Explosion at fertilizer plant near Waco, Texas - Meteorite or comet fragment?

Haven't seen an explanation as for why it exploded..

UPDATED: Gas Plant Explosion Outside Orla
Posted: Thu 10:56 AM, Dec 03, 2015 |
Updated: Thu 1:00 PM, Dec 03, 2015
http://www.cbs7.com/content/news/Gas-Plant-Explosion-in-Orla-360445541.html
ORLA UPDATE 1:00 PM:
Anadarko officials release a statement after the natural gas processing plant explosion.
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Spokepserson John Christiansen said a fire broke out at the Ramsey Natural Gas Processing Plant near Orla at 10:00 a.m. Friday.

Christiansen confirms all lines going into and out of the plant have been isolated and the fire is contained to one area of the plant.

Christiansen said 200 people were on site at the Ramsey Plant at the time who were all accounted for, with two minor injuries reported.

The Ramsey Plant is owned by Western Gas Partners, LP and is operated by Anadarko.

UPDATE 11:41 AM:
Eyewitness recounts what he felt leading up to explosion.

"I heard it and I felt it," said Sergio Mendoza, who was working nearby. "I felt a huge wall of fire. It was pretty loud."

Mendoza said the area for miles around the explosion was evacuated.

"There was a minor explosion and fire right before the big one," he said.
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UPDATE 11:16 AM
Chief Deputy Campos says so far only two non-life-threatening injuries are reported. Campos said there were 300 people working at the site at the time of explosion.

"It's a major explosion," Campos said. "It's amazing there were not more injuries."

According to Reeves County Chief Deputy Israel Campos, units are headed to a gas plant explosion at a site about eight miles north of Orla just near the state line.

Campos said it is owned by Anadarko where they were building an addition to the site.

There are no reported injuries at this time, however emergency services are in route.

Eyewitnesses as far away as Carlsbad report feeling the explosion.
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Deadly West, Texas, Fertilizer Plant Explosion Was 'Criminal Act': Feds

A 2013 fertilizer plant blast in Texas that killed 15 people and injured 160 others was caused by a "criminal act," federal officials said Wednesday.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives revealed the findings of its investigation of the deadly fire and explosion at the West Fertilizer Co. on April 17, 2013 in the town of West.

The explosion flattened the rural farming community of 2,800 people, just north of Waco, turning some 500 homes into rubble as people tried desperately to flee the horrific scene. The force felt was equivalent to that of a magnitude-2.1 earthquake, and a 93-foot-wide crater was left at the site of the fertilizer plant, where dangerous chemicals, including ammonium nitrate, were stored.

ATF Special Agent Robert Elder said the agency is offering a $50,000 reward to help find the person who committed the crime, which was determined to be deliberate after "we ruled out all accidental and natural causes." But he could not say why someone would have set the fire.

"I think it's too early to speculate on murder charges," Elder added.

No arrests have been made, but more than 400 interviews have been conducted amid the investigation, Elder said.

Ten first responders and two volunteers were among those killed while fighting the initial blaze before the blast occurred just before 8 p.m. local time.

The event occurred during the same week the nation was gripped by the Boston Marathon bombing.

In the past three years, however, the tiny town has bounced back, slowly rebuilding and honoring those who died with memorials.

Some of the lawsuits against the fertilizer company were settled out of court for undisclosed amounts. But litigation continues with other residents and businesses, and one trial is slated to begin May 16.
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http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/deadly-west-texas-fertilizer-plant-explosion-was-criminal-act-feds-n572231

Well, another 'natural cause' for this explosion which invariably wasn't considered (at least officially) is that of a meteor impact (or similar cosmic electrical discharge event). See Joe's article here:

https://www.sott.net/article/261096-Was-the-West-Texas-Explosion-a-Meteor-Impact

Maybe we ought to send a link to ATF Special Agent Robert Elder and try claiming the $50,000 reward! :D
 
Anam Cara said:
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/deadly-west-texas-fertilizer-plant-explosion-was-criminal-act-feds-n572231

Well, another 'natural cause' for this explosion which invariably wasn't considered (at least officially) is that of a meteor impact (or similar cosmic electrical discharge event). See Joe's article here:

https://www.sott.net/article/261096-Was-the-West-Texas-Explosion-a-Meteor-Impact

Maybe we ought to send a link to ATF Special Agent Robert Elder and try claiming the $50,000 reward! :D
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They're certain it was a criminal act, but provide no evidence of means, motive or opportunity.

