BillyVance 35 #1 January 19, 2006 There I was, doing the crosswords in the quiet tranquility of my home when my neighbors from across the street frantically starts pounding on my door. I answer and they hurriedly tells me we have to evacuate. I ask why, they pull me outside and point to the sky behind my house. I see this humongous plume of black smoke. Apparently a train smacked into the back of another one just a mile from my house, and had a dangerous chemical on one or more of the cars. The whole town was ordered evacuated overnight, so my wife and I spent the night at a skydiver friend in the next town. News story here: http://beta.abc3340.com/news/stories/0106/295422.html So far, it looks like the chemical has not leaked. Edited to add: The weird thing is that witnesses nearby said it was a loud explosion, like a BOOOOM!!! I didn't hear it, but I did hear a strange low pitched sound, almost like a car horn honking a block away, which turned out to be the community's warning siren. Needless to say, I damned disappointed. I wanted to hear the BOOOOOM!! "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meridianjumper 0 #2 January 19, 2006 Yeah, that sucks Billy. I had to go up that way today to do some work and I had to go around the area because they had it all closed off. Blue Skies, Jeremy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #3 January 19, 2006 So you *do* have some hearing? Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The111 1 #4 January 19, 2006 How did you hear your neighbors pounding on your door? www.WingsuitPhotos.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #5 January 19, 2006 QuoteHow did you hear your neighbors pounding on your door? I'm fookin' deaf, but I'm not fucking deaf. There is a distinct difference. So, did that fuck your mind up or what? I hear just enough in a quiet environment to notice things like that, but only with a hearing aid on."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChasingBlueSky 0 #6 January 19, 2006 Try having a 737 slide into a major intersection four blocks from your house during a snowstorm._________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyangel2 2 #7 January 19, 2006 QuoteTry having a 737 slide into a major intersection four blocks from your house during a snowstorm. Try being stuck on a aircraft that is trying to land during that same storm, just seconds after that crashMay your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #8 January 19, 2006 Oh by the way, my house is pretty sound-proof. When the trains collided, the result was a loud BOOOM. I never heard it. However, the smoke plume was visible from Birmingham, some 40 miles away."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,120 #9 January 19, 2006 >Try having a 737 slide into a major intersection four blocks from your >house during a snowstorm. Or having a 707 crash into a hill a few streets down during a rainstorm. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #10 January 19, 2006 Quote Or having a 707 crash into a hill a few streets down during a rainstorm. Or watching a F3 tornado tear through your neighborhood just blocks away (happened to me as a kid). Scary shit."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CSpenceFLY 1 #11 January 20, 2006 QuoteThere I was, doing the crosswords in the quiet tranquility of my home Sorry Billy I laughed my ass off when I saw this. . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #12 January 20, 2006 QuoteQuoteThere I was, doing the crosswords in the quiet tranquility of my home Sorry Billy I laughed my ass off when I saw this. . Well of course... I ain't heard a damn thing. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
