2 explosions in 2 days at 2 Louisiana chemical plants 21 miles apart from each other....

[dixiegrrrrl]

Does that strike anyone as a bit too co-incidental?

First explosion at the Williams Olefins plant in Geismar, La., about 20 miles south of Baton Rouge.
Second explosion at DONALDSONVILLE, LA plant, 30 mins. ago, the plant produces anhydrous ammonia, urea, and urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) solution, the three most used nitrogen products."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014509503#post3

which is what the plant in Texas produced, if I remember correctly.It exploded April 17th.

[kestrel91316]

1. I'm inclined to blame corporate malfeasance and negligence.

[rubluetoo]

2. Me too,

Greed is the biggest killer...

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. Sheriff: "18-wheeler at ammonia plant in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, was either offloading

or onloading when explosion occured"

reports breaking news site.

So, yeah, could be just an amazing co-incidence.

[bluedigger]

3. Three times and it's a trend...

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Back in the day

Yup, it's a little EMS woo...we used to say major accidents came in threes

[Buzz Clik]

6. The plant in Texas did not manufacture chemicals, but distributed them.

However, it did have lots of nitrogen-based fertilizers onsite. The explosion was caused by ammonium nitrate.