No one thinks that anything catastrophic is going to happen in their neighbourhood. At worst most Canadians worry about what will happen if there is another ice-storm like the one in 1998 that left some Canadians without power for weeks. Or another big blackout like the one the one that hit the northeast quadrant of North America in summer of 2003. Certainly no one things that a propane facility in their neighbourhood is going to explode but that's what happened to residents of Toronto's Downsview neighbourhood in the early morning of August 10. ">Truth Seeker posted several videos that show the explosion , including several from some popular YouTubers who were there for an 08/08/08 gathering. When you watch you will understand why so many people initially worried that the city had been bombed. As Tricia's Musings says, the footage is reminiscent of that you would see from a war zone. People witnessed the blast from as far away as Niagara on the Lake (1.5 hours from here) and Aurora (about 50 min drive from here). Some said they thought it was a dirty bomb or nuclear blast. Looking at the footage and photos I can understand why they felt that way as it really looks like a war scene. It reminds me of watching footage of scud missiles hitting targets in Iraq. Fear was present in the IM conversation that Kattekylling posted as her live blog of the explosion . And you can't blame allywest for being thankful for being out of town when ...
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