A Union Pacific rail car carrying 30 tons of Ammonium Nitrate seems to have lost its cargo. The rail car was travelling for two weeks between Cheyenne, Wyoming and Saltdale, California. The seals were on when it left and were still intact when it arrived. But the 30 tons of cargo were missing.
30 tons of a chemical used as fertilizer…and explosives
Some 60,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate, a chemical used as both fertilizer and a component in explosives, went missing as it was shipped by rail from Wyoming to California last month, prompting four separate investigations.
A railcar loaded with 30 tons of the chemical left Cheyenne, Wyoming, on April 12. The car was found to be empty after it arrived two weeks later at a rail stop in the Mojave Desert, according to a short incident report from the explosives firm that made the shipment.
The company, Dyno Nobel, made the report May 10 to the federal National Response Center, or NRC. The report also appeared last week in an NRC database of California incidents managed by the state Office of Emergency Services last Wednesday. KQED May 16
How do you lose 30 tons of cargo? According some officials, someone likely didn’t properly secure the hopper, allowing the chemicals to leak out of the railcar somewhere along its route. Did the 30 tons just slowly fall out along the railroad track for the last two weeks? We sincerely hope it was something as simple as that.
Ammonium Nitrate is the same chemical that Timothy McVeigh used to blow up the Edward R. Murrow Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 1995.
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Senate members get satellite phones in a separate situation.Â
At least one media outlet is combining the Ammonium Nitrate loss with a story about Senate members receiving satellite phones for emergency communication in case of disaster. The two incidents appear to be totally separate. However, since members of Congress are jumpy about their safety, the issuance of sat phones is likely welcome. The DHS also provided programs to assist members in upgrading their security at home. The phones are just one component of new security measures.
In testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee last month, Senate Sergeant at Arms Karen Gibson said satellite communication is being deployed “to ensure a redundant and secure means of communication during a disruptive event.” Â
Gibson said the phones are a security backstop in the case of an emergency that “takes out communications” in part of America. Federal funding will pay for the satellite airtime needed to utilize the phone devices.
A Department of Homeland Security advisory said satellite phones are a tool for responding to and coordinating government services in the case of a “man-made” or natural disaster that wipes out communication. CBS, May 24
At this point, the loss of the shipment of 30 tons of Ammonium Nitrate is unrelated to the deployment of sat phones. All 100 Senators have been offered the phones, but so far 50 have taken the government’s offer. Fear has begun to run rampant …not just in both houses of Congress, but within the US as well. And the government loves it because people replace hope and faith with fear and dependence.
Can that fear be stopped? Not if the Marxist Democrats have anything to say about it. Generating fear brings control. We can worry about the disappearance of 30 tons of explosive chemicals, or the safety of Congressional members at a time of extreme crime. Or we can gather some faith in The Lord instead of the government. It’s a true choice.
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Related:
- U.S. Government FORCES Railroads To Carry Extremely Toxic Chemicals Even If They Don’t Want To
- Georgia Families Go To War With Railroad’s Demand To ‘Steal’ Their Land
- Federal Regulations Already Call For Pre-Departure Inspections Of Trains Carrying Hazardous Materials
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