Thousands Flee After Arkansas Train Explosion

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Thousands Flee After Arkansas Train Explosion

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Somehow I missed this on the news
I was not aware that propylene was a gas...
Only one fatality and a few injuries are reported....

For full info read the article...

http://articles.news.aol.com/news/artic ... 3509990004
......A tanker car transporting flammable gas derailed in a switchyard and exploded in a ball of fire Saturday, killing one person and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of homes.

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At least two homes were destroyed - including one where the victim died - and several vehicles were totaled in the quarter-mile area surrounding the accident, police spokesman Chris Rankin said. A 209-foot-long railroad bridge also caught fire and was destroyed, a Union Pacific spokesman said.

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There goes my image of Arkansas being the only true Paradise on Earth...
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Or as they say in Atlantic City......

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nycparrothead wrote:There goes my image of Arkansas being the only true Paradise on Earth...
Arkansas gets a bad rap because of the Clintons...not that some of what's said isn't true, but it is a very lovely state, northwest Ark. is part of the Ozarks....
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nycparrothead wrote:There goes my image of Arkansas being the only true Paradise on Earth...

Hmmmmmm....Have you ever heard of Dugway Proving Grounds???
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Sam wrote:
nycparrothead wrote:There goes my image of Arkansas being the only true Paradise on Earth...

Hmmmmmm....Have you ever heard of Dugway Proving Grounds???
Should I have?
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Post by Sam »

Perhaps.....perhaps not... It used to may still well be "THE HOME" of the chemical and biological agents, among other nasties and weapons....and testing of them for the U.S. Army and other branches of the military.......

You can search for it, or visit the two sites below for more info on it, if you like.....there are numerous other sites about what took place there in the past....

http://www.hazardouswaste.utah.gov/CDS/DWAYHP1.HTM

https://www.dugway.army.mil/

And don't ask me what I was thinking.....I was thinking of Utah......not Arkansas..... :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:
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Post by ph4ever »

My mother's family is from Arkansas. Both my parent's are burried there. With that said I've say Arkansas is the most backward state I've ever been in. Until reciently I knew of a state highway that was still just a gravel road. :roll: :lol:

But Moonie's right about the state being pretty. There is some pretty land in Arkansas. I'm glad that this accident was so minimal - it could have been worse.
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