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30 years ago today the Exxon Refinery in Baton Rouge exploded
Posted on 12/24/19 at 11:01 am
Posted on 12/24/19 at 11:01 am
WAFB: 10 PM News 12/24/89
Greatest newscast in Baton Rouge history.
Record low temperatures under 10 degrees set the stage.
Greatest newscast in Baton Rouge history.
Record low temperatures under 10 degrees set the stage.
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Posted on 12/24/19 at 11:03 am to The Boat
Most homes across the city shook like an earthquake was happening
Check out that hyper blue sky. Not a cloud in the sky. Looked to be a very nice day but very cold.
Check out that hyper blue sky. Not a cloud in the sky. Looked to be a very nice day but very cold.
This post was edited on 12/24/19 at 11:04 am
Posted on 12/24/19 at 11:03 am to The Boat
I remember that and the record cold. Almost every house on our street had busted pipes.
Posted on 12/24/19 at 11:03 am to The Boat
quote:
Record low temperatures under 10 degrees set the stage.
Shouldn’t be anywhere near that tonight.
Posted on 12/24/19 at 11:03 am to The Boat
What’s that white building that ain’t dere no mo
Posted on 12/24/19 at 11:03 am to The Boat
I was at Cortana Mall that day
Back when that was a thing white people still did
Back when that was a thing white people still did
Posted on 12/24/19 at 11:05 am to Roaad
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Cortana Mall that day
Were you wearing a Poison or Def Leppard t shirt?
Posted on 12/24/19 at 11:06 am to Paul Allen
quote:You saw me?
Were you wearing a Poison or Def Leppard t shirt?
Posted on 12/24/19 at 11:08 am to The Boat
1989 doesn't seem like all that long ago until I watch some video from that time 
Posted on 12/24/19 at 11:08 am to The Boat
Damn I was minus 3 years old
Posted on 12/24/19 at 11:09 am to The Boat
George Sells. That **** was perpetually old.
Posted on 12/24/19 at 11:09 am to beerJeep
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What’s that white building that ain’t dere no mo
If not mistaken, that was the Commisioner of Insurance office.
Posted on 12/24/19 at 11:10 am to The Boat
Just sent that link to my wife. She’s heard me tell the story several times where I was sitting on a stool in the kitchen watching my mom cook Christmas dinner and the explosion knocked me off the stool and on my arse on the floor.
Posted on 12/24/19 at 11:12 am to Grassy1
Yeah they demo'd it about 15 years ago.
Posted on 12/24/19 at 11:13 am to The Boat
My dad was a plant baw and refinery firefighter at the Tenneco-exxon Chalmette refinery and got the call to go help.
Posted on 12/24/19 at 11:18 am to Paul Allen
I was at my parents house in Denham Springs when it happened. Thought the hot water heater in the attic exploded.
Posted on 12/24/19 at 11:18 am to DellTronJon
That WAFB broadcast is an incredible blast from the past. Pun intended.
What a dream team.
George Sells looking exactly like he always looked. There's a young Phil Rainier at the desk and young Steve Schneider in the Dome. Clarence Buggs doing sports. And the GOAT Mike Gharam doing weather.
What a dream team.
George Sells looking exactly like he always looked. There's a young Phil Rainier at the desk and young Steve Schneider in the Dome. Clarence Buggs doing sports. And the GOAT Mike Gharam doing weather.
Posted on 12/24/19 at 11:20 am to DellTronJon
We had a bunch of family over and were cooking dinner. For some reason, a breaker tripped. I went to the breaker box and flipped the breaker back on at the exact moment that explosion happened.
I thought I’d blown up the damn house and my dad was going to kill me. I had about 10 seconds of the worst anxiety and dread of my life.
I thought I’d blown up the damn house and my dad was going to kill me. I had about 10 seconds of the worst anxiety and dread of my life.
Posted on 12/24/19 at 11:24 am to Mister Completely
I was 8 that Christmas. Central Mississippi. The high was 16 degrees on our back porch that Christmas Day. Remember it like it was yesterday.
Posted on 12/24/19 at 11:32 am to Mister Completely
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I thought I’d blown up the damn house and my dad was going to kill me.
frick dude
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