Huge explosion in or near Muskogee, OK 2 minutes ago

[karlrschneider]

I live 20 miles north of there and it rattled the house violently. Listening to the sheriff dep't on the scanner, hundreds of calls. No idea what the hell is going on, but it must be serious. There aren't any refineries or chem factories there...will keep listening. Terists?
sheesh...
sorry no links yet, obviously...

[shirlden]

1. We will keep this kicked

If you will keep us posted. Here is hoping it is nothing serious.

:kick:

[goclark]

3. Kick and prayers

[bpilgrim]

19. weird coincidence, but you posted this at 9:11

my time :scared:

peace

[EmpireWeAre]

87. Well let's kick it already.

http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/news/updates/10645.html

[Lorien]

2. What about military installations?

Stay safe, and stay inside for now!

[goclark]

8. What is the tv saying?

[EmpireWeAre]

4. Railroad nearby?

[karlrschneider]

22. There are 2 major railroads that run thru here (Wagoner) and Muskogee

one sheriff deputy said it was at or near the Yaffe metal recycling center down in Muskogee (I used to live there)...hundreds of calls from all over the arrea...just got a call from a friend in Muskogee, said many houses on fire. No more yet, will keep advised.

[EmpireWeAre]

33. Radio call signs?

[NMDemDist2]

5. wow!! kicking it, and waiting for an update n/t

[Paleocon]

6. Okie from Muskogee bump!

What the heck happened?

[merh]

7. Good Lord, please keep us updated.

I am glad you are okay! Some scarry stuff though!

[aquart]

9. kick

[hangemhigh]

10. WTF?!!!!! Please keep us posted....

Okla. natives here.....

[Tess49]

42. I'm in Norman, nothing breaking on the news yet

[hangemhigh]

56. Nothing on OKC local...

just tt friends in Moore.

[goodboy]

11. kick

[Just Me]

12. We're here.

Stay safe,...okay.

[ogradda]

13. earthquake?

was it an explosion? did you hear anything?

[karlrschneider]

48. Damn right we heard something...it was like a lightning bolt hit the house

My roomie was sleeping, he has the flu, and we both ran to the living room wondering what the heck blew up. See the thread for more info...

[NNN0LHI]

14. Maybe live fire exercises from Fort Gibson? Ever heard any before? n/t

[karlrschneider]

45. Ft. Gibson (namesake of the lake I live on, way north of Muskogee) is

only a cemetary nowadays. It has no active military.

[Cobalt Violet]

15. Plane crash?

[TrueAmerican]

16. Map

http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&address=&city=Muskogee&state=OK

[GetTheRightVote]

17. Be safe in OK Karlrschneider, praying for all of you

:kick:

family in Ok.

[karlrschneider]

30. Thanks...we're far away, no danger here...

.

[ornotna]

18. Nothing on the MSM yet

Keep us posted please and stay safe.

[JNelson6563]

20. keepin' it kicked for update

:kick:

[Tinoire]

21. Article: Vibrations From Indonesian Quake Felt In Oklahoma

Just read this... Not trying to alarm anyone... Stay safe!


Vibrations From Indonesian Quake Felt In Oklahoma
Geological Survey Records Shockwaves From Massive Quake

POSTED: 1:36 pm CST December 28, 2004

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Jolts from the enormous earthquake in Indonesia that killed thousands were felt in Oklahoma.

The Oklahoma Geological Survey in rural Tulsa County recorded shock waves from the 9.0-magnitude quake beginning at 7:13 p.m. Saturday, 15 minutes after the temblor occurred beneath the Indian Ocean.

The largest waves, with a .12-inch vertical movement in Oklahoma, were logged at 7:36 p.m., local time.

"This is the type of earthquake that's recorded by every seismograph in the world, and recorded very clearly," said Jim Lawson, chief geophysicist with the OGS. "This is almost the biggest earthquake that could occur."

The large waves felt in Oklahoma may have caused water in Oklahoma ponds and lakes to slosh back and forth slowly, a motion called a seiche, Lawson said. It also may have caused some tall buildings in the state to sway slightly, he said.

(snip)

http://www.channeloklahoma.com/news/4030044/detail.html

[spanone]

23. Kicking!!!!!

[koopie57]

24. Someone might have posted this already

but this morning in a northern suburb of mpls, there was a big explosion that leveled a building. The biggest pieces of debris they found was half a chair. And somehow in the world, one man survived it.

[Just Me]

41. "Terrorist" attacks have been hidden by this administration,...

,...oil rigs exploding, ships punctured, cruise ships poisoned,...

,...all buried,...

,...while the overseas "beheading" stuff has been exploited,...

Bush has incited the most cruel and desperate and scummy elements of humanity. All those who voted for him,...are responsible for such horrors. It's all your fault, assholes,...for bringing out the worst rather than the best of humanity. Suck it up!!!

[koopie57]

47. but, but, I didn't vote for him

:o :( ;( :cry:

[CO Liberal]

25. Nothing on Google News Yet Either

Sending good thoughts from Pueblo, CO.

