UNFORTUNATELY DISASTERS IN HOUSTON CONTINUE IN THE
AREA, NOW SPREADING BEYOND HOUSTON AND INTO LOUISIANA.
FLOODING IS CAUSED VIRUSES IN THE AREA.
WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT AIRBORNE ILLNESSES, LET ALONE THE 37
PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY CONFIRMED DEAD AND THE TENS OF
THOUSANDS DISPLACED.
NOW WE HAVE A NEW DISASTER.
THE CEO OF ARKEMA INC.
WARNED THAT HIS CHEMICAL PLANT MIGHT EXPLODE.
IT TURNS OUT IT DID.
LET ME GIVE YOU DETAILS.
THIS IS WHY REGULATION MATTERS.
TO BE FAIR, WE HAVE NOT YET DOVE INTO THE FINER DETAILS OF WHAT
REGULATIONS EXIST AND WHAT DON'T, BUT I WISH THEY WERE
REGULATIONS FOR A BACKUP GENERATOR.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT ANYTHING WAS SPECIFICALLY DONE WRONG HERE.
BUT YOU CAN SEE WHY BACKUP AND FURTHER SAFETY REGULATIONS
COULD BE IMPORTANT.
YES, IT MIGHT COST MORE TO HAVE A BACKUP.
THAT WAS FROM MEDIAITE EARLIER IN THE DAY.
THEY ARE LARGELYNOT
ONLY COULD YOU HAVE GOTTEN HURT
OKAY AND LAST I HEARD THEY HAD ALL BEEN RELEASED FROM THE
HOSPITAL.
THEY EXPLAINED ñ
FROM THE
BLAST AND THERE BUT IT HAS RELEASED DANGEROUS
CHEMICALS INTO THE AIR SO THE FUMES MIGHT MAKE PEOPLE SICK.
I AM VERY FEARFUL OF OTHER CHEMICAL PLANTS THAT ARE IN THE
AREA.
IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY THERE WAS ANOTHER PLANT
THAT EXPLODED ALSO IN TEXAS A LITTLE WHILE BACK.
THERE IS ALSO NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NEAR WATER ALL
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WHAT IF THERE IS FLOODING IN THE NUCLEAR PLANT?
WE HAVE TO BE A
LOT MORE CAUTIOUS ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF
LIVES ON THE LINE HERE.
LOCAL AUTHORITIES WANTED TO DOWNPLAY THIS.
WHEN SOMETHING POPS AND IS ON FIRE THAT IS CALLED AN
EXPLOSION.
NO MATTER WHAT YOU CALL IT IT IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS.
THANK GOD THE OFFICERS THERE ARE OKAY.
I HOPE THOSE FUMES ARE NOT A DANGER TO THE REST OF THE
COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE GOT TO BE SAFE.
PART OF SAFETY IS TAKING PRECAUTIONS.
SOMETIMES IT COSTS A LITTLE EXTRA BUT IT IS WORTH IT
WHEN IT SAVES LIVES.