Or rather, that: 'whummmppph!'. I did: thought it was next door's Christmas Tree falling over, but, no, it was a petrol depot forty-five miles away in Hemel Hempstead! Blimey! :|
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Hear that bang last night?
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My wife's mother, just down the road from Hemel in Berkhamsted, rang us this morning advising us to "fill up the car" and mentioned that she'd heard the "whummmppph!" that morning.
My mother also rang this afternoon to see if we were alright. I said, 'Mum, we're in Milton Keynes - I don't think we were in any danger!'.
Mums - you've got to love 'em, haven't you? :lol:_"For an eternity Allard was alone in an icy limbo where all the colours were bright and sharp and comfortless.
_For another eternity Allard swam through seas without end, all green and cool and deep, where distorted creatures drifted, sometimes attacking him.
_And then, at last, he had reached the real world – the world he had created, where he was God and could create or destroy whatever he wished.
_He was supremely powerful. He told planets to destroy themselves, and they did. He created suns. Beautiful women flocked to be his. Of all men, he was the mightiest. Of all gods, he was the greatest."
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According to a news report, the explosion was audible in The Netherlands! 8O
Living in Bath I didn't hear a thing, but apparently the smoke from it has already reached Swindon. I'd imagine there were some dramatic sunsets in parts of the country.You see, it's... it's no good, Montag. We've all got to be alike. The only way to be happy is for everyone to be made equal.
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"I am an observer of life, a non-participant who takes no sides. I am in the regimented society, but not of it." Moondog, 1964
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It makes you think though. Everyone went bananas over Three Mile Island & Chernobyl (justifiably), yet we live with these oil depots & refineries close to population centres and no-one bats an eye until something like this happens. Apparently this is the biggest peace time explosion in Europe.Arioch, aid me! Blood and souls for Arioch!
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Silverhand - I think it's probably a testament to the safety design of the things that something like that COULD go up so close to a residential area with no fatalities.
Lest we forget, in countries where the chemical companies have had their way in keeping the government out of health and safety, we have had Bhopal, and the huge slick of chemicals making it's way from China through Russia at the moment.
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