[IA_Seth]

26. There HAS to be something locally?

With no link and no local news to back it up....I am wondering?

[karlrschneider]

34. No time for news crews to get there as yet. But to rattle our house 20 mi

away, it had to be a big damn blast. Still monitoring the sit.

[karlrschneider]

27. Blew out windows 10 miles away...just now local TV getting on story.

I know the owner of the Yaffe place, tried to call but couldn't get an answer. Sheriff office saying medical help needed. I think it's just an industrial accident but might be pretty serious. Just trying to gather info for now...

[aquart]

28. kick

[Razorback_Democrat]

29. Gaffe, or Jaffe Iron- Furnace exploded-Channel 8 Tulsa

just reported

[karlrschneider]

31. Missed that one, Chan 6 KOTV had a short rept. Local sheriff saying 3

injuries...hopefully nobody killed. It's still breaking...

[Name removed]

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[Prodemsouth]

37. Not off to a good start are we..maximumconformist

we are dumb but less dumb over here.

[Name removed]

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[Prodemsouth]

49. Oh you are real funny trying to through it back in our face huh..

others are concerned about the real story the expolsion. You take time to joke about it. Tells us alot about you people. OK is red looks like you would show more concern.

[Razorback_Democrat]

50. LOL n/t

[Lorien]

32. Part of the Yaffe recycling center?

Prayers to all who live nearby...

[karlrschneider]

39. Apparently so. Sheriff office said one of their furnaces blew up

they melt down scrap metal. One report was that several houses nearby were on fire. Still listening, will update as appropriate...maybe this really doesn't belong on LBN since it appears to be just some accident,
mods decide if should be locked.

[cleofus1]

36. building blew up

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/28/building.explosion.ap/index.html

"RAMSEY, Minnesota (AP) -- An explosion flattened a commercial building Tuesday, killing two workers and critically injuring a third. Rescue crews were searching the ruins for another worker.

The blast caved the single-story building into its basement, sheriff's Capt. Robert Aldrich said. The site was littered with cinder blocks, fragments of concrete and pieces of office furniture.

A gas leak was the most likely cause of the explosion, but nothing was immediately ruled out, Aldrich said."

[No Mandate Here.]

38. Right day, wrong state and time

Interesting coincidence, though.

[EmpireWeAre]

40. Grrrrrrrrrr

Oklahoma!!

[karlrschneider]

43. Sheriff office reporting looting at Lakeland Shopping center near the

explosion. :eyes:

[Razorback_Democrat]

46. kidding, aren't you?

jeebus

[karlrschneider]

51. No, I'm not "kidding"...it's what the cops were saying. Maybe they lie.

But it sounds perfectly reasonable to me...that shopping center is 3 blocks away from the explosion and probably lost its windows.
:eyes:

[Razorback_Democrat]

52. Hey, calm down, It just sounded unusual, but really not

surprising I guess

[movonne]

59. kick

[karlrschneider]

53. THEY ARE EXPECTING ANOTHER EXPLOSION

According to the info the Sheriff's office just pput out. Maybe the gas lines are breached...this place has HUGE (HUGH?) furnaces to melt down scrap metal...
Police from here (Wagoner) and other communities headed to MKO to help out. Big crowds gathering where the looting is going on.

[Razorback_Democrat]

54. Holy Shit!

I hope they keep people back far enough.

wait a news break on 8

[Razorback_Democrat]

57. Channel 8 reporting 10 people KILLED in explosion

and as you said Karl, authorities are concerned about more explosions

building completely gone

size of a football field building!

[karlrschneider]

60. I regularly take scrap metal & sell it to them, the owner, Steve Yaffe is

a very old friend of mine (I lived & worked in Muskogee as chief pilot for Coburn Industries for 15 years)

[Razorback_Democrat]

62. Hope he wasn't there,

my wife is from Muskogee

Is that Coburn, Tom's Dad's company?

[karlrschneider]

71. I was chief pilot for Tom's daddy's company from 1969 to 1980.

I have known Tom VERY well personally since he was a snot-nosed teenager, and his daddy, O.W. Coburn (the most horny letch I've ever run across)...I flew them both all over the country for many years. Was fired 3 different times because I wouldn't set up O.W. with whores on trips (that's a fairly normal task for corporate pilots and most of them will comply)...so I can truly say I know Coburn pretty well. (The old man croaked in 1984. I sent flowers for some reason and got a nice thankkyou note from his widow Joy, a very nice lady who rode in my airplane hundreds of times)

[Tess49]

66. As in Tom Coburn's family?

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

67. Delete

*

[Razorback_Democrat]

74. Tulsa Ch. 8 now backing off 10 dead, saying the daughter of Yaffe

called and said there was no way that there were 10 people there.

3 workers and a security guard.

but that doesn't count how many might have been nearby

the original 10 dead figure came from Civil defense

I hope no one was killed.

also just said on news to "keep windows up" as they are "assessing" the toxicity of the smoke pouring through Muskogee right now.

