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  1. stackinsideways stackinsideways is offline

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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 7:53pm)

    pretty badass fire going on now at a Texas chemical plant. real thick black smoke. some explosions. any1 in that area?

    http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/...cnn?hpt=hp_bn1



    and a fireman fail
     
  2. JRoth15 JRoth15 is online now

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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 7:55pm) in reply to stackinsideways

    stackin--can you tell us what you really think happened?
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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 7:56pm) in reply to JRoth15

    holy shit they had plenty of time to move the truck. There goes $200k
     
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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 7:57pm) in reply to Mr. Blonde

    Why did nobody jump in that truck and move it. Wtf?
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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 7:59pm) in reply to Mr. Blonde

    IT WAS A FUCKING DRAGON, IT HAD TO BE, ANYONE WHO BELIEVES THE BULLSHIT ORIGINAL STORY IS A SHEEP
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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 8:01pm) in reply to Mr. Blonde

     
    Originally Posted by Mr. Blonde View Post

    holy shit they had plenty of time to move the truck. There goes $200k


    They should be using foam to fight that fire. super fail on their part. failed so hard they spread the fucking thing.

    Its actually quite pathetic and somebody will most likely end up losing their job for this
    Edited By: stackinsideways Oct 3rd, 2011 at 08:06 PM
     
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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 8:07pm) in reply to stackinsideways

    Good Lord
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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 8:11pm) in reply to Oh Rale

    Start making the fail gifs, holy crap.
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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 8:15pm) in reply to Mr323

    lol save the hose and fuck the truck...
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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 8:28pm) in reply to SmokeyCasinos

    Im waiting for the Rick Perry press conference that asks all the citizens of Texas to pray to God to put the fire out.
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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 8:34pm) in reply to Mr. Blonde

     
    Originally Posted by Mr. Blonde View Post

    holy shit they had plenty of time to move the truck. There goes $200k

    more like a million!

    was just browsing my FF forum and was told the dept i'm joining has their HazMat team on scene now. 80% contained, but yeah...they totally could have moved that truck!
     
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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 8:39pm) in reply to SoCalDrew

    Jesus thats a lot of money. I just based 200k on the local fire co. had a fund raiser for a new truck they needed $200k...maybe they already had some money put aside from the city budget. Either way, someone get in and put that thing in gear ffs
    Edited By: Mr. Blonde Oct 3rd, 2011 at 08:39 PM
     
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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 9:10pm) in reply to Mr. Blonde

    trucks are at least a few hundred thousand and with all of the equipment on board, easily a million in losses if it was indeed lost.

    http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2011...mical-fire.cnn

    yeah, it was a loss...at 55secs or so
     
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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 9:12pm) in reply to stackinsideways

    documentsssssssss!!!
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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 9:34pm) in reply to norcaljeff

    since a few of my trolls have made it in this thread and are praying to their gods for me to post something non related to this thread and since Im bored as shit. Ill bite a little and offer up a challange.

    6 month ban bet. If the steel structure fails and experiences a total collapse I get the ban. If the steel remains in tact you get the ban.

    mount up fellas. Im giving you 1 hour to accept the bet
    Edited By: stackinsideways Oct 3rd, 2011 at 09:36 PM
     
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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 9:43pm) in reply to stackinsideways

    lol...was there jet fuel involved in this incident?

    "The most prevalent chemical the company is required to document onsite is anhydrous ammonia," said Dave Bary.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonia...s_or_liquid.29
     
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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 9:48pm) in reply to SoCalDrew

    also how long till the fire department starting putting off the fire? <---- That is a very important fact to know before engaging the other side of the bet

    actually the fact that firefighters engaged the fire already makes it dumb to bet against you stakindumbshit
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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 9:49pm) in reply to stackinsideways

    if your bic lighter fails to melt a metal tonka trunk then a jumbo jet crashing thru a skyscraper could never cause it to fall down. excellent point.
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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 10:36pm) in reply to norcaljeff

    depending on the chemicals, a lot of times if they can't contain it right off the bat they will let it burn itself out because of the danger.

    look at this vid and the related ones on youtube. scary shtuff!

     
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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 10:48pm) in reply to SoCalDrew



    ya when they use the word contain and the inside is filled with barrels of chemicals like the above pic taken from this facility its most likely they will just attempt to let it burn itself out and it will take a while to do.

    I doubt they are doing anything but making sure it doesnt spread
     
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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 10:54pm) in reply to stackinsideways

    "Spread" like into the truck?
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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 11:12pm) in reply to Mr323

    wow, how the fuck does someone not think "I should move the fire truck, this fire is getting out of control!"
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    Oct 3rd, 2011 (10/3/2011 11:59pm) in reply to undertheradar



    too bad they never saw one of these commercials. might have saved them their jobs
     
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    Oct 4th, 2011 (10/4/2011 12:08am) in reply to stackinsideways

    it is waxahachie tho
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    Oct 4th, 2011 (10/4/2011 12:23am) in reply to curiousgeorge

    that is just terrible HazMat training on the part of the crew. They should have never parked that close to a chemical fire. You don't always fight a chemical fire with foam tho. It totally depends on what the chemical is...
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    Oct 4th, 2011 (10/4/2011 12:25am) in reply to norcaljeff

     
    Originally Posted by norcaljeff View Post

    documentsssssssss!!!

    loool
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    Oct 4th, 2011 (10/4/2011 1:06am) in reply to Geoff Moore

     
    Originally Posted by Geoff Moore View Post

    that is just terrible HazMat training on the part of the crew. They should have never parked that close to a chemical fire. You don't always fight a chemical fire with foam tho. It totally depends on what the chemical is...


    ya they do alot of oil additive work there. I dont expect you to know that but they should have.
     
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