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Related: About this forumTexas prohibits nearly 70 percent of its counties from having a fire code
By RANDY LEE LOFTIS
Environmental Writer
rloftis@dallasnews.com
Published: 25 May 2013 11:17 PM
Updated: 26 May 2013 12:48 PM
Victoria County, a little slice of the Texas chemical coast, has nearly 39 million pounds of concoctions that can poison and nearly 11 million pounds that can catch fire.
A potential for a catastrophic event is how one federal agency described the risk if they leak. A temptation for terrorists, added another.
But Victoria County cannot use a firefighters basic tool for preventing industrial disaster: a fire code.
Texas wont let the county adopt one.
In piney-woods southeast Texas, nearly 250,000 people within 25 miles of a paper mill could breathe chlorine or chlorine-dioxide gas after a worst-case fire or accident. Some could die.
Much more at link: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/west-explosion/investigation/20130525-texas-prohibits-nearly-70-percent-of-its-counties-from-having-a-fire-code.ece
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Dallas Morning News coverage of the West Fertilizer explosion has been excellent.
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Texas prohibits nearly 70 percent of its counties from having a fire code (Original Post)
LeftInTX
May 2013
OP
You have to be and you're real Texas heros. My 85 year old aunt is one in El Paso
mountain grammy
May 2013
#10
The worship of "job creators" as if they are actually divine or at least closer to God is sad.
Spitfire of ATJ
May 2013
#9
Many Texas government districts - city, county - do not allow building codes either
panzerfaust
May 2013
#7
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)1. Some leftover garbage. Texas needs to fix that.
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)2. Corporate profit safety must come first in Texas, and
anywhere else the rabid dog right gets control.
Skittles
(153,111 posts)3. read the comments; the ignorance is staggering
atreides1
(16,066 posts)4. Read the comments
Not surprised by the blatant ignorance...it is Texas!!!
Skittles
(153,111 posts)5. well I live here so I know
but I have to say, the Democrats in Texas are true blue - we are a very hardy group, and GROWING
mountain grammy
(26,598 posts)10. You have to be and you're real Texas heros. My 85 year old aunt is one in El Paso
Last year while spending some time in SW Texas, near Midland/Odessa, it was interesting to see the local channel do a Dem/Repub debate.
The Democratic lady was about 70, maybe older and quite feisty, like my aunt who announced to the whole right wing family " I'm an atheist and a Democrat!"
Skittles
(153,111 posts)11. yup
I do think you have to be gutsier to be openly liberal in a red state
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)9. The worship of "job creators" as if they are actually divine or at least closer to God is sad.
underpants
(182,599 posts)6. 150 have no full-time fire departments.
0f 254 total
panzerfaust
(2,818 posts)7. Many Texas government districts - city, county - do not allow building codes either
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benld74
(9,901 posts)8. Its all fun and games until someone loses their life, then nothing is still the norm for Texas
northoftheborder
(7,569 posts)12. Aint Texas advanced????