Helpmenow Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 And the groundwater will be polluted. How many families are on well water too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowgirlsFan Posted April 21, 2013 Author Share Posted April 21, 2013 Zoning Regulations would be stepping on the rights of the corporation in Texas. And we cant have that happening. Someone will go down. The company was storing 1350 times the amount of explosive material than allowed/reported. http://www.reuters.c...E93J09N20130420 Good point ! Zoning in my state needs much improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICanSleepWhenI'mDead Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Zoning Regulations would be stepping on the rights of the corporation in Texas. And we cant have that happening. According to an NBC News website, there were some homes in the area when the fertilizer distribution center/plant was built, but a subdivision, the nursing home and schools were built LATER. It's easier to blame corporations than the people who "came to the nuisance." Would you force the fertilizer company to move because others chose to build a subdivision, a nursing home and schools near their existing site? http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/19/17818046-texas-fertilizer-plant-also-stored-explosive-chemical-used-in-oklahoma-city-bomb?lite Although some homes were close by when the fertilizer facility opened, a subdivision, schools and a nursing home were built near the plant in subsequent years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helpmenow Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 New housing developments right next waste landfills too. Seen it in chula vista, a suburb of San diego Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Just like airports. They build them in the sticks then everyone builds closer to the airport and then B word that they are to loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowgirlsFan Posted April 21, 2013 Author Share Posted April 21, 2013 Just like airports. They build them in the sticks then everyone builds closer to the airport and then B word that they are to loud. Great point! People here still B word about DFW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Just like airports. They build them in the sticks then everyone builds closer to the airport and then B word that they are to loud. Unless of course you're rich and live in Newport Beach where they make the plane throttle down right after take off so they don't disturb the rich folks below. It's at the 49 second mark of this video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 (edited) There are plenty of ordinances around the country that prohibit semis from jake braking near residential areas. Anway, with fertilizer, this stuff gets shipped by the 1,000's of tons everyday in urban areas along waterways. I wonder what kinda damage 6,400 tons (only two barges) would do to say a city like Chicago, Cincinnati, or Pittsburgh? Just one jumbo barge will pushed with 3,200 tons. 1947 Texas City was set with just 2,300 tons. Times that 3,200 tons by 2 as it is passing by the Sears Tower on the Chicago river... Quite a "Roman candle" that would go off... Edited April 24, 2013 by ExiledInIllinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowery4 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 There are plenty of ordinances around the country that prohibit semis from jake braking near residential areas. Anway, with fertilizer, this stuff gets shipped by the 1,000's of tons everyday in urban areas along waterways. I wonder what kinda damage 6,400 tons (only two barges) would do to say a city like Chicago, Cincinnati, or Pittsburgh? Just one jumbo barge will pushed with 3,200 tons. 1947 Texas City was set with just 2,300 tons. Times that 3,200 tons by 2 as it is passing by the Sears Tower on the Chicago river... Quite a "Roman candle" that would go off... Planning are you? Or just getting the info out there for others to see? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Planning are you? Or just getting the info out there for others to see? No. They gotta move the "turf builder" somehow... It is no secret. Just saying. Everything can't be NIMBY. Where the heck are they gonna make it and reasonably transport it to market? If the tree huggers have their way, the end result to "what ever good they are doing for the enviro" would be having it trucked right through one's neighborhood! Go figure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Wow... One incident just happened: http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/24/us/alabama-barge-fire/?hpt=hp_t3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowgirlsFan Posted April 25, 2013 Author Share Posted April 25, 2013 Wow... One incident just happened: http://www.cnn.com/2...fire/?hpt=hp_t3 UCK...guess you aren't going home soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Wow... One incident just happened: http://www.cnn.com/2...fire/?hpt=hp_t3 I like how they have to spend a third of the article talking about a Carnival cruise ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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