18 April 2013 (17:50 UTC-07 Tango)/07 Jumada t-Tania 1434/29 Farvardin 1391/09 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
Since my last update, five more case reported; one in Jiangsu Province and one in Henan Province, two in Zhejiang Province and one more in Shanghai.
The Chinese government has banned all live wild poultry markets throughout China.
18 April 2013/07 Jumada t-Tania 1434/29 Farvardin 1391/09 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
Mujahideen groups have vowed vengeance for the latest U.S. shootings (guards shooting rubber bullets at prisoners has happened several times over the years) of several illegally detained people at the Guantanamo prison: “The American cowardly troops, who have lost all will to fight […] Continue Reading…
18 April 2013 (02:18 UTC-07 Tango)/07 Jumada t-Tania 1434/29 Farvardin 1391/09 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
The owner of the West, Texas, fertilizer factory that caught fire, leading to a massive explosion that killed and wounded hundreds, says he does not know how the fire started.
A reporter from the Dallas CBS affiliate spoke to him by […] Continue Reading…
18 April 2013 (01:49 UTC-07 Tango)/07 Jumada t-Tania 1434/29 Farvardin 1391/09 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
Policy Department of the National Defence Commission (NDC) of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea:
First, they should immediately stop all their provocative acts against the DPRK and apologize for all of them.
As the first phase, they should take measures […] Continue Reading…
18 April 2013 (01:40 UTC-07 Tango)/07 Jumada t-Tania 1434/29 Farvardin 1391/09 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
In less than 24 hours there were five new human cases of H7N9, according to the Chinese National Health and Family Planning Commission.
Shanghai reports yet another case, while Zhejiang Province reported four new cases.
There were no details about the death.
18 April 2013 (23:24 UTC-07 Tango 17 April 2013)/07 Jumada t-Tania 1434/29 Farvardin 1391/09 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
Reports that fertilizer factory had a couple of problems meeting state regulations; fined in 2006, and in February of 2013 a local school evacuated because of a fire at the factory.
USGS says explosion registered 2.1 on richter […] Continue Reading…
18 April 2013 (23:12 UTC-07 Tango 17 April 2013)/07 Jumada t-Tania 1434/29 Farvardin 1391/09 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
“Just like Iraq, just like the Murrah building in Oklahoma!”-D.L. Wilson, Texas DPS
The Texas Department of Public Safety just held a press conference.
More than a hundred wounded. Deaths, but no confirmed numbers. Gas lines being shut down. […] Continue Reading…
18 April 2013 (22:58 UTC-07 Tango 17 April 2013)/07 Jumada t-Tania 1434/29 Farvardin 1391/09 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
At least a dozens homes/buildings burned by fertilizer factory explosion. Fires still burning with wind gust up to 64 kph (40 mph). Factory is still on fire, concerns of possible more explosions, and toxic fumes.
Firefighters, police and […] Continue Reading…
18 April 2013 (22:45 UTC-07 Tango 17 April 2013)/07 Jumada t-Tania 1434/29 Farvardin 1391/09 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
A live reporter said he heard as many as 70 dead, 200 injured. The West, Texas, mayor is expected to give a press conference.
School buses are being pressed into service to evacuate people in West.
18 April 2013 (22:37 UTC-07 Tango 17 April 2013)/07 Jumada t-Tania 1434/29 Farvardin 1391/09 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
A local doctor, who was working in the nursing home that was hit by the explosion, says he personally knows the firefighters and EMS personnel that have been killed. So far no official announcement of deaths.
The doctor […] Continue Reading…