A massive explosion at the West Fertilizer Co. rocked the small town of West, Texas, late Wednesday night, leaving more than 100 people reported injured and many feared dead.
According to Sgt. Patrick Swanton of the Waco Police Department, the first call of a fire came in at 7:29 PM local time. Firefighters and other emergency workers responded to the call and began evacuating the area.
Minutes later, the devastating explosion occured. The first call of the explosion came in at 7:53 PM local time said Swanton.
More than 100 victims have been treated at Hillcrest Hospital in Waco, Texas. And at least 60 more have been treated at Providence Hospital.
Toxic, flammable and dangerous: What is an anhydrous ammonia explosion?
“The West Fertilizer facility suffered an anhydrous ammonia explosion, according to Waco Assistant Fire Chief Don Yeager.
That term applies to ammonia in its liquid or gas state. Anhydrous ammonia is classified as toxic and dangerous for the environment – and is extremely flammable and is capable of forming highly explosive mixtures.
If Ammonia is exposed to iodine, Nitrogen triiodide is formed – which is described as a high explosive – capable of exploding out to six miles out.
According to Yeager, the explosion affected other parts of the fetilizer plant too – which could have accelerated the mixing of toxic materials. Anhydrous ammonia is transported as a liquid at temperatures below -28°F.
In the event of a large spill it can form a toxic vapor cloud that is heavier than air until its temperature increases.
Anhydrous ammonia is corrosive to copper, silver, aluminum, zinc, and alloys. It reacts with body moisture, so it may burn body tissue – skin, eyes, mouth, throat, lungs, and stomach – on contact, if inhaled or swallowed.”
(Mail online UK)
“I will confirm there have been fatalities,” said Swanton who estimated 5 to 15 were thought to be dead.
Swanton also said that between 3 and 5 firefighters were missing.
There were a “tremendous amount of injuries and we do have confirmed fatalities,” said D.L. Wilson, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Safety at a conference late Wednesday night, He was not able to provide specific numbers.
The blast was so massive that it registered as a 2.1 magnitude earthquake, according to the USGS.
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But this seems to be a well orchestrated campaign and should have had first-rate information on the Event.
The bombs have been planted to effect maximum damage.
Boston Nombings
What triggered the Blast.
The remains of The Marathon Bomb Blast
A new security bulletin from the FBI showed images of one of the mangled, partially exploded “pressure cooker” bombs from the Boston Marathon explosions as well as a shredded backpack in which the bomb was reportedly hidden.
The unclassified bulletin was sent Tuesday evening to law enforcement agencies across the country and said that the bomb inside the backpack was an “improvised explosive device (IED)” made out of a common pressure cooker. ABC News had previously reported that law enforcement recovered mangled parts of a pressure cooker bomb that included wires, shrapnel and a circuit board.
The advisory said there was “insufficient evidence” to determine if the second explosive, which was also hidden in a backpack less than a block away, was made from a pressure cooker as well.
Authorities have not yet determined the fusing system for the devices or what exactly set them off, the advisory said. The blasts erupted at approximately 2:50 p.m. EST near the marathon’s finish line Monday afternoon killing three people — including an 8-year-old boy — and injuring more than 170 others. Authorities have no suspects in the case and no group, domestic or international, has taken responsibility for the attack.
Physicists have confirmed that Time Travel is possible.
I have posted on this , on the different Dimensions of Space confirmed by Modern Astrophysics and the Video presentation of Various Dimensions of Space under ‘Astrophysics’ and TIme’
I have just received a Forward from the Alien Disclosure Group a Video where it shows a woman talking into a listening Device(not known to us).
“Very interesting footage from 1938 (Filmed in 1937 and released in 1938) which seems to show a woman holding an unknown device to her ear. It’s quite obvious she is talking into it, only question is what is it and who is she talking too? Footage credit to Petr Richter.’
The practice of Yoga bestows on one some special powers as an offshoot of the spiritual Discipline..
Those who want to advance in the Spiritual quest ignores them for they are an impediment to Spiritual Progress.
Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa admonished a a man who boasted to Ramakrishna that he had spent 12 years of sadhana,Spiritual Practice and acquired the ability to walk on Water by demonstrating it,
-You have wasted 12 years of your Life for a thing which can be achieved by paying Half anna (roughly 3paise)-in Dollar Terms, it is near Zero”
Those who discard them become great.
Arunagirinathar was a saint of recent Prigin and he was a Devotee of Lord Muruga.
He excelled in Bhakti Yoga(I shall write on him later).
We find the statue of Kashyapa Muni and Narada Muni in the hill temple along with sculptures of Arundhati and Vashishta. We also find the sculpture of Arumugan and Arunagirinathar on the pillars found on the way to the temple. The temple is located on top of the hill and can be seen from a great distance. A beautiful flight of steps along with mandapams for devotees to rest, take us to the top of the hill. At the foot of the hills the water tank called Saravana Poigai is located on southern side. On the eastern side there is a Srine for the goddess Maikannudaiyal. It is customary to worship this goddess before climbing up the hill.
On the way to the hill top we find the Idumban Sannidhi a small cave Srine for Meenakshi Sundareshwar and a mandapam called Sandana Kottam at the end of the flight of steps. Adjacent to the Sandana Kottam Mandapam we find the Navaratri and Shanmuga Moorty Mandapam.
