The Texas City Disaster of 1947

Stuff You Should Know

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🗓️ 18 March 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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In 1947 the port town of Texas City, Texas became the site of the largest industrial disaster in American history. An enormous explosion blew ships out of the water, created a tidal wave that flooded the town, and killed hundreds of people instantly.

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0:48.4	this is Stuff You Should Know.
0:55.4	It's about saying natural disaster edition but unnatural disaster edition.
0:59.7	Industrial disasters what they call these.
1:01.7	Yeah, human caused.
1:03.2	In fact from what I saw what we're going to talk about today, the main thing we're talking
1:07.1	about today is the largest industrial disaster in the United States history.
1:12.9	Still?
1:13.9	Oh still huh?
1:14.9	Yes.
1:15.9	Wow.
1:16.9	Almost 75 years on.
1:18.9	Man, sad is a big one.
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