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Talon Aeolus Talas
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This happened before 4am last night. Two blocks away. The 401, the busiest highway around here, finally just re-opened about an hour ago. They are also letting people go back home. Over 12000 people live in this area.

Here's some stuff I had posted earlier on on other sites:

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Yea, it was around 3:30am when it happened. It was some place called Sunrise Propane.

It caused my windows to shake, and it scared the fuck outta my cat. At first I thought it was just wind and thunder. Later one the window shook again, but it seemed out of place. So I go to my window thinking... This better be something good... Nothing good ever happens arou... HOLY FUCK! O_O!!!

Now, you can't really see shit of it with my crappy pic, but it gives you an idea of how close I was:



Now later on there was this huge explosion. Best video I found shows the shockwave and it's epic!

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbw_K8pfNfo

From my view, the explosion's height was probably about the width of that yellow sign in my picture. I mean, it was huge!

Check out this other shot of the explosion. It looks similar to my view of it:

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=oV5udSWJcZo

There's a ton of other video's up on YouTube, but I won't bother. Those were the best just for that one explosion.

Although, if you want to watch a nice 10 minute one:

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef1N1He-p8g

The ending of that video is awesome. Haha!

Oh, BTW... This is really close to where Linkin Park played Edgefest back on July 12th. Just south of the park, actually.

I'll never get to sleep now. I'm just too wired now! Eeker


I did eventually go to sleep, just because it was 9am... And that's when I normally go to bed. XD

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Not sure yet. They're only getting it on the news now.



There's a map of the area. The red dot is about where it happened. In between those two lines is where they shut down highway 401. Which is probably the busiest highway around here.

I'm guessing they shut down more of the west side because that's the way the smoke was moving. Or perhaps it's just because those cut off lines is just the two closest highways.


All in all, one firefighter did die. No one knows how though, it wasn't from the explosions.

There is also one employee missing. 18 injuries from last count.



 
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AKA Lindsay
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holy jebus!!!! Eeker Glad you're ok!!




 
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Talon Aeolus Talas
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Forgot to post this:

http://www.cp24.com/

You can see a news report video of it there. The first clip of the explosion, seems to be the only one I can't find on YouTube. The sound echoed so much.

Oh, and someone said their windows shook in Aurora, 30km away. Also, it could be seen at Niagara-on-the-Lake. That's by the border... You know, Niagara Falls.

Considering how big the explosion was, I've only heard of one house being leveled.



 
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Eeker Eeker Eeker scary and sad thank you for the info, glad you and your kitty are ok
 
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Wow, that was a HUGE blast! Glad you are good to go dude!
 
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The blast was shown on the Aussie news this evening. That was one ginormous explosion! Eeker



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Glad you are good to go dude!

I think you mean "dudette". razz



 
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I call anyone dude. Wink That way I'm not being sexist. lol I'm an equal opportunity dude, and treat my dudes the same. lol
 
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