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Posted on 5/1/18 at 11:20 pm to EA6B
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nitromethane (Drag racing fuel).
I thought it was nitro benzene? Or is that boat racing?
Posted on 5/1/18 at 11:20 pm to EA6B
Lafayette is west on I-10, New Orleans is east on I-10
Posted on 5/1/18 at 11:37 pm to Ba Ba Boooey
Everyone telling stories about the Exxon explosion, find another thread.
This post was edited on 5/1/18 at 11:42 pm
Posted on 5/1/18 at 11:38 pm to MikeD
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On May 1, 1991, at the IMC Fertilizer, Inc., (IMCF)/Angus Chemical Company plant located in Sterlington, LA, a fire occurred in the area of a waste gas vent compressor (RJ-291) in the nitroparaffins (NP) plant. A few moments after the fire started, a series of explosions destroyed a large section of the NP plant, sending shrapnel north and east of the plant. Large debris weighing up to 150 pounds was hurled almost a mile away. Employees #1 through #8 of IMCF were killed and 42 were injured. In addition, approximately 70 residents of the town were injured and numerous businesses and residences were severely damaged.
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Posted on 5/1/18 at 11:41 pm to MikeD
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Specifically, OSHA said it found that nitromethane and nitroethane piping in the nitroparaffins plant were not protected from exposure to heat or shock; detonation traps were not installed in all of this piping; the propane pressure vessel was not suitable for its intended use; relief valves on several vessels were improperly vented; and process units were too close to occupied buildings.
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Posted on 5/2/18 at 12:10 am to redstick13
Also killed over 500 people and launched a tanker ship’s anchor over a mile.
Posted on 5/2/18 at 12:15 am to TigerstuckinMS
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I remember that day like it was yesterday. Nolan Ryan pitched his seventh and final no-hitter.
Posted on 5/2/18 at 12:29 am to MikeD
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MikeD
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I'm Mike D. And I get respect
Your cash and your jewelry is what I expect"
M.C.A. Was with it and he's my ace
So I grabbed the piano player and I punched him in the face
Posted on 5/2/18 at 12:45 am to heypaul
Lived in the Sweetbriar trailer park down 61 when Exxon exploded. Blew me off the couch. Had sex with the neighbor that night.
Posted on 5/2/18 at 6:19 am to LSU_Holla
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Man I hated Ms Natt..what year you finish sterlington?
"Sit your narrow behind down!"
'94
And you?
Posted on 5/2/18 at 6:20 am to MikeD
Thanks Mike D!
Can I put those post in my original post??
Can I put those post in my original post??
Posted on 5/2/18 at 6:36 am to liz18lsu
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I lived on Evangeline St. when Exxon exploded on Christmas Eve, late 80's. It blew some of our neighbor's windows out. I remember hearing you could see the smoke almost to New Orleans.
I was growing up in Pierre Part. I remember the windows rattling on the front of the house and the electricity blinking out for a second. My dad was home and immediately said there must have been an explosion somewhere and we felt the Shockwave. Found out a little while later it was Exxon
Posted on 5/2/18 at 6:51 am to heypaul
I was a freshman in the Library in Oak Grove and can very clearly remember hearing the rumble from that explosion (50-ish miles away). I thought it was thunder (on a clear day), and then thought it must be a jet going supersonic. Didn't find out until a few hours later what it had been.
Fast forward several years and I coached and taught some kids at Sterlington whose parents were killed or whose homes were damaged by that event.
Fast forward several years and I coached and taught some kids at Sterlington whose parents were killed or whose homes were damaged by that event.
Posted on 5/2/18 at 7:15 am to TDFreak
Our current governor and mayor would hand out shopping bags to help make the looters jobs easier.
Posted on 5/2/18 at 7:20 am to heypaul
Ive heard that with events like this, it puts out so much heat immediately that people get burned hundreds of yards away before they have a chance to get behind anything.
Saw it happen with another explosion like this and it was something I never really thought could happen. Crazy stuff
Saw it happen with another explosion like this and it was something I never really thought could happen. Crazy stuff
Posted on 5/2/18 at 7:39 am to shspanthers
If you were on the baseball team for Oak Grove, then we played each other several times actually...
Posted on 5/2/18 at 7:57 am to shspanthers
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hearing the rumble from that explosion (50-ish miles away).
I remember hearing it in Monroe. If I am not mistaken, this was also the same timeframe that the area was having major flooding. That whole time was kinda a blur.
Posted on 5/2/18 at 8:08 am to heypaul
Plant Operator Baw fell asleep
Posted on 5/2/18 at 8:30 am to jcaz
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Also killed over 500 people and launched a tanker ship’s anchor over a mile.
Yes. It's an interesting read. It tossed a 2 ton anchor more than 1 1/2 miles and made a 10 foot crater, tossed a 5 ton anchor a 1/2 mile. Then a second explosion 15 hours later tossed one of the ship's propellers 1 mile. Sheared the wings off of two sight seeing planes. The shock wave was felt 250 miles away in Louisiana. Basically leveled Texas City.
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