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Re: Where Were You...? | Where were you when the Atlas Foundry explosion happened?

Twisty — Tue, 27 May 2008 05:52:46 -0700

I was driving southbound on I-5. I figured out later I must have been at about Port of Tacoma Road when it happened. More »

Re: Where Were You...? | Where were you when the Atlas Foundry explosion happened?

EtherealDarke — Tue, 27 May 2008 02:18:00 -0700

That's right down the street from my house, and thankfully I wasn't home but my boyfriend was. I felt it at my friends house (right near Tacoma Dome) and thought something hit into her house. More »

Re: Where Were You...? | Where were you when the Atlas Foundry explosion happened?

jenyum — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:14:10 -0800

I was in Connecticut and didn't hear about it until hours after it happened. My neighbor said it blew her front door open, which I can believe, these old houses are pretty rickety. More »

Re: Where Were You...? | Where were you when the Atlas Foundry explosion happened?

Mandiferous — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:11:56 -0800

I was at a friend's house at the far end of Puyallup, so I didn't hear a damn thing. My mom called and warned me about it since I usually take hwy 16 to get home. More »

Re: Where Were You...? | Where were you when the Atlas Foundry explosion happened?

AP — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:34:07 -0800

Pretty powerful sound wave to move something as physically porous as blinds! Did it hurt the ear drums at all? More »

Re: Where Were You...? | Where were you when the Atlas Foundry explosion happened?

izenmania — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:16:16 -0800

Sitting in my apartment. It was pretty loud, and I had my windows open but blinds closed, so the shock wave blew all my blinds inward for a moment. More »

Re: Where Were You...? | Where were you when the Atlas Foundry explosion happened?

cassioposa — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:10:18 -0800

Earlier that day, I had returned from our company retreat via Hwy 16. Came home, took a nap for a bit. More »

Re: Where Were You...? | Where were you when the Atlas Foundry explosion happened?

AP — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:11:02 -0800

I was in Maui. Breaking News on CNN for me. More »

Where Were You...? | Where were you when the Atlas Foundry explosion happened?

KevinFreitas — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:08:39 -0800

Folks took a nostalgic look back on a blog post where I looked back on my 10 years of blogging. Inspired by this, once in a while I'll toss up a "Where were you...? More »