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Bio1590 11/27/19 8:37:46 PM #1:	https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/27/just-one-week-after-trump-rolled-back-safety-measures-chemical-plant-explosion-rocks Concerns about air quality lingered Wednesday following a major early morning explosion at a chemical plant in Port Neches, Texas that shot a fireball into the sky. The disaster at the TPC Group-owned facility roughly 94 miles west of Houston took place a week after the Trump administration rolled back safety rules meant to protect workers and people who live near chemical plants. In light of the timing, Catherine Fraser, Environment Texas's clean air associate, called Wednesday's explosion "a timely warning that state and federal officials need to do more to keep communities safe." "It shook our house twice," Shawn Dunlap, who lives in neighboring Nederland, told NBC News. "It was just like a bomb going off." Twitter user @souljaslim52 put it another way: "shit blew tf up." According to a statement from TPC Group, the incident occurred at 1:00am local time. The company said it "cannot speak to the cause of the incident or the extent of damage." The Port Neches Police Department, in a statement posted to Facebook, said, "There's extensive damage throughout the city." Area residents reported damaged homes, with some suffering shattered glass and blown-off doors. Three workers at the plant also suffered minor injuries, the company said. "Throughout the morning more booms could be heard in the area as firefighters attempted to control the blaze," reported Beaumont's KBMT. Local ABC affiliate KTRK reported that the chemical burning is butadiene, which the EPA classifies as carcinogenic. Area residents captured images and sounds of the explosion: WOW: Incredible video shared with us of the Port Neches plant explosion earlier this morning, not far from Beaumont. Eddie Ramirez writes: "My video cameras caught the moment impact. I hope and pray that everyone is ok." Latest updates: https://t.co/XTy9gwimgB \| #HTownRush pic.twitter.com/pF63DrTFZL KHOU 11 News Houston (@KHOU) November 27, 2019 TAKE A LOOK \| Dramatic front camera video of the TPC Group Plant explosion in Port Neches READ MORE: https://t.co/FGYHV2w1p7 pic.twitter.com/pwq08qwCCY 12NewsNow (@12NewsNow) November 27, 2019 Environment Texas's Fraser, in her statement, pointed to the plant's history as cause for particular concern. "This facility has a track record of violating the Clean Air Act," she said, "with five other illegal emissions events just in 2019, emitting carcinogenic 1,3 butadiene and other chemicals, and a history of community complaints." "According to the EPA, the TPC Plant has been in non-compliance 12 separate quarters over the last 3 years, and has received 7 formal enforcement actions over the last 5 years. According to the TCEQ, the chemical of most concern is butadiene," Fraser continued. "The TPC plant emitted 61,379 pounds of butadiene in 2018. Butadiene is a known human carcinogen." Environmental justice expert Mustafa Santiago Ali weighed in on the explosion with a brief statement on Twitter. He noted that the Trump administration's move last week to finalize the weakening of the Chemical Disaster Rule and chided the president for "putting more people's lives in danger." When will they learn? Every time the #Trump Administration & #EPA rolls back a #environmental rule meant to protect your health or your life, something bad happens! 3 injured as Texas plant explosion releases chemical plumehttps://t.co/EUMPuacWEC pic.twitter.com/oNKBwq1QOV Mustafa Santiago Ali (@EJinAction) November 27, 2019 --- https://imgur.com/bbRWLI8 https:/i.imgur.com/S1m3po4.jpg https://imgur.com/A0BErSV https://imgur.com/7fCcfko <cite>Bio1590 posted [p:930798642] in Chemical p... [t:78205640]...</cite> <quote>https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/27/just-one-week-after-trump-rolled-back-safety-measures-chemical-plant-explosion-rocks <quote>Concerns about air quality lingered Wednesday following a major early morning explosion at a chemical plant in Port Neches, Texas that shot a fireball into the sky. The disaster at the TPC Group-owned facility roughly 94 miles west of Houston took place a week after the Trump administration rolled back safety rules meant to protect workers and people who live near chemical plants. In light of the timing, Catherine Fraser, Environment Texas's clean air associate, called Wednesday's explosion "a timely warning that state and federal officials need to