The incredible amount of stupidity that went into the Texas City disaster is amazing, the entire incident was handled in such a manner that it was like they intended to make the ship's cargo explode! The people in charge did everything wrong! From not posting guards to assure nobody smoked around the bags of ammonia nitrate, to the ships captain closing the hatches and using steam to fight the smoldering fire!bblhd672 wrote:https://www.fromthegovernment.comanygunanywhere wrote:Is that about the Weaver murders? Waco?
It does cover Ruby Ridge and Waco.
Ordered a copy, arriving tomorrow.
The story begins with the Texas City disaster of 1947, where the government (needing fertilizer for the Marshall Plan) decided that a certain high explosive would make good fertilizer, produced it under dangerous conditions, and shipped it to the port of Texas City. Four million pounds of it detonated. 600 Americans died, and the town was devastated.
The resulting lawsuit went to the Supreme Court -- which ruled that the government could not be sued, no matter how shocking its negligence had been.
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