Putting Seward, IL 38,000 NH3 release into some perspective

Most have seen the amazing CCTV footage from the 2007 ammonia release from the ag business in Seward, IL, but those two videos leave a lot of questions.  This posting is a follow-up video regarding the trucking company’s clean-up plan and contains a news video that gives us some perspective on the area’s layout.  In the earlier videos, we see the big red barn-like building in the background as the ammonia travels toward the camera; in this latest video, we can see the location of the tanks and unloading area, which was a gravel pad with NO secondary containment and within 25′ of a large drainage ditch.  You can see the video in the embedded feed…

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