do more to keep communities safe." "It shook our house twice," Shawn Dunlap, who lives in neighboring Nederland, told NBC News. "It was just like a bomb going off." Twitter user @souljaslim52 put it another way: "shit blew tf up." According to a statement from TPC Group, the incident occurred at 1:00am local time. The company said it "cannot speak to the cause of the incident or the extent of damage." The Port Neches Police Department, in a statement posted to Facebook, said, "There's extensive damage throughout the city." Area residents reported damaged homes, with some suffering shattered glass and blown-off doors. Three workers at the plant also suffered minor injuries, the company said. "Throughout the morning more booms could be heard in the area as firefighters attempted to control the blaze," reported Beaumont's KBMT. Local ABC affiliate KTRK reported that the chemical burning is butadiene, which the EPA classifies as carcinogenic. Area residents captured images and sounds of the explosion: <quote>WOW: Incredible video shared with us of the Port Neches plant explosion earlier this morning, not far from Beaumont. Eddie Ramirez writes: "My video cameras caught the moment impact. I hope and pray that everyone is ok." Latest updates: https://t.co/XTy9gwimgB \| #HTownRush pic.twitter.com/pF63DrTFZL KHOU 11 News Houston (@KHOU) November 27, 2019</quote> <quote>TAKE A LOOK \| Dramatic front camera video of the TPC Group Plant explosion in Port Neches READ MORE: https://t.co/FGYHV2w1p7 pic.twitter.com/pwq08qwCCY 12NewsNow (@12NewsNow) November 27, 2019</quote> Environment Texas's Fraser, in her statement, pointed to the plant's history as cause for particular concern. "This facility has a track record of violating the Clean Air Act," she said, "with five other illegal emissions events just in 2019, emitting carcinogenic 1,3 butadiene and other chemicals, and a history of community complaints." "According to the EPA, the TPC Plant has been in non-compliance 12 separate quarters over the last 3 years, and has received 7 formal enforcement actions over the last 5 years. According to the TCEQ, the chemical of most concern is butadiene," Fraser continued. "The TPC plant emitted 61,379 pounds of butadiene in 2018. Butadiene is a known human carcinogen." Environmental justice expert Mustafa Santiago Ali weighed in on the explosion with a brief statement on Twitter. He noted that the Trump administration's move last week to finalize the weakening of the Chemical Disaster Rule and chided the president for "putting more people's lives in danger." <quote>When will they learn? Every time the #Trump Administration & #EPA rolls back a #environmental rule meant to protect your health or your life, something bad happens! 3 injured as Texas plant explosion releases chemical plumehttps://t.co/EUMPuacWEC pic.twitter.com/oNKBwq1QOV Mustafa Santiago Ali (@EJinAction) November 27, 2019</quote></quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hanky_Bannister 11/27/19 8:49:08 PM #2:	what a pathetic failure of a president --- "3rd Best Whiskey in Northern Burma" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvjOu4EzjYg <cite>Hanky_Bannister posted [p:930799182] in Chemical p... [t:78205640]...</cite> <quote>what a pathetic failure of a president</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Phantom_Nook 11/27/19 8:49:55 PM #3:	nobody could have seen this coming. --- Not posted with GameRaven 3.5.1 <cite>Phantom_Nook posted [p:930799215] in Chemical p... [t:78205640]...</cite> <quote>nobody could have seen this coming.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mustachedmystic 11/27/19 8:51:58 PM #4:	And yet they'll(the people evacuated) will still vote for Trump, probably deluding themselves into believing that this is somehow Obama's fault. --- Guns; freedom you can hold in your hand. Sampson, Terrordactyl PSN: DarkHoosier <cite>mustachedmystic posted [p:930799298] in Chemical p... [t:78205640]...</cite> <quote>And yet they'll(the people evacuated) will still vote for Trump, probably deluding themselves into believing that this is somehow Obama's fault.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
