# Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 18, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/texas-fertilizer-plant-explosion/230060 "2013-04-18T04:06:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fairgentleman\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fairgentleman_z/32/7263_2.png) [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/texas-fertilizer-plant-explosion/230060/1 "2013-04-18T04:06:15Z")
Just proof everything is bigger in Texas. ![http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2013/04/18/National-Enterprise/Images/Plant_Explosion_Texas_0ab1b-2103.jpg](http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2013/04/18/National-Enterprise/Images/Plant_Explosion_Texas_0ab1b-2103.jpg) ![http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/21/10/01/4489328/3/628x471.jpg](http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/21/10/01/4489328/3/628x471.jpg) ![http://rt.com/files/news/1e/c5/60/00/texas.n.jpg](http://rt.com/files/news/1e/c5/60/00/texas.n.jpg) ![http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSULMBNrYKZ-B09W4GKdRBPmQWWAXcKh2nMdB24_X4eWR35Vwx8](http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSULMBNrYKZ-B09W4GKdRBPmQWWAXcKh2nMdB24_X4eWR35Vwx8) ![http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/abc_wfaa_texas_explosion_130417_wg.jpg](http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/abc_wfaa_texas_explosion_130417_wg.jpg) ![http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/ap_texas_explosion1_waco_wy_130418_wg.jpg](http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/ap_texas_explosion1_waco_wy_130418_wg.jpg) ![http://cbsdallas.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/waco-fertilizer-plant-explosion.jpg](http://cbsdallas.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/waco-fertilizer-plant-explosion.jpg) ![http://cdn.pjmedia.com/tatler/files/2013/04/BIGVARBCcAETv4E.jpg](http://cdn.pjmedia.com/tatler/files/2013/04/BIGVARBCcAETv4E.jpg) ![http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y293/jwashburn78/backpack_zpsc9a66f1b.jpg](http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y293/jwashburn78/backpack_zpsc9a66f1b.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 4:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/texas-fertilizer-plant-explosion/230060/2 "2013-04-18T04:21:22Z")
Dayum ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/texas-fertilizer-plant-explosion/230060/3 "2013-04-18T04:23:53Z")
[https://youtu.be/ROrpKx3aIjA](https://youtu.be/ROrpKx3aIjA) “I can’t hear anything” No shit… that’s because your eardrums are now somewhere near your asshole. Thanks dad. ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 5:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/texas-fertilizer-plant-explosion/230060/4 "2013-04-18T05:53:55Z")
That’s shitty ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 5:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/texas-fertilizer-plant-explosion/230060/5 "2013-04-18T05:56:48Z")
What a fucking idiot “Hey lets watch this high explosive fertilizer plant burn to the ground” ---
**Author:** ![Terry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/terry/32/7207_2.png) [@Terry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Terry)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 6:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/texas-fertilizer-plant-explosion/230060/6 "2013-04-18T06:23:52Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > What a fucking idiot “Hey lets watch this high explosive fertilizer plant burn to the ground” I’m just hoping he’s not that stupid and didn’t know what the building was. Those pictures are incredible though, they look like something out of a terminator movie. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 6:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/texas-fertilizer-plant-explosion/230060/7 "2013-04-18T06:28:38Z")
He had to know what it was… Waco is pretty small and this is outside of Waco in the middle of no where. And those comments are coming from my experience living there for a year ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 6:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/texas-fertilizer-plant-explosion/230060/8 "2013-04-18T06:29:10Z")
After losing his gun battle he must really be hating Texas more than ever and then this happens… the same day. ---
**Author:** ![fairgentleman\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fairgentleman_z/32/7263_2.png) [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/texas-fertilizer-plant-explosion/230060/9 "2013-04-18T08:10:49Z")
Apartments are about 500 - 600 feet away: [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=West+Fertilizer+Co,+Waco,+Jerry+Mashek+Drive,+West,+TX&hl=en&ll=31.818046,-97.083499&spn=0.014185,0.01929&sll=40.365277,-82.669252&sspn=6.511715,9.876709&oq=west+fertilizer,+waco&t=h&hq=West+Fertilizer+Co,+Waco,+Jerry+Mashek+Drive,+West,+TX&z=16](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=West+Fertilizer+Co,+Waco,+Jerry+Mashek+Drive,+West,+TX&hl=en&ll=31.818046,-97.083499&spn=0.014185,0.01929&sll=40.365277,-82.669252&sspn=6.511715,9.876709&oq=west+fertilizer,+waco&t=h&hq=West+Fertilizer+Co,+Waco,+Jerry+Mashek+Drive,+West,+TX&z=16) ![http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/130418-texas-map-745a.photoblog600.jpg](http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/130418-texas-map-745a.photoblog600.jpg) ![http://media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-130418-fertilizer-explosion/ss-130418-fertilizer-explosion-11.ss_full.jpg](http://media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-130418-fertilizer-explosion/ss-130418-fertilizer-explosion-11.ss_full.jpg) Apartments: ![http://media2.s-nbcnews.