Explosions around SuperDome?

I'm listening to news radio 590 klbj and yeah they said a large explosion in New Orleans,
not yet known what was the cause, all they said was a large orange cloud and a blast that went on for many seconds at about 4:30am.
I made it a google alert "Explosions around SuperDome" im concerned also...

The BBC is describing them as "Massive"

No details yet though

sky news is qouting AP saying 'Massive explosions rock new orleans riverfront'

itv news is saying it is a chemical plant explosion

Shit, this is crazy! Explosions, urban warfare, snipers, looting, death, rapes, assaults... geee-wiz what a bunch of great people!

damn any links or pics?

hit cnn.com they have all the juicy news any man/woman needs

I haven't seen pics or a real descripton of things yet....bbc 5live radio has a reporter on the scene but they say he was forced to move to safety and so will report in a moment

Hope its not true, it will be terrible!

the radio scanner has been saying it is possible hazardous materials

bbc now has video of a huge fire

Check this shit out!

Quote from CNN

A fed-up Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco warned the lawbreakers that extra troops have already arrived in the city, and others are on the way -- and "they're locked and loaded."

She said Thursday night that 300 soldiers from the Arkansas National Guard had arrived -- "fresh back from Iraq."

"These are some of the 40,000 extra troops that I have demanded," Blanco said. "They have M-16s, and they're locked and loaded ... I have one message for these hoodlums: These troops know how to shoot and kill, and they are more than willing to do so if necessary, and I expect they will." (See video on the military response -- 2:40)

god damn, it just gets worse

This is out of hand

any streams available...?

this is so bad

EXPLOSIONS ROCK CITY

A series of massive explosions have rocked New Orleans riverfront, according to reports.


At about 4.35am local time the huge blasts jolted residents awake. The extent of any possible damage, or the cause of the blasts, were not immediately known.

An initial explosion sent flames of red and orange shooting into the pre-dawn sky. A series of smaller blasts followed, and then acrid, black smoke could be seen.

The vibrations were felt all the way downtown. The explosions appeared to originate close to the east bank of the Mississippi River, near a residential area and rail tracks. At least two police boats were at the scene.

The blasts came on the day President George Bush is to visit the devastated city.

President Bush will inspect the region devastated by Hurricane Katrina as anarchy reigns in New Orleans and survivors stuggle to fight dehydration, starvation and armed looters.

Mr Bush wants to see for himself the extent of the destruction across Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

Anger is mounting at the President because of the lack of aid and the amount of time it is taking to evacuate the stranded.

Conditions in the city are deteriorating with possibly thousands of bodies rotting in the floodwaters, which in some areas are 20ft deep.

Those on dry ground - mostly raised roadways and rooftops - have had no food or water for days and there are reports of many dying.

Millions of people are without power and hundreds of thousands have been left homeless. Some 80% of New Orleans is under water.

Looting is continuing across the region and there have been many violent scenes. Armed carjackers have attacked trucks carrying aid and medical supplies.

The head of the city's emergency services said the federal response so far had been a "national disgrace".

And New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin issued a "desperate SOS" plea for help.

Doctors at two crippled hospitals even called an international news agency pleading to be rescued.

They said they were nearly out of food and power and had been forced to move patients to higher floors to escape looters.

"Please help us," said Dr Norman McSwain, chief of trauma surgery at Charity hospital, one of two public hospitals.

He said patients at Charity and nearby University hospital, desperately needed to be evacuated.

Dr McSwain pointed out that nearly all the patients from a nearby private hospital had already been moved to a safer location.

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0...428121,00.html

now there is something about railroad cars being involved

John Titor's civil war has begun?

better yet, the most known novel from George Lincoln Rockwell. Some of you will know the one........

Did it occur to you that perhaps one of the broken natural gas lines may have blown?

Ya, what is your point? I never said someone planted a bomb

Explosion at the Mobile plant there according to reports on police scanner

Glad Im not the ony one preparing his tin foil hat

this is so bad

You go Girl, kill em all and let god sort them out

hmmmmmm