sktgamer_13dude 11/27/19 8:53:53 PM #5:	Fake news. This is just the Democrats making fake stories up and theyre all crisis actors. Safety is at an all time high after we took away safety precautions, obviously. Trump is the safest president out there. He basically made OSHA tbh --- https://imgur.com/jWVrg9U https://imgur.com/g2efUtT https://imgur.com/5dOwhaP https://imgur.com/LVdqu8J Go Cougs and M's #DI4B <cite>sktgamer_13dude posted [p:930799395] in Chemical p... [t:78205640]...</cite> <quote>Fake news. This is just the Democrats making fake stories up and theyre all crisis actors. Safety is at an all time high after we took away safety precautions, obviously. Trump is the safest president out there. He basically made OSHA tbh</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CableZL 11/27/19 9:52:37 PM #6:	Makes you wonder what kind of people are running these factories if they don't understand that ignoring chemical safety can cause this kind of thing --- https://i.imgtc.com/d9Fc4Qq.gif https://i.imgtc.com/BKHTxYq.gif https://i.imgtc.com/vYYIuDx.jpg <cite>CableZL posted [p:930802000] in Chemical p... [t:78205640]...</cite> <quote>Makes you wonder what kind of people are running these factories if they don't understand that ignoring chemical safety can cause this kind of thing</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DrizztLink 11/27/19 9:53:49 PM #7:	Bio1590 posted... "It shook our house twice," Shawn Dunlap, who lives in neighboring Nederland, told NBC News. "It was just like a bomb going off." Twitter user @souljaslim52 put it another way: "shit blew tf up." lol --- http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/9846/images/slowpoke.gif https://imgur.com/6ezFwG1 <cite>DrizztLink posted [p:930802052] in Chemical p... [t:78205640]...</cite> <quote>Bio1590 posted... </cite> <quote>"It shook our house twice," Shawn Dunlap, who lives in neighboring Nederland, told NBC News. "It was just like a bomb going off." Twitter user @souljaslim52 put it another way: "shit blew tf up."</quote>lol </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
dave_is_slick 11/27/19 9:54:35 PM #8:	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LYB7iLZNWE --- The most relaxing version of Aquatic Ambiance I've ever heard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl61y1XM7sM <cite>dave_is_slick posted [p:930802084] in Chemical p... [t:78205640]...</cite> <quote>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LYB7iLZNWE</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Umbreon 11/27/19 9:55:35 PM #9:	If only there was something to prevent this.... --- This is a mobile account, forgive any errors. ~DYL~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTEX3YdEi7s <cite>Umbreon posted [p:930802139] in Chemical p... [t:78205640]...</cite> <quote>If only there was something to prevent this.... </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
hockeybub89 11/27/19 9:58:24 PM #10:	It pisses me the fuck off how corporations and governments don't just harm the environment with apathy, but actively and gleefully harm it as much as possible. --- http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/NIR_Hockey.png http://www.last.fm/user/hockeybub89/ <cite>hockeybub89 posted [p:930802262] in Chemical p... [t:78205640]...</cite> <quote>It pisses me the fuck off how corporations and governments don't just harm the environment with apathy, but actively and gleefully harm it as much as possible. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LightHawKnight 11/27/19 9:59:28 PM #11:	Umbreon posted... If only there was something to prevent this.... But what?! --- The Official Odin of the Shin Megami Tensei IV board. "You know how confusing the whole good-evil concept is for me." <cite>LightHawKnight posted [p:930802324] in Chemical p... [t:78205640]...</cite> <quote>Umbreon posted...</cite> <quote>If only there was something to prevent this.... </quote> But what?!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Goldenguy 11/27/19 10:06:28 PM #12:	CableZL posted... Makes you wonder what kind of people are running these factories if they don't understand that ignoring chemical safety can cause this kind of thing Unfortunately it seems pretty common. Anyone remember the B-Dubs manager recently who died after two cleaning chemicals were mixed? All this stuff is preventable if places don't skimp on proper training. --- Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand. Ignorance, prejudice, and fear walk hand in hand. <cite>Goldenguy posted [p:930802625] in Chemical p... [t:78205640]...</cite> <quote>CableZL posted...</cite> <quote>Makes you wonder what kind of people are running these factories if they don't understand that ignoring chemical safety can cause this kind of thing</quote> Unfortunately it seems pretty common. Anyone remember the B-Dubs manager recently who died after two cleaning chemicals were mixed? All this stuff is preventable if places don't skimp on proper training.