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That's the sound i woke up to on Saturday morning.

I thought it was thunder, but my house shook....and i fell back to sleep. When i spoke to some friends in the morning the told me a fuel depot had exploded about 20miles away. Must've been an awesome shockwave!! The blast could be heard over 100miles away.

Thankfully, and amazingly, no one was killed. The pollution is still hanging around the air now.

That was the highlight of my weekend.

I have read the news in my newspaper. There was a picture with the black pollution rising up to the sky and darkened the light. Was it an airplane that crashed into it?

Over 100miles?
Anybody says it is the worst explosion / disaster after the second world war...

No it wasn't an airplane crashing into it. Apparently it was just an accident, some fire started and spread..and that's not good at an oil depot.

And it was a big explosion, one of the worst in UK ever.

But no metalheads died, right?

No one died at all fortunately.

Thats kinda scary! I'm glad nobody was hurt. My first thought would've been earthquake.
Exciting topic to talk about, though--that rarely happens everyday!

Something similar has happened in mexico, last year several fireworks factories exploded... needless to say that about 30 people died...

I've seen the big black cloud on TV, some reporters showed it...
I really hope that it won't be too terrible consequences for the Environment and the health of people..

I heard it on Sunday morning as well. I thought it was thunder, before going back to sleep.

It could be heard in France, apparently.

stratoplayer wrote:Something similar has happened in mexico, last year several fireworks factories exploded... needless to say that about 30 people died...

Then that makes 2 the factories that have explode right?

Yes, but not in the same place, one was in Veracruz and the other near Acapulco if i recall correctly

And there was one in Holland i think either last year or the year before..that was a fireworks factory too..they look pretty, but they're also pretty destructive.

I saw that on TV. All I can say is that I can't wait until the world gets serious about finding alternatives to oil. Whether it's the toll oil takes on human life, or the toll it takes on the environment. Oil causes too much grief in the world.

Having said that, I am glad no one was killed or hurt.


Something similar happened to me once in the middle of the night. I heard a loud boom, and it shook the apartment, the pictures on the wall, etc. It wasn't until later in the day that I found out what it was. It was the Space Shuttle re-entering the atmosphere and hitting a sonic boom.


Jesse

Furby: Loud sounds!

That's scary. Have they determined the cause yet?

Nope they're still looking into it. Just an accident apparently, but who knows these days.

Saw that too on TV sad thing that that kind of thing could happen anywhere but...even the hightest security measures don't matter, eventually something goes wrong... compare to Zernobyl or The China Phenomenon...