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re: Today is the 29th anniversary of the Exxon refinery explosion in Baton Rouge
Posted on 12/24/18 at 3:36 pm to Paul Allen
Posted on 12/24/18 at 3:36 pm to Paul Allen
My grandparents' house in Broadmoor, right next to where the Broadmoor theater used to be. Only time in my life I felt the earth shake. My grandpa (ww2 vet) thought a bomb had gone off.
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Posted on 12/24/18 at 4:25 pm to Paul Allen
I was 6 years old, under the house in Denham helping by dad fix a broken pipe, but really just getting in his way.
He was a pipe fitter who worked in that plant and drew a lottery to be off that day.
He was a pipe fitter who worked in that plant and drew a lottery to be off that day.
Posted on 12/24/18 at 6:12 pm to Paul Allen
I remember it...
It was at the end of the coldest cold snap the city had ever seen. The burst pipe aftermath was ridiculous.
We had 3 straight days of lows in the teens and highs in the mid twenties, with the last night getting down to a reported 8 degrees (they said it was the coldest temperature ever recorded in BR).
The reports were that it was well colder than the coldest possible temperatures for the plant design envelope which led to the explosion.
When the actual explosion happened, I was in my car at LSU near Chimes street. I actually didn't notice the explosion! I had a crappy noisy car and must have just figured I hit a bump.
It was at the end of the coldest cold snap the city had ever seen. The burst pipe aftermath was ridiculous.
We had 3 straight days of lows in the teens and highs in the mid twenties, with the last night getting down to a reported 8 degrees (they said it was the coldest temperature ever recorded in BR).
The reports were that it was well colder than the coldest possible temperatures for the plant design envelope which led to the explosion.
When the actual explosion happened, I was in my car at LSU near Chimes street. I actually didn't notice the explosion! I had a crappy noisy car and must have just figured I hit a bump.
Posted on 12/24/18 at 6:14 pm to Paul Allen
Was in Lafayette and we felt/heard the boom there. I swear to God. I remember me and my family eating and everybody kind of pausing say "what was that?!"
Posted on 12/24/18 at 6:26 pm to TigerBait1971
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The electricity blipped out for a second before the BOOM!
This is exactly what happened at my parents all the way in Pierre Part.
Posted on 12/24/18 at 6:29 pm to Paul Allen
I was two years old and not in Louisiana.
Posted on 12/24/18 at 6:31 pm to Paul Allen
I was duck hunting and we felt the rumble 70 miles away. I remember the mallards sliding on the ice.. my dad was called out to go in and work. He said screw ya that thing is still burning! Hahaha
Posted on 12/24/18 at 6:42 pm to weadjust
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looters attacked damaged businesses
Read your post in a hurry and saw the "ers" on the end of "looters." I thought you meant to type something else.
Posted on 12/24/18 at 6:56 pm to Paul Allen
Visiting my sisters, one lived off Siegen, the other off Perkins. Rattled the windows at the Perkins location.
Posted on 12/24/18 at 7:05 pm to White Roach
Yea tank farm area down by the docks
Posted on 12/24/18 at 8:59 pm to M. A. Ryland
Lowest temperature officially recorded in Baton Rouge was 2 F. (Feb. 13, 1899)
This post was edited on 12/24/18 at 9:05 pm
Posted on 12/24/18 at 9:27 pm to Klingler7
Someone posted the local evening newscast last year. Very busy news day. Also has the invasion of Panama and Dutch Morial dying.
Posted on 12/24/18 at 9:34 pm to Paul Allen
Wow. Thirty years ago I was in in Baton Rouge the day after Christmas. It really makes you think
“That could have been me”
“That could have been me”
Posted on 12/24/18 at 9:54 pm to Paul Allen
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Where were you?
Having dinner with my wife and parents at my apartment on Highland Road. My father, an Exxon retiree, knew right away the explosion was at the refinery.
Posted on 12/24/18 at 10:01 pm to Paul Allen
I was 21 years old and working at my part time.
Posted on 12/24/18 at 10:25 pm to Paul Allen
A close family friend worked at Exxon. We referred to his kids as cousins because we were so close. It just happened to be a tradition to exchange presents with his family on Christmas Eve at their home in WBR.
I don’t remember if he (family friend) was on his way back from work or if he jumped in his truck and went to the refinery after the explosion.
I was only 4 years old and I don’t remember all of the details, but I remember seeing the giant cloud of smoke after the “boom” from 15 or so miles away. His kids were about my age and they were crying once we realized it was Exxon. It was a horrible day and I remember the adults being extremely worried and making a lot of phone calls.
The explosion, smoke cloud, frigid cold, and my cousins crying are the memories that stuck with me.
I don’t remember if he (family friend) was on his way back from work or if he jumped in his truck and went to the refinery after the explosion.
I was only 4 years old and I don’t remember all of the details, but I remember seeing the giant cloud of smoke after the “boom” from 15 or so miles away. His kids were about my age and they were crying once we realized it was Exxon. It was a horrible day and I remember the adults being extremely worried and making a lot of phone calls.
The explosion, smoke cloud, frigid cold, and my cousins crying are the memories that stuck with me.
Posted on 12/24/18 at 10:27 pm to Tester1216
I’ll never forget this day.
I was listening to the Saints beat the crap out of the Colts (game was blacked out in
BR). Lost radio signal, then heard a rumble across the roof that honestly sounded like someone running on the roof.
My brothers and I ran outside and saw nothing. The radio came back and we went back in to listen. My pawpaw called to tell us about the explosion. He lived on Chippewa a few blocks from the Exxon entrance.
He said it knocked him off his chair but didn’t do any damage aside from a broken window, if that. It was pretty freaky though.
I was listening to the Saints beat the crap out of the Colts (game was blacked out in
BR). Lost radio signal, then heard a rumble across the roof that honestly sounded like someone running on the roof.
My brothers and I ran outside and saw nothing. The radio came back and we went back in to listen. My pawpaw called to tell us about the explosion. He lived on Chippewa a few blocks from the Exxon entrance.
He said it knocked him off his chair but didn’t do any damage aside from a broken window, if that. It was pretty freaky though.
Posted on 12/25/18 at 12:16 am to cleeveclever
Posted on 12/25/18 at 12:37 am to dewster
I was in beautiful St. George when the explosion happened
(Well it wasn't called St. George back then because there was no need, but that is a different thread).
Anyway, that was about 15 miles from Exxon, as the crow flies. I recall pictures rattling on the wall and a bit of shaking.
And it was cold as a motherfricker. I delivered pizzas part-time since i was just starting college and I worked the Friday and Saturday night before the explosion in that ridiculous cold.
2 different times I busted my arse on driveways frozen over due to busted pipes. But since it was Christmas and since it was so cold, I made a killing on tips that night.
(Well it wasn't called St. George back then because there was no need, but that is a different thread).
Anyway, that was about 15 miles from Exxon, as the crow flies. I recall pictures rattling on the wall and a bit of shaking.
And it was cold as a motherfricker. I delivered pizzas part-time since i was just starting college and I worked the Friday and Saturday night before the explosion in that ridiculous cold.
2 different times I busted my arse on driveways frozen over due to busted pipes. But since it was Christmas and since it was so cold, I made a killing on tips that night.
Posted on 12/25/18 at 12:58 am to Paul Allen
At my grandparents new house in Central, Grandfather had just retired from Exxon and uncle was at work there that day, Grandmother was freaked out to say the least.
and yes, it was cold AF
and yes, it was cold AF
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