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Machete 11/27/19 10:09:43 PM #13:	Hanky_Bannister posted... what a pathetic failure of a president --- https://talktotransformer.com The Internet is kind of the whole ****ing Internet. <cite>Machete posted [p:930802747] in Chemical p... [t:78205640]...</cite> <quote>Hanky_Bannister posted...</cite> <quote>what a pathetic failure of a president</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MaverickXeo 11/27/19 10:19:58 PM #14:	If people read the article, it states this was not Trump's fault at all - it just ties him in to get the 'views'. They violated the regulations before they were 'removed,' so removed or not, this would've happened anyway. --- --- MaverickXeo --- <cite>MaverickXeo posted [p:930803171] in Chemical p... [t:78205640]...</cite> <quote>If people read the article, it states this was not Trump's fault at all - it just ties him in to get the 'views'. They violated the regulations before they were 'removed,' so removed or not, this would've happened anyway.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Taharqa_ 11/27/19 10:23:42 PM #15:	I heard the explosion from my house. The first one happened after midnight and my dog started barking like crazy. I was already in bed kinda half asleep and assumed it was thunder because it started raining a little bit afterwards. Then I woke up and my Facebook was blowing up with accounts of the plant explosion. I heard the second explosion this afternoon on my way home from work. They gave a mandatory evac order for the surrounding towns and the northeastern part of my town but no word yet on an evac order for us. --- "If you want to move fast, practice slowly...if you want to move like lightning, practice in stillness." <cite>Taharqa_ posted [p:930803317] in Chemical p... [t:78205640]...</cite> <quote>I heard the explosion from my house. The first one happened after midnight and my dog started barking like crazy. I was already in bed kinda half asleep and assumed it was thunder because it started raining a little bit afterwards. Then I woke up and my Facebook was blowing up with accounts of the plant explosion. I heard the second explosion this afternoon on my way home from work. They gave a mandatory evac order for the surrounding towns and the northeastern part of my town but no word yet on an evac order for us. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LightHawKnight 11/27/19 10:29:35 PM #16:	MaverickXeo posted... If people read the article, it states this was not Trump's fault at all - it just ties him in to get the 'views'. They violated the regulations before they were 'removed,' so removed or not, this would've happened anyway. Or if he enforced it more, sent inspectors, they might have caught it before it exploded. --- The Official Odin of the Shin Megami Tensei IV board. "You know how confusing the whole good-evil concept is for me." <cite>LightHawKnight posted [p:930803539] in Chemical p... [t:78205640]...</cite> <quote>MaverickXeo posted...</cite> <quote>If people read the article, it states this was not Trump's fault at all - it just ties him in to get the 'views'. They violated the regulations before they were 'removed,' so removed or not, this would've happened anyway.</quote> Or if he enforced it more, sent inspectors, they might have caught it before it exploded.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cheater87 11/27/19 10:40:13 PM #17:	The GOP want no regulation or safety guidelines. --- Doom, the game with unlimited ways to play. <cite>Cheater87 posted [p:930803909] in Chemical p... [t:78205640]...</cite> <quote>The GOP want no regulation or safety guidelines. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
apocalyptic_4 11/27/19 10:42:28 PM #18:	Dumpster fire of a administration --- XBL: Mrpicardbottoms <cite>apocalyptic_4 posted [p:930803993] in Chemical p... [t:78205640]...</cite> <quote>Dumpster fire of a administration </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheGleamEyes 11/27/19 10:44:52 PM #19:	mustachedmystic posted... that this is somehow Obama's fault. Bio1590 posted... "According to the EPA, the TPC Plant has been in non-compliance 12 separate quarters over the last 3 years, and has received 7 formal enforcement actions over the last 5 years. According to the TCEQ, the chemical of most concern is butadiene," Fraser continued. "The TPC plant emitted 61,379 pounds of butadiene in 2018. Butadiene is a known human carcinogen." Sounds like they're just doing what they've been doing since before Trump even took office. In fact, considering that the rules were already in place when these violations occurred, seems like the rules weren't doing much, if anything at all. <cite>TheGleamEyes posted [p:930804083] in Chemical p... [t:78205640]...