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burkbuilds
04-16-2010, 10:38 AM
On my way home last night I stopped in a small town along I-75 between Adairsville, and Lafeyette Georgia and grabbed a bite to eat at a local Krystal restaurant. Apparently the big news of the day in town was about a local house that blew up from a natural gas leak and explosion, leveling the house and damaging about 20+ nearby homes. I saw the overhead shot from an air photo this morning , it was pretty amazing. I digress, the locals were all talking about the explosion, and as I sat eating I listened in a little and it sounded like a routine for a Jeff Foxworthy comedy dialogue.
Krystall employee, " It completely destroyed her home, parts of the debris landed in the parking lot here and over at the Home Depot". Customer lady, " I sure hope she had good insurance." Krystall employee, "Honey, I've got good insurance but some things money can't replace, I'd rather have my stuff than the money." Customer's husband, "I know what you mean, we've got these NASCAR Commemorative plates at home, some of 'em even got Dale Earnhart on them, and I wouldn't take nothin' for 'em"! :2tup:

Only in the South!

dannylightning
04-16-2010, 10:42 AM
lol, to every thing except people houses being destroyed and damaged.

burkbuilds
04-16-2010, 10:45 AM
Yeah Danny, I agree, fortunately no one was injured the homeowner and her child were out at the time of the explosion, and amazingly no one seems to have been hit by the debris. The news photos looked like a tornado strike, nothing but "kindling" left of that house right down to the ground. I think it blew all the windows out of about a dozen surrounding homes and did various damage to the exteriors of over 20 houses.

dannylightning
04-16-2010, 10:51 AM
good, glad to hear no one was hurt. do you have any website links to the explosion.

and im glad that guys nascar plates were not damaged, that would be a crying shame haha.

burkbuilds
04-16-2010, 11:18 AM
I've heard that it's on the WEB somewhere, I just saw it on local news though. Try Google and put in something like Natural Gas Explosion in Georgia and it might come up.

Here's a link to a printed story, but no pics.

http://www.11alive.com/rss/rss_story.as ... yid=142907 (http://www.11alive.com/rss/rss_story.aspx?storyid=142907)

dannylightning
04-16-2010, 11:25 AM
I've heard that it's on the WEB somewhere, I just saw it on local news though. Try Google and put in something like Natural Gas Explosion in Georgia and it might come up.

Here's a link to a printed story, but no pics.

http://www.11alive.com/rss/rss_story.as ... yid=142907 (http://www.11alive.com/rss/rss_story.aspx?storyid=142907)

actually there is a picture and a video

that is pretty crazy, that must have been one hell of a explosion

BillInGA
04-16-2010, 12:01 PM
Wow, that's impressive! Not in a good way.