theconrodkid
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| posted on 11/12/05 at 08:01 AM |
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fuel depot goes up
woke me up and i,m 30 odd miles away,hope not too many hurt or dead but dosnt look good
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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Cita
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| posted on 11/12/05 at 08:08 AM |
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Jeeeez!!!
Many years ago a chemical plant in the harbour of Antwerp blew up and being only 10 miles away from it,the cup's and glasses shacked like a
train passed by!
Luckely most of the times there are very few people needed to keep such factory's going so let's hope that there are not too many
casualty's!!
Cheers Cita
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Messenjah
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| posted on 11/12/05 at 08:13 AM |
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woke me up aswell about 6 its really not far from me and if i look out of my window it looks like theres a big black mountain but its not its the
smoke !
it shoook all the doors and windows
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scotty g
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| posted on 11/12/05 at 08:20 AM |
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It woke my wife and i up and we live in Folkestone Kent!!!!!!!!
I'm not shi**ing you guys.
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Russ-Turner
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| posted on 11/12/05 at 08:30 AM |
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There's no way of scaling it on the telly. Looks bleak though peeps!
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scotty g
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| posted on 11/12/05 at 08:42 AM |
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Casualties would appear to be quite low which would be amazing considering the size of it.
Lets hope so.
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wilkingj
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| posted on 11/12/05 at 09:05 AM |
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Its hemel hempsted, and heard in Norfolk!..
I hever heard a thing.. 40 miles away in Cambridge..
linky..
[Edited on 11/12/2005 by wilkingj]
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
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wilkingj
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| posted on 11/12/05 at 09:07 AM |
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You know this will spark a fuel price rise
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
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chris.russell
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| posted on 11/12/05 at 09:57 AM |
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I was having a drink in my work shops at work when the lights, windows and the overhead crane all moved! and I'm in Didcot! though it was
something out on the plant tripping until I turned the telly on to hear the news.
Mines a pint
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zzrpowerd-locost
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| posted on 11/12/05 at 10:24 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by wilkingj
Its hemel hempsted, and heard in Norfolk!..
I hever heard a thing.. 40 miles away in Cambridge..
linky..
[Edited on 11/12/2005 by wilkingj]
Hope noone is badly hurt!
On a lighter note, read some of the eyewitness coments at the bottom of the story!
"Earthquake"  
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Rek
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| posted on 11/12/05 at 10:32 AM |
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Im glad this post was here. I live near Reading and I heard it at 6:03 (Insomniac!) when I told the missus Id heard it she said I was bonkers....
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phelpsa
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| posted on 11/12/05 at 10:52 AM |
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6:04 we heard it here in Great Shefford, Berks!
My dads now on the phone trying to gather up a recovery team as 3 mobile have a few buildings next to the oil depot which have been damaged and
evacuated. Manic in this house now!
Adam
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Peteff
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| posted on 11/12/05 at 11:04 AM |
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36 injured, probably 4 seriously.
More than there should be but could have been a lot worse.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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CommanderAce
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| posted on 11/12/05 at 11:20 AM |
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Bloody terrible but it does look quite cool!
According to Sky News there was 16 million litres of fuel on site when it went up
[Edited on 11-12-05 by CommanderAce]
Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads!
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lsdweb
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| posted on 11/12/05 at 12:14 PM |
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I work for the fire service and I'm sure some of my colleagues are going through hell there. I've just got into the office after dealing
with a multi vehicle pile up on the motorway - another normal day!!!
Wyn
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ChrisGamlin
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| posted on 11/12/05 at 01:18 PM |
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Can now see what appears to be the smoke cloud on the horizon here in North Hants near Bordon, about 7 miles south of Farnham!
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ned
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| posted on 11/12/05 at 01:34 PM |
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does it look a bit olike this chris?
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/upload/oilblast2.jpg
i'm in guildford, must be 40 miles away:
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/upload/oilblast.jpg
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 11/12/05 at 02:31 PM |
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there is a weird looking cloud over me near heathrow,smells a bit oily as well
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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ChrisGamlin
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| posted on 11/12/05 at 03:08 PM |
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Ned, I think a lot o the dark "cloud" nearer you in the pic is also from the fire. Just taken these outside about 5 mins ago, it appears to
be slightly over to the west of us towards Alton way etc, heading down the A31 towards Winchester if you like.
This is looking roughly North / North West from our back garden
 
Hemel smoke cloud 1
 
Hemel smoke cloud 2
[Edited on 11/12/05 by ChrisGamlin]
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greggors84
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| posted on 11/12/05 at 03:53 PM |
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My dad just popped over and told me about it, was the first thing I heard about it. He said that it woke them up and he thought it was something in
the house. When he got up the loft door had been blown open.
We live within 10 miles of the depot, but luckily the smoke is going the other way.
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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jon_boy
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| posted on 11/12/05 at 05:55 PM |
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I live about ten miles away if that in StAlbans. Has been a abit dark all day, the air smelt odd and more people than usual had tight chests playing
football. Although we had have a team do last night. There was ash falling out of the air today though. I was half comatose through drink and only
been asleep for about an hour and it scared the poop out of me. Seriously sounded like something big fell through our roof!!
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 11/12/05 at 06:09 PM |
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let the panic buying of fuel begin.
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macspeedy
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| posted on 11/12/05 at 06:14 PM |
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big bada boom my brother has just flown home said it looked like a big bonfire 
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macspeedy
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| posted on 11/12/05 at 06:39 PM |
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wow
 
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CommanderAce
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| posted on 11/12/05 at 09:34 PM |
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It was the Quo!
Image stolen from b3ta
Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads!
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