</cite> <quote>mustachedmystic posted...</cite> <quote>that this is somehow Obama's fault.</quote> Bio1590 posted...</cite> <quote>"According to the EPA, the TPC Plant has been in non-compliance 12 separate quarters over the last 3 years, and has received 7 formal enforcement actions over the last 5 years. According to the TCEQ, the chemical of most concern is butadiene," Fraser continued. "The TPC plant emitted 61,379 pounds of butadiene in 2018. Butadiene is a known human carcinogen."</quote> Sounds like they're just doing what they've been doing since before Trump even took office. In fact, considering that the rules were already in place when these violations occurred, seems like the rules weren't doing much, if anything at all.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Godshammer666 11/27/19 10:51:53 PM #20:	Taharqa_ posted... I heard the explosion from my house. The first one happened after midnight and my dog started barking like crazy. I was already in bed kinda half asleep and assumed it was thunder because it started raining a little bit afterwards. Then I woke up and my Facebook was blowing up with accounts of the plant explosion. I heard the second explosion this afternoon on my way home from work. They gave a mandatory evac order for the surrounding towns and the northeastern part of my town but no word yet on an evac order for us. Damn! Im glad youre ok! <cite>Godshammer666 posted [p:930804341] in Chemical p... [t:78205640]...</cite> <quote>Taharqa_ posted... </cite> <quote>I heard the explosion from my house. The first one happened after midnight and my dog started barking like crazy. I was already in bed kinda half asleep and assumed it was thunder because it started raining a little bit afterwards. Then I woke up and my Facebook was blowing up with accounts of the plant explosion. I heard the second explosion this afternoon on my way home from work. They gave a mandatory evac order for the surrounding towns and the northeastern part of my town but no word yet on an evac order for us.</quote> Damn! Im glad youre ok! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
powerman1426 11/27/19 11:15:17 PM #21:	Taharqa_ posted... I heard the explosion from my house. The first one happened after midnight and my dog started barking like crazy. I was already in bed kinda half asleep and assumed it was thunder because it started raining a little bit afterwards. Then I woke up and my Facebook was blowing up with accounts of the plant explosion. I heard the second explosion this afternoon on my way home from work. They gave a mandatory evac order for the surrounding towns and the northeastern part of my town but no word yet on an evac order for us. Stay safe, hopefully you're away from the chem cloud. That's probably the biggest danger at this point --- Troll free https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/1439-the-help-desk https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/1309-tradesmen-and-diyers https://imgur.com/Zz8E0P3 <cite>powerman1426 posted [p:930805193] in Chemical p... [t:78205640]...</cite> <quote>Taharqa_ posted... </cite> <quote>I heard the explosion from my house. The first one happened after midnight and my dog started barking like crazy. I was already in bed kinda half asleep and assumed it was thunder because it started raining a little bit afterwards. Then I woke up and my Facebook was blowing up with accounts of the plant explosion. I heard the second explosion this afternoon on my way home from work. They gave a mandatory evac order for the surrounding towns and the northeastern part of my town but no word yet on an evac order for us.</quote>Stay safe, hopefully you're away from the chem cloud. That's probably the biggest danger at this point </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MaverickXeo 11/27/19 11:22:25 PM #22:	LightHawKnight posted... MaverickXeo posted... If people read the article, it states this was not Trump's fault at all - it just ties him in to get the 'views'. They violated the regulations before they were 'removed,' so removed or not, this would've happened anyway. Or if he enforced it more, sent inspectors, they might have caught it before it exploded. That's true, but these sort of operations have ways of 'hiding' bad activities until the inspectors leave. The simple fact is that Trump easing the regulations had nothing to do with the explosion. --- --- MaverickXeo --- <cite>MaverickXeo posted [p:930805407] in Chemical p... [t:78205640]...