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Title: WTF? Toxic chemical cloud forces 2,500 to evacuate Pennsylvania
Post by: The Fake Shemp on October 12, 2008, 12:39:46 AM: PETROLIA, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A corrosive liquid overflowed from a tank at a chemical plant in western Pennsylvania on Saturday, evaporating into a toxic cloud that snaked along the ground and forced about 2,500 people to flee. At least three residents were believed to be injured.

A dense cloud of toxic gas moved close to the ground in parts of Petrolia, Pennsylvania, on Saturday.

A material called oleum, similar to sulfuric acid, leaked from a tank at the Indspec Chemical Corp. plant in Petrolia, said plant manager Dave Dorko.

Authorities were concerned about the potential for respiratory damage and skin burns, said Freda Tarbell, spokeswoman for the state Department of Environmental Protection.
Title: Re: WTF? Toxic chemical cloud forces 2,500 to evacuate Pennsylvania
Post by: demi on October 12, 2008, 12:42:35 AM: haw haw nikki queefed
Title: Re: WTF? Toxic chemical cloud forces 2,500 to evacuate Pennsylvania
Post by: demi on October 12, 2008, 12:42:51 AM: i'm so juvenile that made me laugh after i read it
Title: Re: WTF? Toxic chemical cloud forces 2,500 to evacuate Pennsylvania
Post by: Mandark on October 12, 2008, 12:44:28 AM: Yes! This is potentially the greatest opportunity for American citizens to acquire superpowers since Three Mile Island.
Title: Re: WTF? Toxic chemical cloud forces 2,500 to evacuate Pennsylvania
Post by: The Fake Shemp on October 12, 2008, 12:45:46 AM: You want to wander in THIS, Mandark:

(http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/US/10/11/chemical.leak.ap/art.chemical.leak.wpxi.jpg)
Title: Re: WTF? Toxic chemical cloud forces 2,500 to evacuate Pennsylvania
Post by: Madrun Badrun on October 12, 2008, 12:46:34 AM: Quote from: demi on October 12, 2008, 12:42:51 AM
i'm so juvenile that made me laugh after i read it

:lol
Title: Re: WTF? Toxic chemical cloud forces 2,500 to evacuate Pennsylvania
Post by: Crushed on October 12, 2008, 12:46:46 AM: Quote from: Mandark on October 12, 2008, 12:44:28 AM
Yes! This is potentially the greatest opportunity for American citizens to acquire superpowers since Three Mile Island.

Or for zombies to be born from the secret government chemicals hidden in the plant.
Title: Re: WTF? Toxic chemical cloud forces 2,500 to evacuate Pennsylvania
Post by: Beezy on October 12, 2008, 12:46:55 AM: Quote from: demi on October 12, 2008, 12:42:51 AM
i'm so juvenile that made me laugh after i read it
me too :(
Title: Re: WTF? Toxic chemical cloud forces 2,500 to evacuate Pennsylvania
Post by: The Fake Shemp on October 12, 2008, 12:49:19 AM: I'm with crushed. Chemical gasses, by themselves, have almost NEVER granted a person superhuman abilities. However, it has been documented time and time again to bring the dead back to life.

How fitting that it'd be in Pennsylvania, no less - the state is home to George A. Romero and the events of his two groundbreaking zombie epics.
Title: Re: WTF? Toxic chemical cloud forces 2,500 to evacuate Pennsylvania
Post by: cool breeze on October 12, 2008, 12:54:01 AM: Oh man, a zombie outbreak would be awesome. It is also located close enough that I can drive down there and bash some heads in, but far enough that I can still be safe.
Title: Re: WTF? Toxic chemical cloud forces 2,500 to evacuate Pennsylvania
Post by: Mandark on October 12, 2008, 12:55:48 AM: Quote from: Willco on October 12, 2008, 12:45:46 AM
You want to wander in THIS, Mandark:

(http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/US/10/11/chemical.leak.ap/art.chemical.leak.wpxi.jpg)

I'd like to hypnotize a strongman from a traveling circus to wander into it, thus gaining the power to do my diabolical bidding. If it doesn't work, eh. There will always be other strongmen.
Title: Re: WTF? Toxic chemical cloud forces 2,500 to evacuate Pennsylvania
Post by: The Fake Shemp on October 12, 2008, 12:57:58 AM: I really don't think strongmen are in vogue nowadays, Mandark.
Title: Re: WTF? Toxic chemical cloud forces 2,500 to evacuate Pennsylvania
Post by: Mandark on October 12, 2008, 12:59:28 AM: Well a super-strong bearded lady will be just as effective, and maybe more terrorizing, Mr. Rain On My Parade!
Title: Re: WTF? Toxic chemical cloud forces 2,500 to evacuate Pennsylvania
Post by: xnikki118x on October 12, 2008, 01:00:21 AM: Haha why have I not heard about this, being born and raised and living in PA? I also have never heard of Petrolia.
Title: Re: WTF? Toxic chemical cloud forces 2,500 to evacuate Pennsylvania
Post by: Ecrofirt on October 12, 2008, 01:25:28 PM: I love the name Petrolia. It's like the oil utopia of the world.
Title: Re: WTF? Toxic chemical cloud forces 2,500 to evacuate Pennsylvania
Post by: xnikki118x on October 12, 2008, 02:32:11 PM: (http://i35.tinypic.com/2vx0h8o.jpg)

Ecro and I are okay here. Pretty far away. :)
Title: Re: WTF? Toxic chemical cloud forces 2,500 to evacuate Pennsylvania
Post by: The Fake Shemp on October 12, 2008, 02:39:43 PM: Yes, but the winds could blow the chemical death cloud to your home and inside your poorly kept windows.
Title: Re: WTF? Toxic chemical cloud forces 2,500 to evacuate Pennsylvania
Post by: fistfulofmetal on October 12, 2008, 02:48:38 PM: Buffalo, NY here ready and willing to combat some damn dirty zombies.
Title: Re: WTF? Toxic chemical cloud forces 2,500 to evacuate Pennsylvania
Post by: Tauntaun on October 12, 2008, 04:18:11 PM: Quote from: fistfulofmetal on October 12, 2008, 02:48:38 PM
Buffalo, NY here ready and willing to combat some damn dirty zombies.

Cannibal Corpse is from Buffalo. :rock
Title: Re: WTF? Toxic chemical cloud forces 2,500 to evacuate Pennsylvania
Post by: cool breeze on October 12, 2008, 04:46:31 PM: It's all the way to the left of PA...that's no fun.