peejrey
Well-Known Member
So last Wednsday im sitting in class, (a half day) getting ready to clean up for the vacation and I get this text..
Wrigley plastic company on fire, school is being evacuated.. It was my mom, whom is a substitute teacher at my old high school. So I go online and find out that a plant that happens to be located on the most polluted grounds in Tennessee is on fire, and is putting up PCB's and carcinogens and such.. Fun stuff, let's have a party!
I live 2 miles from the plant...downwind.. I live due east, and guess which way the wind was blowing... So, I come to find out they have evacuated 4 mile radius around the plant...wonderful... This was at 10:45 or so AM... I leave at 12:00 carrying mike, and Cecil, 2 friend of mine...we can see the smoke, 11 miles away. NOTE (a news chopper took off in Nashville 30 miles away, and could se it clear as day)
So I drop them off, only to find out all the schools have been deserted, and the cops had the highway home blocked off..
So after looking like a noob shooting some photos with my ipad I have this wonderful idea to go home and get my police scanner.. Took some back roads, and some private drives, but I got there.. The sun was completely blocked out by the black smoke consisting of high amounts of CO2 and other lovely chemicals I can't say.. I grab the scanner, a bottle of water, a rag, and run out the door..
So the I have another wonderful idea NOTE( the time is now 3:00 PM) let's go watch it burn!!!
I get within about 1/2 mile of the plant and am pulled over..
" well sir I just wondered what all the chaos was about"
Cop: "well we need you to turn around sir the evacuation is still in place"
" ok..."
NOTE it was a little longer but you get the idea..
Took some more shots, and drove off...
Here are a few actually..
Wrigley plastic company on fire, school is being evacuated.. It was my mom, whom is a substitute teacher at my old high school. So I go online and find out that a plant that happens to be located on the most polluted grounds in Tennessee is on fire, and is putting up PCB's and carcinogens and such.. Fun stuff, let's have a party!
I live 2 miles from the plant...downwind.. I live due east, and guess which way the wind was blowing... So, I come to find out they have evacuated 4 mile radius around the plant...wonderful... This was at 10:45 or so AM... I leave at 12:00 carrying mike, and Cecil, 2 friend of mine...we can see the smoke, 11 miles away. NOTE (a news chopper took off in Nashville 30 miles away, and could se it clear as day)
So I drop them off, only to find out all the schools have been deserted, and the cops had the highway home blocked off..
So after looking like a noob shooting some photos with my ipad I have this wonderful idea to go home and get my police scanner.. Took some back roads, and some private drives, but I got there.. The sun was completely blocked out by the black smoke consisting of high amounts of CO2 and other lovely chemicals I can't say.. I grab the scanner, a bottle of water, a rag, and run out the door..
So the I have another wonderful idea NOTE( the time is now 3:00 PM) let's go watch it burn!!!
I get within about 1/2 mile of the plant and am pulled over..
" well sir I just wondered what all the chaos was about"
Cop: "well we need you to turn around sir the evacuation is still in place"
" ok..."
NOTE it was a little longer but you get the idea..
Took some more shots, and drove off...
Here are a few actually..