HAZMAT Emergency in Apex, NC 15,000 evacuated

[blitzen]

live coverage here

http://www.wral.com/video/10012712/detail.html

[blitzen]

1. chemical waste fire....firefighters can't move in because it's deadly gas

[silverweb]

2. Chlorine cloud.

Wow, what a mess.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/4240065.html

[blitzen]

3. and several other kinds of toxic waste--a nasty brew

[aquart]

4. How?

[blitzen]

6. fire and explosions at a toxic waste plant

[NVMojo]

5. holy crap!

[Tunkamerica]

7. yeah its pretty bad

and the rain that's coming in could make it even worse.

[Suich]

8. on edit, how far away are you?

[Tunkamerica]

10. right now i'm probably fifteen miles away

I'm at work in durham at fox50, but i live in southern raleigh. I've been watching WRAL's coverage all night.

[Suich]

12. I've been watching WRAL off and on...

I've seen a couple of weather maps charting both the wind and the rain. It looks like it can go either way.

I hope for the best possible outcome...stay safe!

Susan :scared:

[dave123williams]

9. Gee; I guess it's a good thing we didn't see...

two cities like that go up on the same night; then it might look like it was terrorism, or something. Instead of the negligence of the freemarketeers who ran whatever it was that just blew thousands of gallons of chlorine gas in to a suburb.

[beltanefauve]

11. Holy shit!

My sister and my niece live in that town! I'm here on the West Coast, getting ready for bed, and wouldn't have known otherwise! Thanks, blitzen, and DU!