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Title: Hemel Hempsted explosion
Post by: maliciousteve on December 11, 2005, 11:11:53 AM: Well, i don't know if anyone on this board lives in Hemel, but i hope you guys are ok and every thing is fine.

You can hear the emergency services screaming down the road over here in Hatfield.

I actually work in one of the surrounding warehouses (asos.com) and it looks like a have a few days off work due to the amount of smoke (an irritant) and apparent damage to the building. Good thing i didn't bother with over time this weekend.

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1205711,00.html
Title: Hemel Hempsted explosion
Post by: dooogz on December 11, 2005, 11:19:39 AM: just woke up and heard this on the radio... sounds very bad - 30 injured, 4 of them being serious :S ... best wishes to every1!
Title: Hemel Hempsted explosion
Post by: maliciousteve on December 11, 2005, 12:31:19 PM: view from my bedroom window, by the way i'm a good 12 miles from hemel hempsted

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/maliciousteve/smoke.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/maliciousteve/smoke2.jpg)
Title: Hemel Hempsted explosion
Post by: maliciousteve on December 11, 2005, 12:36:05 PM: Ten minutes after these photos were taken, it's spreading fast, it's covering the sun and it's just got alot darker.
Title: Hemel Hempsted explosion
Post by: Johnny Mac on December 11, 2005, 01:21:33 PM: It's dark in north london too. I just spoke to my bruv and he is in Fulham and it's dark there too!
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Post by: indysmith on December 11, 2005, 01:48:02 PM: the pictures just look like any other day :? my dad's friend lives in Hemel and his windows got blown in, hehe! No effects round here...
Title: Hemel Hempsted explosion
Post by: maliciousteve on December 11, 2005, 02:03:15 PM: That's actually smoke. It's not cloud.
Title: Hemel Hempsted explosion
Post by: jt on December 11, 2005, 02:54:45 PM: :D It`s the same here in N.E.London/Essex its was very dark about
12 `sh & was blocking out the sun as well !

:D 8)
Title: Hemel Hempsted explosion
Post by: willo on December 11, 2005, 04:16:09 PM: You can see the size of the cloud here, taken by a satellite shortly after the explosion:

(http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/05/in_pictures_buncefield_fuel_depot_blast/img/1.jpg)

Apparently it involved about 60,000,000 gallons of fuel :!:

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Many houses have been damaged, with some reporting feeling effects from the explosion as far away as Oxfordshire - while it was heard in a number of counties and even France and the Netherlands.
Title: Hemel Hempsted explosion
Post by: Ratrod on December 11, 2005, 04:21:02 PM: It was on the news. I didn't hear the explosion, tho.

Terrible tradigidy. For the people and the environment.

This might sound a bit selfish but I bet this means fuel prices will be going up (again). :evil:
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Post by: Steve-Mr Pig 2U on December 11, 2005, 04:35:19 PM: Seeing that map gave me an idea.
For those of you who don't know, Bareknuckle is located here!
Title: Hemel Hempsted explosion
Post by: indysmith on December 11, 2005, 05:12:53 PM: LOL - that was a bit random steve :? but i did always wonder where yu guys were exactly!
Can see the smoke now here! usually i can see coombe hill out my window - now it's all smogged out.
Title: Hemel Hempsted explosion
Post by: hobleguitars on December 11, 2005, 07:39:16 PM: My friend (also my band's drummer) 's dad had their main office there, and it just got blown to smithereens. Fortunately no-one was hurt, but that business is down the drain...
Title: Hemel Hempsted explosion
Post by: willo on December 11, 2005, 08:19:24 PM: Quote from: hobleguitars
My friend (also my band's drummer) 's dad had their main office there, and it just got blown to smithereens. Fortunately no-one was hurt, but that business is down the drain...

Thats nasty. Are they covered on insurance for that? I can imagine it being the kind of thing the insurance companies manage to weedle their way out of...
Title: Hemel Hempsted explosion
Post by: dave_mc on December 11, 2005, 09:43:12 PM: what happened anyway? i hope everyone's ok!

EDIT; wow, i just checked it on the news! :o
Title: Hemel Hempsted explosion
Post by: Davey on December 11, 2005, 10:17:55 PM: damn!

best wishes to anyone involved!