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Terrible tragedy. They’re blaming it on a natural gas-triggered explosion, apparently. I’m glad the initial, huge numbers of injuries and deaths seem to have turned out to not be quite so awful.
In a vague attempt to be topical, the local (Chicago) NBC affiliate this morning covered a little bit on the explosion, and then had a segment on natural gas leaks in your home :smack: and how you can’t always smell them or be sure that’s what you’re smelling, so here are some things to do…
Well, points for trying, I guess. It’s better than another round of “OMG it snows out there!!!” hysteria.
This is my town. The explosion happened not too far from me. My whole house shook.
This is a real tragedy for many of the families in my town. The event happened while they were performing a test run. The plant was set to open this summer. The natural gas lines were being purged and refilled when the explosion occurred. Exactly why it happened is still unclear.
Sorry that such a terrible thing happened so near you, Ivory. I don’t know what the current estimates of injury and such are, but for what it’s worth, I hope the numbers go down even further.