Oil Refinery Explosion

[Ozymandias]

<a href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4517962.stm' target='_blank'>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4517962.stm</a><br><br>If you've seen the satellite photos it's pretty amazing. Apparently they heard it on Den Haag in Holland. No certain cause yet, it would seem, but I doubt terrorism.

[Ankaris]

You know it's a big 'un when you can see the smoke cloud on weather satellite screens <!--emo&x_x--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... s/Dead.png' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Dead.png' /><!--endemo--><br><br>Any reports of deaths?

[Ozymandias]

No deaths yet, I think, and only 39 casualties, 2 of which are serious.

[VisibilityMissing]

Sorry to be technical about this, but this was actually a fuel depot ( a storage facility ), rather than a refinery . . . and that actually makes matters worse, due to the large amounts of refined hydrocarbons in storage.<br><br>I'm remembering a line from one of my disaster response studies: "It's not whether a hydrocarbon facility will explode, but when."<br><br>Good to hear there are no fatalities as of yet, let's hope and pray it stays that way.

[Ozymandias]

Thanks for the correction mate. Only really caught it on my way out this morning <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->

[Rooster]

Largest explosion in Europe since WW2 right?<br><br>My nan lives in Heartfod Heath, about 20 miles away. Said the explosion scared the bejesus out of her cat.

[norsenerd]

Ouch. I offer my spyathies to eny Englanders who are efected by this. I hope things turn out as well as the can. I hoipe things are made better because of this, disptie the problems I'm sure it;s creating.

[likeafox]

I saw this on BBC world news yesterday. I think they said there was property damage a quarter mile away from the explosion and it was reported up to ten miles away.<br><br>I was surprised this wasn't their top story of the day. That is pretty huge.

[Gizensha]

That's nothing. Apparantly it was heard in France and Belgium.<br><br>...I don't remember hearing it, though. But then, I'm in Blackpool

[Richard K Niner]

I wonder how it compares to the Halifax Explosion (way back in WWI)

[likeafox]

There are far less deaths, that's for sure.

[Rooster]

There were no deaths.<br><br>Thank god it happened at 6am on Sunday and not 9am on Monday, otherwise the deathtoll would have been in the hundreds. There were offices and major roads nearby.

[Rooster]

Ha, I saw this and laughed for about 5 minutes!<br><br><img src='http://www.poisonedminds.com/comics/pm20051214.png' border='0' alt='user posted image' /><br><br>It's from <a href='http://www.poisonedminds.com/' target='_blank'>SSDD</a> if anyone's interested. It's not always like that, it has anthros in various UK based capers. Best British webcomic IMO <!--emo&:wag:--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... ailwag.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tailwag.gif' /><!--endemo-->

[Ozymandias]

Wow. I thought I was a minority reading that!

[Steve the Pocket]

Hertfordshire? That's where the band West Is Lip is from!<br><br>(<a href='http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail112.html' target='_blank'>Link</a> for those who aren't familiar with the Homestar Runner joke)