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 Re: Texas City Disaster 1947
[Re: Homer Jay]
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04/26/18 03:16 PM
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That was a very large B-O-O-M!! I've read that the concussion of the explosion blew out windows in some of the high rises in downtown Houston, 50 miles away.
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Re: Texas City Disaster 1947
[Re: TexFlip]
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04/26/18 10:27 PM
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amazing photos, archives, thanks for sharing
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Re: Texas City Disaster 1947
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04/28/18 01:08 PM
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Great pics of some terrible history in Texas.
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Re: Texas City Disaster 1947
[Re: TexFlip]
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05/01/18 02:46 PM
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Thanks for sharing your pictures.
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Re: Texas City Disaster 1947
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04/16/19 05:22 PM
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Re: Texas City Disaster 1947
[Re: TexFlip]
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04/16/19 05:27 PM
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Re: Texas City Disaster 1947
[Re: SnakeWrangler]
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04/16/19 07:52 PM
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Amazing photos....thanks for sharing.....
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Re: Texas City Disaster 1947
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04/16/19 08:38 PM
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May they rest in peace.
Stood as the largest loss of life for the U.S. fire service until 9/11/01.
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Re: Texas City Disaster 1947
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04/17/19 04:31 PM
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I just retired from working 38 years in a chemical plant near Victoria and it still amazes me that people move next to a chemical plant. I would never live within a mile of a plant that has been there 60 years and has an aging infrastructure. I've seen how close things are to getting away from the operators at times and as it seems the plants want to work more and more shorthanded forcing guys at my former plant to at times work 18 hours and over 800 to 1500 hours of overtime a year, that disasters like Texas City are still very possible. After all the 30 year people like myself leave, that plant is going to be down to people with 6 months to 6 or 7 years running everything. Many in that area are in the same conditions.
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Re: Texas City Disaster 1947
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04/17/19 05:23 PM
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I just retired from working 38 years in a chemical plant near Victoria and it still amazes me that people move next to a chemical plant. I would never live within a mile of a plant that has been there 60 years and has an aging infrastructure. I've seen how close things are to getting away from the operators at times and as it seems the plants want to work more and more shorthanded forcing guys at my former plant to at times work 18 hours and over 800 to 1500 hours of overtime a year, that disasters like Texas City are still very possible. After all the 30 year people like myself leave, that plant is going to be down to people with 6 months to 6 or 7 years running everything. Many in that area are in the same conditions. Yes, disasters like that ARE still very possible. The city of West just a few years ago comes to mind.
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Re: Texas City Disaster 1947
[Re: J.G.]
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04/19/19 01:10 PM
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May they rest in peace.
Stood as the largest loss of life for the U.S. fire service until 9/11/01. Dang, I didn't know that. Sad deal.
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Re: Texas City Disaster 1947
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04/17/20 10:21 AM
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73 years ago yesterday.
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Re: Texas City Disaster 1947
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04/17/20 12:40 PM
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Love the pics. Thanks for sharing!
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