[karlrschneider]

76. Just saw that. I'm trying to reach a friend who lives a few blocks from

there...no luck so far. I think they're going a bit overboard with all the Hazmat stuff, though...as they do in almost all situations.
:eyes:

[CO Liberal]

55. Keep Us Posted, Karl

And thanks for the updates. This definitely belongs on LBN - you're getting info out faster than the news services!!

[karlrschneider]

58. KTUL just reported 10 people killed. Tough to get info, I'll keep on it.

.
They are speculating about the trains that go to the location.

[Razorback_Democrat]

61. kick n/t

[HeeBGBz]

80. Nothing on the local Springfield MO news

So I emailed them to let them know. Sheesh.

[Danocrat]

63. Found this

http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/news/updates/10645.html

[soup]

64. and this at KOTV

small blip-

MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) -- A scrap metal plant in Muskogee exploded Tuesday evening, blowing the windows out of nearby houses and businesses and filling the sky with heavy dark black smoke.

Witness say the explosion sounded like a bomb.

"I was sitting on the couch and it blew me off the couch," said John Hammons, who lives near the Yaffe Iron and Metals plant.

A night shift was working in the plant and officials believe there may be fatalities, but none had been confirmed.

There are reports of several major fires at the plant and in the neighborhood near the facility. Authorities say the Lakeland Shopping Center located near the plant was also heavily damaged.
http://www.kotv.com/main/home/stories.asp?whichpage=1&id=75086

[Just Me]

70. Geez. I hope this calamity will be contained.

Sounds like they are on a cusp of potential dominoe effect via gas lines.

Take care my friends.

[wicket]

65. OMG!!!!!

[Acryliccalico]

77. Kick n/t

[DS1]

84. AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

[NVMojo]

68. darn, was hoping it was at the * family ranch in Crawford ...

like their fire place exploded or something ...

sorry to hear innocent people are hurt ...

[Mr_Spock]

82. Yeah, never enough bad things could happen to *

oh, well - better luck next time :D

[Catherine Vincent]

69. That sounds scary. Keep us updated.

When I read huge explosion, I immediately thought of Iraq....not Oklahoma.

[OhioBlue]

72. kick

[HeeBGBz]

73. I live in east in Missouri and our local news has no mention yet

Thanks for the information.

[karlrschneider]

75. Live chopper video on KTUL right now showing lots of fires burning

their mountaintop webcam showing big "orange glow" from 40 miles away.
Doing house to house search checking on people, several houses on fire.
There've been calls from 40 miles away from people who felt or heard the blast. Abandoned Homeland (Safeway) store being used as shelter for people evacuated, fires still going strong. a big mess. I guess it's our response to the tsunami. :eyes:

[Fleshdancer]

85. i know nothing about furnace explosions. are they always this severe?

I hope the news is wrong about the 10 victims. :(

[NorthernSpy]

88. not sure, but this picture of a blast furnace explosion in Wales...

... looks pretty severe. The Wales incident killed three workers, and injured eight. I believe that in Muskogee, they fear the deaths of at least two.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/1763883.stm

[barb162]

89. boiler explosions are usually very severe

[donco6]

91. Yes, remember the Sultana

Riverboat boiler explosion on the Mississippi. Killed 1,238 people.

[Name removed]

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[karlrschneider]

79. No it's several miles away...sorry to be so late, been busy

Shouldn't be a problem. KS

[missouri dem 2]

81. Thank you.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

83. You felt it from 20 miles away?

Wow. What's the scanner say now?

[EmpireWeAre]

86. http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/news/updates/10645.html

http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/news/updates/10645.html

[genieroze]

90. Delete

[CO Liberal]

92. Just Found This on Google

Two Missing, Four Hurt in Plant Blast

Wednesday December 29, 2004 5:01 AM

By CLAYTON BELLAMY
Associated Press Writer

MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) - A scrap metal plant in eastern Oklahoma exploded Tuesday evening, sending fiery debris into the air and blowing out windows of nearby homes.

Two people working at the Yaffe Iron and Metals plant at the time remained unaccounted for, and at least four people were injured by flying debris, officials said.

Debris from the plant was tossed up to 10 blocks away and a nearby shopping center was damaged, said Michelann Ooten, a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management.

Witnesses said the explosion at about 8 p.m. sounded like a bomb and the blast could be felt in the next county, about 30 miles away.

<more>

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-4699093,00.html

[Heidi]

93. Kick and thank you . . .

Just telephoned my parents, who live between the OG & E plant and Braggs, and they heard the explosion (said they heard more than one) but didn't know what it was. They initially thought the "sound of thunder" came from the OG & E plant, but now Mom's checking the news and Net, and calling my brother, who lives in Muskogee.

Thanks, DU. My mom's pretty impressed that DU gets "local news" to Switzerland faster than the mainstream media.

[Divine Discontent]

94. amazing

isn't it?




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