Our theory still stands: something extraordinary happened to that plant.
 
They're certain it was a criminal act, but provide no evidence of means, motive or opportunity.
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Yes indeed, such 'certainty' without an iota of evidence to support it! :huh:

Our theory still stands: something extraordinary happened to that plant.
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Makes me wonder how many more 'extraordinary' incidents we will witness, and what explanations will be offered.
 
RedFox said:
Anam Cara said:
Makes me wonder how many more 'extraordinary' incidents we will witness, and what explanations will be offered.
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Domestic terrorists?
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That would certainly be a useful way for the PTB to spin this incident.
 
Niall said:
They're certain it was a criminal act, but provide no evidence of means, motive or opportunity.

Our theory still stands: something extraordinary happened to that plant.
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The Texas investigation could have been an incompetent farce or a careful, scientific, professional job. If it had been merely a Texas state law enforcement effort, one might tend to think it likely was bungled, because that's just how government works - or rather, usually doesn't work - in Texas, but this disaster was a significant event, so the investigation was assigned federal resources including the FBI and ATF.

However, given the facts, the tentative conclusion that the fertilizer explosion was "a (possible) criminal act, perpetrator(s) unknown" was always highly likely. After the event, the only evidence was what little remained after the extremely violent destruction of the explosion. The surviving warehouse site was just an expanse of bare earth with scraps of twisted metal scattered at random in the vicinity.

But I don't think the comet/asteroid meteor fragment(s) theory that's been proposed here is correct.

Here's why. This was an explosion of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, stored at a warehouse in West, TX.

Yes, ammonium nitrate is an explosive, but it is not highly dangerous under ordinary circumstances. It won't even burn under most conditions, but requires the addition of a combustible fuel to explode. That's why an ammonium nitrate based improvised explosive is called an ANFO bomb. The acronym ANFO stands for Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil. That's what was used in the Oklahoma City false flag.

Something like that must have been used in West, TX. Ammonium Nitrate doesn't just explode, like dynamite or nitroglycerin, or even C4 or other explosives, when touched off with a fuse, a detonator, or a sharp shock like an impacting meteorite. Crucially, ammonium nitrate has to be subject to high temperature and pressure, in the presence of some fuel for it to oxidize in order to set it off, to blow.

Something, or someone, had to start a fire at that warehouse in West, TX, sometime before it blew.

That's the fundamental truth about ammonium nitrate, and I don't see how the meteorite thing works.
 
But I don't think the comet/asteroid meteor fragment(s) theory that's been proposed here is correct.

Here's why. This was an explosion of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, stored at a warehouse in West, TX.

Yes, ammonium nitrate is an explosive, but it is not highly dangerous under ordinary circumstances. It won't even burn under most conditions, but requires the addition of a combustible fuel to explode. That's why an ammonium nitrate based improvised explosive is called an ANFO bomb. The acronym ANFO stands for Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil. That's what was used in the Oklahoma City false flag.

Something like that must have been used in West, TX. Ammonium Nitrate doesn't just explode, like dynamite or nitroglycerin, or even C4 or other explosives, when touched off with a fuse, a detonator, or a sharp shock like an impacting meteorite. Crucially, ammonium nitrate has to be subject to high temperature and pressure, in the presence of some fuel for it to oxidize in order to set it off, to blow.

That's the fundamental truth about ammonium nitrate, and I don't see how the meteorite thing works.
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While it is true that fertilizer grade ammonium nitrate is not normally considered an explosive, it is also true that it is known that if exposed to contaminants generated by a fire it can and sometimes does detonate. There were also other materials stored at the site which may have contributed to the explosion by also aiding in the contamination of the 40 to 60 tons of ammonium nitrate in the building.

This is mentioned at about the 2 minute mark in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdDuHxwD5R4

There need not have been any purposeful addition of materials to create an explosive mixture as is used in makeshift bombs.

What has been the concern in this thread is what exactly caused the initial fire which eventually resulted in the explosion.
 
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