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Old 05-15-2009, 03:41 PM   #1
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Default Crazy Tank Battery Explosion! Slightly NWS

This happened last night about 50 miles north of where I live..

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Old 05-15-2009, 04:53 PM   #2
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damn f'd that disposal up
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Old 05-15-2009, 09:20 PM   #3
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damn thats a big ass explosion, glad no firefighters were hurt.
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Old 05-16-2009, 11:17 AM   #4
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I was gonna say thats alot of tanks, gotta be a dissposal. I remember last year when Transco in Cresson got hit by lightning, it burned for like 3-4 days. I've had the plesant joy of cleaning up a tank and pad after its been hit buy lightning, its a very sobering ordeal. Glad no one was hurt.
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Old 05-16-2009, 06:23 PM   #5
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holy crap that was crazy.
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Old 08-07-2009, 12:45 AM   #6
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my girlfriend is from Lamesa which is where that happened, i was up there this weekend and where the tank landed is a solid 250 feet away, her parents live 15 miles outside town and it shook their house when it went up
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Damn thats crazy
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