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That's why there was backup power general rasht capacity on site. that's why they went to the trouble of moving theme into the diesel containers. if the diesel powered fails, there is a chance of spontaneous combustion. the company says this, the situation at the crosby site has become serious. in order to ensure the safety op our ride-out team all personnel has now been evacuated from the site. quote, we are working with the department of homeland security and the state of texas to set up a command post in a suitable location near or site. again they've got homeland security setting up a comm...

Lost power in the storm like everybody did. they planned ahead for that eventuality. on site they had backup generators 0 to keep the plant powered. on sunday the backup generators got swamped and that turned off the backup power as well. they've had no power source of any kind since sunday. the company said they moved the chemicals on site to diesel powdered refrigeratored containers. bup they say that the continuing rising ra water at the plant compromised those containers as well. is reason this is an issue potentially of serious concern right now is because whatever chemicals they use to p...

Particularly their ashlt to be kept cold. is reason this is an issue potentially of serious concern right now is because whatever chemicals they use to produce liquid organic peroxides, those chemicals have to be kept cold. they must be refrigerated. not just to keep them from spoiling but to keep them from exploding. that's why there was backup power generator capacity on site. that's why they went to the trouble of moving theme into the diesel containers. after the back-up power failed if the diesel powered fails, there is a chance of spontaneous combustion. which means fire or explosion. th...

Backup product storage containers has now been compromised. arkema is limited to what we can do to address the site conditions until the storm abates. they say we're monstering the temperature of each refrigeration container remotely. at this time we do not believe there is any imminent danger, the potential for a chemical reaction leading to a fire or explosion within the site confines is real. so again this is happening right now. one of just a gazillion chemical plants in the affected region. this one happens to be in crosby, texas and there has been an evacuation one and a half miles aroun...

But you get the point. you can take that down. that's not much help. crosby, texas is in harris county. there is a chemical plant now -- you can take this map down. thank you. thanks. the name of the plant, it's run by a company called arkema. it's a french company, a chemical company head quartered near paris in terms of global headquarters. u.s. headquarters are in pennsylvania. but in crosby, texas, they operate a relatively small plant there. according to arkema's website it produces organic quality per rocks sides, used to make acrylic resins and other plastics. goes into the manufacturin...