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Wednesday, December 09, 2009


Never a good Wednesday when you can hear a huge explosion before 9 a.m.
Wednesday morning's explosion at American Acryl's Port Road plant sounded like a jet's sonic boom as it hurled a fireball into the sky, rattled windows and cracked walls as far away as Clear Lake and sequestered residents in their homes for hours.

But despite the drama and the open question of the economic impact of the $150 million facility's indefinite closure for repair, the human toll appeared small. Two of the 10 to 15 workers on duty at the time of the 8:45 a.m. accident were hospitalized for observation but later released in good condition. American Acryl spokeswoman Kelli Gregory said the explosion resulted in no “off-site toxic impact.”
It's a miracle no one was killed if I heard the blast from about two miles away.



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