tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post4209326804769676659..comments2023-12-28T12:19:49.596-05:00Comments on Backstage w/Supak: organic, progressive, environmentalist: If Corporations Are People When Will We Be Arresting Adair Grain, Inc?Scott Supakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04529312586679833360noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post-20056304513749092352013-04-22T09:13:37.256-04:002013-04-22T09:13:37.256-04:00Please go to either Google Earth or Yahoo Maps, an...Please go to either Google Earth or Yahoo Maps, and put in the address below. See for yourself how the town encroached the new high school on Reagan St is only separated city park, and a New housing addition is across the street for the school. You can tell by the railroad siding and business buildings that Adair Grain Inc, has been there a number of years, and there is sure more distance from these housing areas and schools than it is right here in my town, with no blast walls selling the very same products in the same amounts if not more.<br />But look at the lay out, and realize that this company has been selling the same amount or more of bulk Ammonium Nitrate Fertilizer and very little 100 lb bags for years, They probably also sell bulk off road diesel, and maybe propane (there are great amount of tanks) on site, separated so some high pressure Anhydrous Ammonia Tanks (I can recognize those) for sure, what is stored in the others? Diesel?<br />So let us recap: Off road diesel, both Ammonium Nitrate and Anhydrous Ammonia maybe propane and other chemicals. For a fact the company was there selling these products for years, and a blast wall over that much area is impractical and maybe problems with the railroad, I dealt with railroads before. 270 tons of is about a week or two during planting season, and If my calculations are right that covers less than 2250 acres, and needs to be on hand for demand due to weather. Also with the lack of breathing problems immediately after the blast, I am thinking it was one of the high pressure Anhydrous Ammonia tanks because the explosion would burn the Ammonia instantly leaving no breathing problems. A lightening strike could have ruptured high pressure Anhydrous Ammonia or even one of the tall grain storage bins as the initial fire and the fire could have ruptured high pressure Anhydrous Ammonia tanks. The investigators, are working their way from the light area into the center. Pinpointing the ground zero will give answers. I am keeping track to see how good I guesstimated. Then I can say I TOLD YOU SO! <br />SO LET’S RECAP:<br />This is your typical farming Small Business, but the employer did not do anything that isn’t being done in 9,000 plus farming communities nation wide. I think three of the employees lost was lost as volunteer firefighters. I feel a sadness for the town, Four years ago I almost lost a nephew volunteer firefighter and superintendent of schools in Texas, when a roof collapsed fighting a fire. When the dust clears, I thing they will find lightening being the case (storms were reported). By the way 270 tons is less than 9 semi loads and it is planting season. Hardly 4 days bulk supply in a predominately farming community. MAYBE SOME IN THE RETIREMENT HOME DIDN’T HAVE A CLUE, but again giving the location, most of the retirees could have been farmers. <br /><br />BY THE WAY I am from Texas. It has been 12 years since I have stopped in West, TX, but it is you typical Farming Community, just like the town I live in now. I was a Tramp Lineman 47 years, and to get off the road, the wife (she was a heavy equipment operator before law enforcement and then police chief) and I would quit and we would drive a grain hauler for a friend of mine, so I could be home more often and on weekends. A full sized semi with 400 gal diesel tanks and grain hopper weights less than 30,000 lbs. I HOLD A Kansas, CDL with X endorsement, which includes, HazMat, Tanker, and doubles. Now that you know my qualifications, please respect my response. My house was built in 1912, and two blocks away was the old railroad (1881-1994) The Co-Op is spread out 5 blocks and keeps both Anhydrous Ammonia & Ammonium nitrate fertilizer along with storage tanks of Off Road Diesel, along with all that are other various chemicals storage binds of grains (all grain dust is explosive). No blast walls, homes within 300 ft, and has been so for 70 years.<br /><br /><br />stevebatts24https://www.blogger.com/profile/05916215400975866270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post-47494614125895200712013-04-22T09:11:57.334-04:002013-04-22T09:11:57.334-04:00Please go to either Google Earth or Yahoo Maps, an...Please go to either Google Earth or Yahoo Maps, and put in the address below. See for yourself how the town encroached the new high school on Reagan St is only separated city park, and a New housing addition is across the street for the school. You can tell by the railroad siding and business buildings that Adair Grain Inc, has been there a number of years, and there is sure more distance from these housing areas and schools than it is right here in my town, with no blast walls selling the very same products in the same amounts if not more.<br />But look at the lay out, and realize that this company has been selling the same amount or more of bulk Ammonium Nitrate Fertilizer and very little 100 lb bags for years, They probably also sell bulk off road diesel, and maybe propane (there are great amount of tanks) on site, separated so some high pressure Anhydrous Ammonia Tanks (I can recognize those) for sure, what is stored in the others? Diesel?<br />So let us recap: Off road diesel, both Ammonium Nitrate and Anhydrous Ammonia maybe propane and other chemicals. For a fact the company was there selling these products for years, and a blast wall over that much area is impractical and maybe problems with the railroad, I dealt with railroads before. 270 tons of is about a week or two during planting season, and If my calculations are right that covers less than 2250 acres, and needs to be on hand for demand due to weather. Also with the lack of breathing problems immediately after the blast, I am thinking it was one of the high pressure Anhydrous Ammonia tanks because the explosion would burn the Ammonia instantly leaving no breathing problems. A lightening strike could have ruptured high pressure Anhydrous Ammonia or even one of the tall grain storage bins as the initial fire and the fire could have ruptured high pressure Anhydrous Ammonia tanks. The investigators, are working their way from the light area into the center. Pinpointing the ground zero will give answers. I am keeping track to see how good I guesstimated. Then I can say I TOLD YOU SO! <br />SO LET’S RECAP:<br />This is your typical farming Small Business, but the employer did not do anything that isn’t being done in 9,000 plus farming communities nation wide. I think three of the employees lost was lost as volunteer firefighters. I feel a sadness for the town, Four years ago I almost lost a nephew volunteer firefighter and superintendent of schools in Texas, when a roof collapsed fighting a fire. When the dust clears, I thing they will find lightening being the case (storms were reported). By the way 270 tons is less than 9 semi loads and it is planting season. Hardly 4 days bulk supply in a predominately farming community. MAYBE SOME IN THE RETIREMENT HOME DIDN’T HAVE A CLUE, but again giving the location, most of the retirees could have been farmers. <br /><br />BY THE WAY I am from Texas. It has been 12 years since I have stopped in West, TX, but it is you typical Farming Community, just like the town I live in now. I was a Tramp Lineman 47 years, and to get off the road, the wife (she was a heavy equipment operator before law enforcement and then police chief) and I would quit and we would drive a grain hauler for a friend of mine, so I could be home more often and on weekends. A full sized semi with 400 gal diesel tanks and grain hopper weights less than 30,000 lbs. I HOLD A Kansas, CDL with X endorsement, which includes, HazMat, Tanker, and doubles. Now that you know my qualifications, please respect my response. My house was built in 1912, and two blocks away was the old railroad (1881-1994) The Co-Op is spread out 5 blocks and keeps both Anhydrous Ammonia & Ammonium nitrate fertilizer along with storage tanks of Off Road Diesel, along with all that are other various chemicals storage binds of grains (all grain dust is explosive). No blast walls, homes within 300 ft, and has been so for 70 years.<br /><br /><br />stevebatts24https://www.blogger.com/profile/05916215400975866270noreply@blogger.com