There was an explosion at a chemical plant in southeast Texas in the wee morning hours.  It’s a damn miracle there were only 3 major injuries and some other minor injuries.  However, we don’t know the full impact yet because the chemical released is known to cause cancer.

Welcome to unregulated Texas y’all.

William Joshua Hranicky, 20, of Port Neches, said that he told his brother goodnight and looked out the back window and “saw just orange.”

He said he told his brothers to run as the back doors blew open from the blast.

Macy Malin, 22, who was staying with a friend down the street from the site said the explosion woke her up. Her friend’s family, she said, were yelling and she realized that their home had been severely damaged.

“Their doors were blown open … doorknobs themselves were shot across rooms,” she said.

Malin then hurried home to Mauriceville, Texas, about 34 miles from the explosion, where she said her father was even woken up by the blast.

That blast?  That’s just the sound of freedom, according to our Republican friends.

I’ve heard from most of my friends in the area.