# Dallas Gets Blowed Up Good **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 25, 2007, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-gets-blowed-up-good/413098 "2007-07-25T16:07:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-gets-blowed-up-good/413098/1 "2007-07-25T16:07:50Z")
[I hope nobody got seriously hurt.](http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6837649&nav=1TjD) > [@](#): > > A series of gas explosions near downtown Dallas is prompting officials to evacuate a half-mile radius and close two vital interstates through downtown. > > Dallas fire officials say canisters of liquefied natural gas at a gas vendor are exploding, one after the other, at Industrial Boulevard and Interstate 35-E in the Trinity River bottoms. > > The explosions at the Southwest Industrial Gases plant showered the surrounding area with flaming shrapnel – including Interstates 35-E and 30. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-gets-blowed-up-good/413098/2 "2007-07-25T16:46:22Z")
I wonder if there is a guy named Hank involved. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-gets-blowed-up-good/413098/3 "2007-07-25T16:47:16Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] I wonder if there is a guy named Hank involved. [/QUOTE] Dallas, not Arlen! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-gets-blowed-up-good/413098/4 "2007-07-25T16:52:56Z")
Goddangmanthatsabigolsplosionyeahitis. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-gets-blowed-up-good/413098/5 "2007-07-25T16:56:32Z")
What the hell is going on with all our major cities exploding? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-gets-blowed-up-good/413098/6 "2007-07-25T16:58:02Z")
Police are searching for a man with a crew cut, glasses and a narrow urethra, and his son, who, according to witnesses, “ain’t right.” ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-gets-blowed-up-good/413098/7 "2007-07-25T17:00:48Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] What the hell is going on with all our major cities exploding? [/QUOTE] I dunno. Maybe you should [ask Michael Chertoff’s gut.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=428622) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-gets-blowed-up-good/413098/8 "2007-07-25T17:04:51Z")
At least it’s a gas plant and not someplace more ominous. I mean when your municipal water department blows up or if a gravel pit catches on fire, that’s when you know you’ve really got some serious problems. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-gets-blowed-up-good/413098/9 "2007-07-25T17:16:38Z")
I heard that terrorists are adding stuff to natural gas to make it explosive. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-gets-blowed-up-good/413098/10 "2007-07-25T17:19:44Z")
[QUOTE=Uncommon Sense] I heard that terrorists are adding stuff to natural gas to make it explosive. [/QUOTE] Those bastards! ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-gets-blowed-up-good/413098/11 "2007-07-25T17:27:23Z")
[QUOTE=Uncommon Sense] I heard that terrorists are adding stuff to natural gas to make it explosive. [/QUOTE] That would be air. The countermeasure to that is to ban air. Perfectly reasonable. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-gets-blowed-up-good/413098/12 "2007-07-25T17:33:35Z")
Pesky accelerants. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dallas-gets-blowed-up-good/413098/13 "2007-07-25T17:50:29Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] I wonder if there is a guy named Hank involved. [/QUOTE] I think you mean the Trashcan Man. Meanwhile, yike-a-doo!