Massive explosions strike Quebec town after train carrying oil derails ( video)

[dixiegrrrrl]

Balls of flames shot several metres into the air after a train carrying crude oil derailed in the Quebec town of Lac-Mégantic early Saturday, sparking several explosions in the downtown core.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/massive-explosions-strike-quebec-town-after-train-carrying-oil-derails/article13050578/
Person filming is speaking in French, halfway thru video there is an enormous explosion.

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[Divernan]

1. Train was headed toward Maine; fuel spilled into Chaudiere River.

A large but undetermined amount of fuel also reportedly spilled into the Chaudiere River.

Several neighbouring municipalities, including Sherbrooke and Saint-Georges-de-Beauce, were enlisted to help Lac-Mégantic deal with the disaster.

The train belongs to Montreal Maine & Atlantic, which says on its website that it owns more than 800 kilometres of track serving Maine, Vermont, Quebec and New Brunswick.

The train was reportedly heading toward Maine.

The river impacts its industries and way of life, particularly during spring run-off, when it frequently overflows into populated areas, in spite of the 160 dams and levees. The river flows through several cities and villages of the area such as Sainte-Marie, Saint-Georges, Beauceville, and Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce.

From its source Lake Megantic in the Estrie region, it runs northwards to flow into the St. Lawrence River opposite Quebec City. The river's drainage area is 6682 square kilometres, initially in the Appalachian Mountains, then in the low-lands of the St. Lawrence, and include 236 lakes covering 62 square kilometres and approximately 180,000 inhabitants.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaudi%C3%A8re_River

[valerief]

2. Yes, but those are the risks we must take, since wind turbines are "unsightly".

And heaven forbid we harness the oceans for energy.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. We have a very old train track running about 1/2 from our house.

It crosses a trestle over the 2 lane secondary road.
I like hearing the occasional distant train whistle.
BUT...
just read in the paper that gas and oil will now be shipped by train along that route.
That route goes alongside of or thru lots of little towns in this state.
Sigh.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

4. I bet if you sent this to a teabagger they would say the guy talking is an "Arab".

[JM42]

7. Yeah, but they also say "Democrat Party" instead of "Democratic Party".

I think we should start calling them the "Repubic Party".

[Spitfire of ATJ]

8. That would fit since they are trying to hide their skinhead ways.

[JM42]

9. Personally I think they're flaunting their skinhead ways. It makes them feel stron when they're weak

Seig Heil - Hammer, Hammer, Hammer, Hammer.

Worm your honor, the defendent before the court is clearly guilty, guilty, of showing emotions of an almost human nature. This will not do.

The evidence before the court is uncontrovertable, there's no need for the jury to retire. I've never seen a case more worthy of the full penalty of the law. The way you made them suffer, your exquisite wife and mother, fills me with the urge to DEFECATE! Since, my friend, you have revealed your deepest fears, I sentence you to be exposed before your peers. TEAR DOWN THE WALL!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

10. I always considered that to be a happy ending.

[Divernan]

5. K&R -

[JM42]

6. I read about that earlier. Not a good scene.