</cite> <quote>LightHawKnight posted...</cite> <quote>MaverickXeo posted...</cite> <quote>If people read the article, it states this was not Trump's fault at all - it just ties him in to get the 'views'. They violated the regulations before they were 'removed,' so removed or not, this would've happened anyway.</quote> Or if he enforced it more, sent inspectors, they might have caught it before it exploded.</quote> That's true, but these sort of operations have ways of 'hiding' bad activities until the inspectors leave. The simple fact is that Trump easing the regulations had nothing to do with the explosion.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DrizztLink 11/27/19 11:35:25 PM #23:	MaverickXeo posted... That's true, but these sort of operations have ways of 'hiding' bad activities until the inspectors leave. The simple fact is that Trump easing the regulations had nothing to do with the explosion. This one. Gonna make the next one a hell of a lot more likely. --- http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/9846/images/slowpoke.gif https://imgur.com/6ezFwG1 <cite>DrizztLink posted [p:930805889] in Chemical p... [t:78205640]...</cite> <quote>MaverickXeo posted... </cite> <quote>That's true, but these sort of operations have ways of 'hiding' bad activities until the inspectors leave. The simple fact is that Trump easing the regulations had nothing to do with the explosion.</quote>This one. Gonna make the next one a hell of a lot more likely. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MaverickXeo 11/27/19 11:36:04 PM #24:	DrizztLink posted... MaverickXeo posted... That's true, but these sort of operations have ways of 'hiding' bad activities until the inspectors leave. The simple fact is that Trump easing the regulations had nothing to do with the explosion. This one. Gonna make the next one a hell of a lot more likely. That is true. The NEXT one could be a result of his policies. --- --- MaverickXeo --- <cite>MaverickXeo posted [p:930805921] in Chemical p... [t:78205640]...</cite> <quote>DrizztLink posted...</cite> <quote>MaverickXeo posted... </cite> <quote>That's true, but these sort of operations have ways of 'hiding' bad activities until the inspectors leave. The simple fact is that Trump easing the regulations had nothing to do with the explosion.</quote>This one. Gonna make the next one a hell of a lot more likely. </quote> That is true. The NEXT one could be a result of his policies.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Webmaster4531 11/27/19 11:50:34 PM #25:	MaverickXeo posted... LightHawKnight posted... MaverickXeo posted... If people read the article, it states this was not Trump's fault at all - it just ties him in to get the 'views'. They violated the regulations before they were 'removed,' so removed or not, this would've happened anyway. Or if he enforced it more, sent inspectors, they might have caught it before it exploded. That's true, but these sort of operations have ways of 'hiding' bad activities until the inspectors leave. The simple fact is that Trump easing the regulations had nothing to do with the explosion. The inspectors caught it and the problem was the EPA's punishment to the plant didn't have enough teeth. Murders will murder is not a good reason to legalize murder. --- Ad Hominem. <cite>Webmaster4531 posted [p:930806450] in Chemical p... [t:78205640]...</cite> <quote>MaverickXeo posted...</cite> <quote>LightHawKnight posted...</cite> <quote>MaverickXeo posted...</cite> <quote>If people read the article, it states this was not Trump's fault at all - it just ties him in to get the 'views'. They violated the regulations before they were 'removed,' so removed or not, this would've happened anyway.</quote> Or if he enforced it more, sent inspectors, they might have caught it before it exploded.</quote> That's true, but these sort of operations have ways of 'hiding' bad activities until the inspectors leave. The simple fact is that Trump easing the regulations had nothing to do with the explosion.</quote> The inspectors caught it and the problem was the EPA's punishment to the plant didn't have enough teeth. Murders will murder is not a good reason to legalize murder.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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