Breaking News: Explosion on University of Idaho Campus

[ECH1969]

http://www.krem.com/

[Greeby]

1. ......

:yoiks:

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. What is housed in Renfrew Hall?

Is it a lecture hall, a dorm? Anyone know?

[bear425]

4. I believe it's the chemistry department

http://neon.chem.uidaho.edu/~chemoff/ChemistryStaff.htm

[Viking12]

6. It appears to be the home to the Chemistry Dept

http://www.chem.uidaho.edu/about.asp

[UpInArms]

3. from your link:

The Moscow Fire Department is responding to a report of an explosion on the University of Idaho campus in Renfrew Hall. There is no word yet on any injuries. KREM.com will report the latest as it becomes available.

Not enough information to understand the magnituted or cause :shrug:

[dethl]

5. Renfrew hall is the Chemistry and Physics building on the Idaho campus

Google told me that much.

[drm604]

8. Hopefully no one was hurt and this was just a chem lab accident. n/t

[Imalittleteapot]

13. Awesome bumper sticker!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm going to order some, but not for my new car, which could get damaged here in bush country. I'm going to randomly stick them around town.

[drm604]

16. Go for it! n/t

[Lasher]

7. Iranian band to play at University of Idaho

Maybe this is just wild speculation, but then again there might be a connection

The University of Idaho’s Auditorium Chamber Music Series presents the Masters of Persian Music at 8 p.m. today in the UI Auditorium.

The group is also holding an introduction to Persian musical traditions at 4 p.m. today at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre in Moscow. The presentation is free.

http://www.dailyevergreen.com/disp_story.php?storyId=16896

[Renew Deal]

27. Holy Shi!!!!!!1111

It's the Iranians. :nuke:

[Lasher]

33. Heh. Wonder what those Iranians thought...

when they heard of the explosion.

[wallwriter]

9. I'll bet some crazed white supremacist is behind this nt

[onenote]

11. how much?

$10 to DU?

onenote

[seriousstan]

17. You should see a doctor about that extreme jerking in your knee.

[wallwriter]

29. My knee might jerk, but my foot

rarely ends up in my mouth...

C'mon. Reactionary rednecks in Idaho? They're more common than potatoes

[Renew Deal]

26. lol

Having a little fun with DU huh?

[VegasWolf]

10. Bush wasn't visiting and knocked some beaker over, was he? nt

[area51]

31. "Bush ... knocked some beaker over"

LOL.

[MGKrebs]

12. I guess the sawgrass-into-fuel experiment works!

[martymar64]

14. That's Switchgrass!

America's got the Fever . . . Switchgrass Fever!

[seriousstan]

18. Both are marsh grasses that are being studied for fuel use.

[f-bush]

15. I used to live in Pullman

8 miles over the Washington border and went to Idaho when the drinking age was 19, all the time. Nice little town...hope everyone's ok over there!

[rodeodance]

19. anyone recall when chem building was blown up-Vietnan era- UW-Madison

[htuttle]

20. It was the Army Math building, not chemistry

And yes, I not only remember -- I've worked at jobs with two of the guys who did it (they got out of jail some time ago), and attended a few semesters of classes taught by the best friend of the guy who got blown up. He used to have a picture of the destroyed office on the wall of his own.

So I guess I've heard both sides of the story fairly close up. :shrug:

[onenote]

21. update: beaker explosion

From www.krem.com: "One student has been injured in a "volatile explosion in a beaker" at the University of Idaho. The school's safety team has been dispatched to the area."

[mikeytherat]

22. So, Bush WAS there!

mikey_the_rat

[saigon68]

24. Was homeland security called?

how about the SWAT team?

[htuttle]

30. ...Or the Janitor, maybe??!!!!

[saigon68]

32. LOL

Mop to aisle five please

[SmokingJacket]

23. Chemistry students are always blowing up their labs.

We have an explosion once or twice a year at the University in my town -- everyone freaks out for about two hours and then it turns out one kid has to get some glass taken out of his face...

[TrogL]

28. I took Chem20 and we never blew up anything

...except on purpose.

We did have a sulphuric acid spill that ate somebody's textbook.

[eridani]

34. Jeebus! Haven't they heard of hoods, or at least plexiglas shields?

Blowups happen, but there shouldn't be injuries unless people are competing for the Darwin Awards.

[MGKrebs]

25. Famous alumni: the voice of Spongebob,

Bill Fagerbakke.
Dan O'Brien, Olympic decathlon gold medalist.
and
W. Mark Felt - "Deep Throat"