My hometown blew up on Tuesday. Now I know it's not everyday that a person gets to say something like that. But the picture does not lie.
A chemical plant on the South end of town is what actually blew, creating a toxic smoke cloud over the town until firefighters were finally able to put the blaze out later that night. There is no word yet on what caused the explosion. My parents called us that night to tell us that they were okay. They and others in my extended family were staying at my cousin's house outside of town. They also said that due to extraordinarily well-organized evacuation efforts, everyone in the town got out safely. In fact, amazingly there were no fatalities, even at the plant itself.
Everyone is currently back in town, and business is returning to usual. After seeing the pictures and hearing the reports, I was very thankful...
Thank God that no one died.
Thank God that it wasn't a terrorist attack.
Thank God that it wasn't a plane crash.
Thank God that the town evacuated safely and orderly.
The mayor said it best: “It was miraculous. To have a serious incident in the middle of town and nobody was seriously injured, it is miraculous.”
5 comments:
Has anybody blamed President Bush for it yet? :)
Was there any problems with fumes ?
It seemed to be a well organised evacuation!
I saw that and was wondering about your parents. Glad to hear they had somewhere to stay. It is pretty amazing that noone was hurt. Even with all the employees on break I would still think the chances were high. Good news though!
They said there might be some possible short-term health risks with the fumes.
good line livingsword. if not yet then in the near future!!!!
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