Next to the Navaratri Mandapam we find the south-facing Raja Gopuram. In the Shanmuga Moorthy Mandapam of this temple with a single prahara the utsavamoorthy gives darshan together with devas. In the western part of the prahara we find the Srines of Vinayagar, Dakshina Moorthy, Agasthiyar and Arunagirinathar and in the northern side we find the Srine of Chandikeshwarar and Bhairavar.
The Srine for Navagraha is located on the way to the Maha Mandapam in front of the sanctum sanctorum. In the Maha Mandapam Natarajar, Sivakami, Manika Vinayagar and Srinivasa Perumal with consort await to bless the devotees. On the outer walls of the garbhagraha we find inscriptions. Inside the sanctum sanctorum Lord Muruga showers blessings upon the devotees.
Theertham
On the southern part of the foothill Saravana Poigai, the Sthala Theertham is located. It is also called Naga Theertham. The Sthala Vriksham in this temple is Kasi Vilvam.
Moolavar
The vision of the Lord inside the Garbhagraha is soul-stirring. The Lord is in the form of Arumugan, six-faced and with twelve hands seated elegantly on the peacock facing east. The divine consorts Valli and Deivannai stand on either side. As the Sivachariyar offers camphor the devotees can see the three faces at the back in the mirror which the other three can be viewed directly.’
Temple address:
Sri Shanmuganathan Devasthanam
Viralimalai
Tiruchirapalli – 621 316 India
There is a practice of Giving away one’s Son or Daughter to the Lord as a vow when one faces acute problems and the child is being taken back by Foster parents, normally Grandparents or Uncles.
The child is required to worship the Lord. apart from the Family Deity.
I will be posting on Family Deities.
(Daththu Koduthal)
It is a Belief problems are resolved..
Peacocks Abound around Viralimalai the Temple.
Related:
There is the concept of the Ashta Siddhi (eight siddhis) in Hinduism. These are:
Aṇimā: reducing one’s body even to the size of an atom
Mahima: expanding one’s body to an infinitely large size
The eight siddhis hinted at by Kapila in his Sutra – अष्टधा सिद्धिः ||१५|| –[6] are as explained in Verse 51 of Samkhyakarika:[7]–
Uuha: based on the samskaras of previous births the attainment of knowledge about the twenty-four Tatwas gained by examining the determinable and the indeterminable conscious and the non-conscious constituents of creation,
Shabad: knowledge gained by associating with an enlightened person (Guru – upadesh),
Addhyyan: knowledge gained through study of the Vedas and other standard ancillary texts,
Suhritprapti: knowledge gained from a kind-hearted person, while engaged in the spread of knowledge
Daan: knowledge gained regardless of one’s own needs while attending to the requirements of those engaged in the search of the highest truth,
Aadhyaatmik dukkh-haan: freedom from pain, disappointment, etc; arising due to lack of spiritual, metaphysical, mystic knowledge and experience,
Aadhibhautik dukkh-haan: freedom from pain etc; arising by possessing and being attached to various materialistic gains,
Aadhidaivik dukkh-haan: freedom from pain etc; caused by fate or due to reliance on fate,
the attainment of which eight siddhis makes one become rid of pain-causing ignorance through gain of knowledge, and experience bliss. The aim of Samkhya is to eliminate all kinds of physical and mental pains and to receive liberation.
Kanchi Periyava, Maha Periyava discoursed on various subjects ranging from Vinayagar, Vedas,Vedangas, Advaita Linguistics,Literature,Guru to current and controversial topics like Dowry.
These have been complied by Ra.Ganapathy in his Book ‘தெய்வத்தின் குரல் ‘
I have posted this.(text)
Now audio version with rare photos and Videos of Kanchi Periyavar have come out.
Kanchi Periyavar
In this post I am reproducing some videos where Periyava speaks on .Dowry’ the evil practice of accepting money from the Bride’s parents.
According to Sastras, in the earlier days, the bridegrooms paid money .
‘Vara Dakshinai’ in Sanskrit, which originally meant ‘that which is paid by the Vara(bride groom’ was later misinterpreted as ‘ the one paid by the Girl’!
Periyava explains this concept and condemns this practice with authority in his inimitable earthy style devoid of jargons.
Excerpts from Deivathin Kural by Kanchi Periyavar( compiled by Ra.Ganapathy is being published here with the permission of The Kanchi Mutt.
‘விநாயக மூர்த்தியிலுள்ள ஒவ்வொரு சின்ன சமாசாரத்தைக் கவனித்தாலும் அதில் நிறையத் தத்துவங்கள் இருக்கின்றன. பிள்ளையாருக்குத் தேங்காய் உடைப்பது எதற்காக? விக்நேசுவரர், தம் அப்பாவான ஈசுவரனைப் பார்த்து “உன் சிரசையே எனக்குப் பலி கொடு” என்று கேட்டு விட்டாராம். எல்லாவற்றையும் காட்டிலும் உயர்ந்தது எதுவோ அதைத் தியாகம் பண்ணினால்தான் மகா கணபதிக்குப் ப்ரியம் ஏற்படுகிறது. அவ்வளவு பெரிய தியாகம் பண்ணுவதற்குத் தயார் என்ற அறிகுறியாகத்தான், ஈசுவரனைப்போலவே மூன்று கண்கள் உடைய தேங்காயைச் சிருஷ்டித்து அந்தக் காயை அவருக்கு நாம் அர்ப்பணம் பண்ணும்படியாக ஈசுவரன் அநுக்கிரகித்திருக்கிறார்.
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