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-130418-fertilizer-explosion/ss-130418-fertilizer-explosion-12.ss_full.jpg](http://media2.s-nbcnews.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-130418-fertilizer-explosion/ss-130418-fertilizer-explosion-12.ss_full.jpg) ![http://media4.s-nbcnews.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-130418-fertilizer-explosion/ss-130418-fertilize-plant-01.ss_full.jpg](http://media4.s-nbcnews.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-130418-fertilizer-explosion/ss-130418-fertilize-plant-01.ss_full.jpg) ![http://media3.s-nbcnews.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-130418-fertilizer-explosion/ss-130418-fertilizer-explosion-13.ss_full.jpg](http://media3.s-nbcnews.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-130418-fertilizer-explosion/ss-130418-fertilizer-explosion-13.ss_full.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 8:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/texas-fertilizer-plant-explosion/230060/10 "2013-04-18T08:19:41Z")
I’m curious to know if any of the truckers I deal with were there. I deal with Hoppers, Dumps, Walking floors which are all the types of trucks used for hauling large loads. Usually the stories come around from them as well. ---
**Author:** ![seth13](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/seth13/32/8038_2.png) [@seth13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/seth13)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 9:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/texas-fertilizer-plant-explosion/230060/11 "2013-04-18T09:15:41Z")
poor Altima. That is wild. I didn’t know anything about this until I got on here. Do we know anything about injuries or deaths right now? ---
**Author:** ![manhagen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/manhagen/32/7336_2.png) [@manhagen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/manhagen)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/texas-fertilizer-plant-explosion/230060/12 "2013-04-18T10:07:52Z")
This shit is insane. ![http://cdn.pjmedia.com/tatler/files/2013/04/BIGVARBCcAETv4E.jpg](http://cdn.pjmedia.com/tatler/files/2013/04/BIGVARBCcAETv4E.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/texas-fertilizer-plant-explosion/230060/13 "2013-04-18T10:38:36Z")
Can you imagine listening to all this shit about NK and nukes then feel a crazy explosion, look our your window, and see that giant mushroom cloud on the horizon? ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/texas-fertilizer-plant-explosion/230060/14 "2013-04-18T10:41:06Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Can you imagine listening to all this shit about NK and nukes then feel a crazy explosion, look our your window, and see that giant mushroom cloud on the horizon? In Texas this is probably the first thing that happened [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4pKcU4iWgQ) ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/texas-fertilizer-plant-explosion/230060/15 "2013-04-18T10:43:00Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > [https://youtu.be/ROrpKx3aIjA](https://youtu.be/ROrpKx3aIjA) > > “I can’t hear anything” > > No shit… that’s because your eardrums are now somewhere near your asshole. Thanks dad. Imagine if they had walked over to get a better look… ---
**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/texas-fertilizer-plant-explosion/230060/16 "2013-04-18T18:11:47Z")
Shit goes boom, god dammmmn. ---
**Author:** ![BREETIME](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/breetime/32/5214_2.png) [@BREETIME](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BREETIME)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/texas-fertilizer-plant-explosion/230060/17 "2013-04-18T20:27:48Z")
Jesus h Christ. ---
**Author:** ![Scott](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/scott/32/7603_2.png) [@Scott](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Scott)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/texas-fertilizer-plant-explosion/230060/18 "2013-04-18T21:09:15Z")
Who knew fertilizer was such a booming business ---
**Author:** ![Jim1234664](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jim1234664/32/7438_2.png) [@Jim1234664](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jim1234664)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/texas-fertilizer-plant-explosion/230060/19 "2013-04-18T21:44:19Z")
> [@Scott](#): > > Who knew fertilizer was such a booming business Are you sure business is good? I hear inventory is exploding… ---
**Author:** ![Jesus\_Christ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jesus_christ/32/6251_2.png) [@Jesus\_Christ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jesus_Christ)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 6:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/texas-fertilizer-plant-explosion/230060/20 "2013-04-19T06:38:25Z")
> [@BREETIME](#): > > Jesus h Christ. Not my fault bro! [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/texas-fertilizer-plant-explosion/230060.md?page=2)