused so much concern. The fire came pretty damn close.
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ipitytheblue said:
So are we out of the woods here?
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Not yet. The original evacuation was scheduled to end tonight at 7. The hazmat techs are going up in the NCSHP helicopter this afternoon to take a look at what is still burning and try to gauge what hazards are still there. There are other pockets of fertilizers and other combustible materials that if explode, could still potentially set off the ammonium nitrate. The amount of flammable and explosive materials at that plant are insanely high, so they're going to get a birds eye view and reasses. There's only so much you can see from a drone's camera.
 
tsywake said:
Not yet. The original evacuation was scheduled to end tonight at 7. The hazmat techs are going up in the NCSHP helicopter this afternoon to take a look at what is still burning and try to gauge what hazards are still there. There are other pockets of fertilizers and other combustible materials that if explode, could still potentially set off the ammonium nitrate. The amount of flammable and explosive materials at that plant are insanely high, so they're going to get a birds eye view and reasses. There's only so much you can see from a drone's camera.
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Not to mention they need daylight.
 
Drove through downtown today and it was hazy all the way to like Hickory
 
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