Port Neches Plant Explosion on security video

[philip964]

Stay safe first responders.

[Flightmare]

I have a friend who is visiting down that way right now. She was 6 miles away when it happened. The video posted above is from a friend of theirs apparently. I'm being told that there is a mandatory evacuation being done in the area.

[mrvmax]

And a class action suit was already filed. People are already seeing dollar signs from this.

[Ed4032]

My brother lives 4.5 miles from the explosion site. Pretty loud.

[OneGun]

I thought the explosion was the result of the collective minds of the Democrats realizing their attempt at Impeaching POTUS failed.

[equin]

60,000 forced to evacuate right before Thanksgiving:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/explosion- ... ncy-today/

Thank God no one was killed, though.

[powerboatr]

wholly cow, i saw a blurp on the news early this morning. had no idea it was this intense.

[Liberty]

And a class action suit was already filed. People are already seeing dollar signs from this.

After an automobile accident, the first thing most of us do is exchange insurance papers. Is this any different?
Typically these things aren't just accidents, but gross acts of negligence. Blowing out people's windows and doors, exposure to chemicals and being forced to evacuate on Thanksgiving, would leave me POed, angry and out for blood.

[anygunanywhere]

And a class action suit was already filed. People are already seeing dollar signs from this.

After an automobile accident, the first thing most of us do is exchange insurance papers. Is this any different?
Typically these things aren't just accidents, but gross acts of negligence. Blowing out people's windows and doors, exposure to chemicals and being forced to evacuate on Thanksgiving, would leave me POed, angry and out for blood.

My career was in the chemical industry. I can assure you that most of these events are not “gross acts of negligence “. Rest assured that there will be an investigation by multiple agencies.

I was the assistant plant manager during such an event in 1996 in Northern California. Both internal and agency investigations determined the root cause. My employer made those affected whole. Federal agencies cited findings but no gross negligence.

One should refrain from making statements that grossly mischaracterize such events especially when one has zero facts to support such statements.

[mrvmax]

And a class action suit was already filed. People are already seeing dollar signs from this.

After an automobile accident, the first thing most of us do is exchange insurance papers. Is this any different?
Typically these things aren't just accidents, but gross acts of negligence. Blowing out people's windows and doors, exposure to chemicals and being forced to evacuate on Thanksgiving, would leave me POed, angry and out for blood.

I never went to law school but I have watched some YouTube videos..... So when you get into an auto accident you call your attorney and tell them to fie a lawsuit against the person that you hit? That is much different than exchanging insurance and you make too many assumptions. Give me some data that most of these are gross acts of negligence and give me some info you know about this incident (that apparently nobody else knows) that this specific incident is due to negligence.

The last 25 years I have worked in those environments and it is too soon to tell what happened. I can tell you that when my company was built in the 60’s there were no residential developments anywhere near us. Over the years developers have built houses closer and closer to chemical plants. If you want someone to sue file suit against them. Or ask yourself why you would live next to a place where this can happen. Most people choose where to live and if you make the choice to live close to a plant do not be surprised when there are accidents, it is the nature of the business (and any business). No industry has a 100% safety record.

I think you should reconsider your thoughts on this. Some lawsuits may be warranted but there is no way this one had enough info yet to justify. It is someone getting greedy when they see deep pockets of large companies.

[mrvmax]

And a class action suit was already filed. People are already seeing dollar signs from this.

After an automobile accident, the first thing most of us do is exchange insurance papers. Is this any different?
Typically these things aren't just accidents, but gross acts of negligence. Blowing out people's windows and doors, exposure to chemicals and being forced to evacuate on Thanksgiving, would leave me POed, angry and out for blood.

My career was in the chemical industry. I can assure you that most of these events are not “gross acts of negligence “. Rest assured that there will be an investigation by multiple agencies.

I was the assistant plant manager during such an event in 1996 in Northern California. Both internal and agency investigations determined the root cause. My employer made those affected whole. Federal agencies cited findings but no gross negligence.

One should refrain from making statements that grossly mischaracterize such events especially when one has zero facts to support such statements.

You beat me to the response but I agree with you 100%. There very well could be due to negligence but it is way too soon to tell.

[srothstein]

Gentlemen, I believe we have no need to argue about this event. I am not sure I can tell you the difference between negligence and gross negligence other than to use the old "I know it when I see it" claim. If something unintended happened, there is always some negligence involved on someone's part, with the amount to still be determined. DPS changed the name of the forms from accident report to collision reports and the shooting industry changed the name from accidental discharge to negligent discharge for this reason.

But thank you for posting this Phillip964. My brother-in-law lives in that area after retiring from working at one of the plants there. I need to check on how he and his house are doing.

[mrvmax]

Gentlemen, I believe we have no need to argue about this event. I am not sure I can tell you the difference between negligence and gross negligence other than to use the old "I know it when I see it" claim. If something unintended happened, there is always some negligence involved on someone's part, with the amount to still be determined. DPS changed the name of the forms from accident report to collision reports and the shooting industry changed the name from accidental discharge to negligent discharge for this reason.

But thank you for posting this Phillip964. My brother-in-law lives in that area after retiring from working at one of the plants there. I need to check on how he and his house are doing.

I’m not arguing, just making a point about jumping to conclusions. As gun owners we don’t like when the media assumes active shooters are conservative, Caucasian, Trump supporting, NRA members before facts are out do we? Yet we tend to do the same thing in other areas outside of firearms. Yes, this is a bad deal for all involved but before jumping to conclusions and making blanket statements pointing blame before facts are known let’s wait to see how it pans out. Every accident is preventable but not every one is due to negligence. I just hate seeing people jumping on the lawsuit bandwagon looking for a payout. I think I’ve beat this dead horse so I’m done. Have a good thanksgiving.

[Ed4032]

Pictures from last night. Still burning. They make C4 there.