cdaniel76

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Jeff Anastasio at Louisiana Family Eye Care.

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Without being shot through a barrel, it's basically a firecracker.

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Basically. Without a chamber to direct the exit of the expanding gasses from the gunpowder explosion, the projectile - being the heaviest component in a bullet - will stay pretty much still and the bullet casing will fly off in the opposite direction from the projectile. The case could cause some bruising if it hits you from a very close range but that's about it.

In the video you posted, the projectiles are traveling forward because the base of casing is held firm to the barrel of the bb gun. So the bullet is forced to go forward until it clears the casing and then there is no more force behind it.

Working at an outdoor shooting range, we have this happen all the time in winter when we're burning fires in our burn barrels for heat and sometimes an un-spent round gets thrown into the barrels by shooters thinking it's a trash can.. It's just a loud pop. Scares you more than anything else.

I went last year and it was great! Looking forward to year two!

Northshore Beer Festival

Go to Walmart. Seriously. $30 each installed.

Just had all 4 done on my 2016 F150. 3 of mine failed within 2 weeks after 9 years.

Fed Ex just dropped my Pro Max off... Here we go!!!

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looks like the railroad tracks running along HWY 51 are closed, too?

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I saw a news report yesterday that was taken from an angle that showed a train rolling by as the fire was blazing. I don't think they closed the tracks. Just the roadways.

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am just curious. Hopefully no one was injured.

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From someone I know who works there, everyone got out. No injuries.

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unless it spread to other tanks or warehouses.

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Unless??? Every structure on that property either had packaging lines, finished product, or packaging materials, all highly flammable. By morning I'd imagine every building will be leveled. Here's the facility before... Notice where I marked it started, from what I was told.



Here's what it looks like as of 2 hours ago... (Notice the admin building in the bottom right of each pic)

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I worked there from 2021-2023. When I went for my interview and they gave me a tour the only thing that kept going through my mind was "how has OSHA not shut this place down yet?" but I needed a job and they paid pretty well so I agreed to their offer.

That facility makes every kind of oil and lube you can think of as well as transmission, brake and power steering fluids, hydraulic oils, anti freeze, DEF, brake cleaner and carb cleaner, windshield wiper fluid and even fuel based products like pre-mixed 2-cycle fuels and starting fluid.

The 1.5-ish years I worked there, there were several discharges into the local ditches that got into the Tangipahoa River at least once.

All day today, I just kept telling people "I'm not surprised this happened. I'm surprised it took this long to happen."

I spoke to someone I still know who works there and everyone was able to get out of the facility before it spread too badly. So I'm thankful for that and praying for everyone who lost their livelihoods.

They also had their own on-site injection and blow-molding facility to make all their own bottles. So on top of the lubricants and chemicals they also had the plastic. Not to mention all the finished product on wooden pallets that was in the warehouses waiting to be shipped. The videos I've seen posted online around 4pm of explosions were the fuel plant tanks blowing up.

The place is going to be a total loss and won't be over until it's burned everything completely to the ground.

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I kept mine solely to be able to walk into a gun shop and purchase without being called in

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This is the sole reason I originally got my CHP and the primary reason I will continue to renew it.

For some reason, I always get delayed whenever I don't use my CHP for my background check.