Building schools close to a fertilizer plant

[notherbob]

Am I the only one who questions the wisdom of building schools, a hospital, a nursing home and an apartment house in close proximity to a potentially explosive fertilizer facility?

I cannot fathom a responsible city government allowing such dangerous exposure to hazard.

I guess it's just me, maybe I am simply too suspicious.

 

[BadWolf]

Someone should call California... they have all of those things built on an active fault line. There have been far more earthquakes than there have been fertilizer storage facility explosions.

 

[Hoofbite]

Someone should call California... they have all of those things built on an active fault line. There have been far more earthquakes than there have been fertilizer storage facility explosions.

:shoot6:

 

[RastaRocket]

:shoot6:

:laugh1:

 

[SkinsandTerps]

Not as high risk as it seems.

 

[burmafrd]

still kind of dumb though

 

[ShiningStar]

not to start a stupid argument but im just being realistic here notherbob, could have been 20 20 vision after the fact. it is kinda hard to build within a town, with all the rules and laws, and still say, now lets consider the "what ifs"

just trying to put it in perspective.

 

[joseephuss]

not to start a stupid argument but im just being realistic here notherbob, could have been 20 20 vision after the fact. it is kinda hard to build within a town, with all the rules and laws, and still say, now lets consider the "what ifs"

just trying to put it in perspective.

Such as "What if the fertilizer plant breaks the rules and houses way, way, way more ammonium nitrate than they are allowed?".

 

[ShiningStar]

Such as "What if the fertilizer plant breaks the rules and houses way, way, way more ammonium nitrate than they are allowed?".

among other "what ifs" my meaning being, its not easy considering everything that could go wrong, and if something does, its tragic but NOT all bad tragic events can be prevented.

 

[notherbob]

Such as "What if the fertilizer plant breaks the rules and houses way, way, way more ammonium nitrate than they are allowed?".

Yeah, 270 tons (540,000 lbs) of ammonium nitrate is way too much for the circumstance. My guess is that the owner is going to have a lot of explaining to do and that he will soon be trying to hide assets from the bankruptcy court.

It will be interesting to see what happens when the investigation is complete and the lawsuits start coming in. The next local elections will also be interesting.

I'm thinking there won't be a fertilizer storage facility there anymore so the potential hazard will have dissipated and the damaged and desroyed buildings can be rebuilt in safer territory. My guess is that the local folk will be up in arms over this but I could be wrong.

 

[joseephuss]

among other "what ifs" my meaning being, its not easy considering everything that could go wrong, and if something does, its tragic but NOT all bad tragic events can be prevented.

I agree with you. It isn't easy when you try to consider everything because everything encompasses a lot. Even every reasonable possible consequence covers a lot of territory.

If this place caught fire and exploded with the maximum allowable amount of ammonium nitrate it in store it would not have been near as bad as what actually happened. That is the kind of "what if" scenario that could have been considered when building a school in the vicinity. They could have even considered "what if they house twice the legal amount and it explodes". That would have been a semi-reasonable consideration. It is not reasonable to expect the plant to house the vast quantities that they did.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Is it a case where they built around the factory or did they build the factory after?

 

[DallasCowpoke]

Is it a case where they built around the factory or did they build the factory after?

I'm pretty sure the co-op was there 1st, but not 100% sure.

I do know it's been there for 50 years.

 

[Yeagermeister]

I'm pretty sure the co-op was there 1st, but not 100% sure.

I do know it's been there for 50 years.

Thanks....I was just curious