Explosion rocks Arkansas chemical plant

[javadu]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/01/06/plant.explosion.ap/index.html

[Fish-Slapping_Dance]

1. I work in Little Rock

and we can see the smoke from our building.

Yikes. Pray, if you've got 'em.

[Cannikin]

2. Dont worry...it was just one of our meth labs.....

Actually, its a small chemical plant. As of this minute, no deadly chemical fumes..although the fire is still raging.

[truthisfreedom]

3. yikes!

[xchrom]

4. well that's scary

[DrWeird]

5. I'll bet it's in a poor black neighborhood.

You see, I was raised as a poor black child...

[ChoralScholar]

14. well actually....

the first place to be evacuated (other than the plant, that is) was a little trailer park known as 'Chateau Village', which is known for being very ethnic and having lots of domestic violence.

Smell a conspiracy? Nah... just toxic chemical fumes.

[frylock]

6. i suppose the porn star reading the news..

is frantically assuring people that it is not TERRORIST RELATED.. I repeat, this is not terrorist related. In other news, Brittney Skeeze blah blah blah..

[yellowcanine]

7. Anybody notice a "womb bomber" lurking around the plant?

I know, poor taste - I couldn't resist. If I don't make a joke out of this orange alert stuff it gets depressing.

[Cannikin]

8. Actually, no terror link!

Everyone is more concerned with getting their children out of the day cares and schools in the area...their being dropped off at ...GASP! WAL MART!

[yellowcanine]

9. Dropping the kids at Wal Mart?

That is plenty terrifying. I thought you said there wasn't a terror link.

[Fish-Slapping_Dance]

10. Hey! Wally World knows how to take care of children!

Shut up and buy something, dammit!

[Cannikin]

11. Or we'll send them to China along with your money!

[Fovea]

12. Lots of products that might have been a culprit

but the industrial solvents are a logical starting place.

http://www.detco.com/products.htm

I would not stand downwind, myself.

[ChoralScholar]

13. They just sent in an air quality team (after 4 hours)

to determine if the smoke is hazardous. Currenly I-40 exit 129 is closed, among several city streets.

http://www.thecabin.net
(Log Cabin Democrat - Conway, AR)

[Robb]

15. Anyone ever read Delillo's book "White Noise"?

Clearly, this is an Airborne Toxic Event.

[HereSince1628]

16. Was that explosion anywhere near Toad Suck?

[ChoralScholar]

18. not really

Toad Suck is about 6 miles west of there.

[MrBenchley]

17. You might recall

that last summer Jon Corzine found not only that most chemical plants had little or no security...but that most had never been contacted by "Homeland Security" for any reason...