Last year, West plant kept 270 tons of potentially explosive fertilizer

[TexasTowelie]

WEST, TEXAS — The fertilizer plant that exploded Wednesday had at least 540,000 pounds of potentially dangerous ammonium nitrate in a storage building, a 2012 company filing with the state health department shows.

That’s more than 100 times the weight of the ammonium nitrate and fuel oil mix that Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh used to destroy the Murrah Federal Building 18 years ago Friday.

The size of the explosive fertilizer stockpile on the property of West Fertilizer Co. and Adair Grain became clear Friday as an army of federal, state and local investigators picked through acres of shredded metal and the debris from blasted homes and schools close to the site.

The number of deaths rose to 14 with the discovery of two more bodies Friday. More than 200 people were injured.

More at http://www.dallasnews.com/news/west-explosion/headlines/20130419-last-year-west-plant-kept-270-tons-of-potentially-explosive-fertilizer.ece .

Cross-posted in LBN.

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1. And the other shoe drops. n/t

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2. More TEA Party Deregulation and send the EPA back to their office Texas Politics. The State handled

this one. Governor Perry and Gregg Abbot spend their time dreaming about Obama instead of taking care of the voters. Texas voters need to reassess who is taking care of them and governing in the best interest of Texans. In my opinion, Rick Perry is NOT presidential material. In my opinion, Cornyn and Cruz are not senatorial material as they continue to vote AGAINST the best interest of TEXAS and the voters of America.

Next election time for each, they need to be replaced.