Where is the News Updates?
In the middle of last night while I was asleep I heard a big BOOM that startled me awake. I thought it must be thunder, but it was immediately followed by more booms in quick succession and I knew it couldn’t be thunder. I looked out my window and saw that the sky was pretty clear but there were explosions on the northern horizon — big balls of light, deep booming sounds, and clounds of smoke. I had no idea what was going on so I turned on the radio and television for news updates but there was no mention of the explosions. I heard fire trucks — lots of fire trucks so I knew the city knew something was up. I paced around for an anxious hour, looking out windows trying to see if anyone else was awake. I wanted to share the moment because I was frightened but I didn’t want to waken anyone. My mind raced through various possible scenarios and some of them very dark. It was a very stressful night for me, waiting to find out what was happening and I wondered why there was no mention of it in the news that night. When I woke up in the morning I found out there was a large explosion of propane tanks at Keele and Wilson and people were evacuated from the area. It really bothers me that there wasn’t a news flash on any channels within minutes of emergency crew arriving on the disaster scene to let people know what is happening. Where is the news when you need it?
August 10th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
Seeing some of the footage on the news of the explosion it’s incredible that there were not more injuries or casualities. The last I heard was that there was one person unaccounted for and a firefighter died at the scene but it wasn’t related to the accident is what they are saying at this point.
I’m a bit surprised that the news was not so prompt. Normally, I find that 680 News is usually right on top of things and CP24 seems to be pretty good too. Perhaps there was a reason for this other than the hour it occured.
August 17th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Yes a terrifying night….not knowing is just as terrifying…..