August 10, 201610 yr URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SHELTER IN PLACE WARNING...CORRECTED BOUNDARY LOCATIONS KENTUCKY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1247 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2016 THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE KENTUCKY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. THE LOUISVILLE JEFFERSON COUNTY KENTUCKY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY IS ISSUING A HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY. THIS WARNING WAS ISSUED AT 12:30 PM. THERE HAS BEEN AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CHEMICAL AT 609 EAST MAIN STREET. ONLY PERSONS LIVING IN THE AREA BOUNDED BY MARKET STREET ON THE SOUTH...INTERSTATE 65 ON THE WEST...WITHERSPOON ON THE NORTH...AND CLAY ON THE EAST NEED TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. CLOSE ALL WINDOWS AND DOORS...BLOCK ALL OUTSIDE AIR...TURN OFF ANY AIR CONDITIONERS AND FURNACES...AND BRING IN YOUR PETS. TURN ON YOUR TELEVISION OR RADIO FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. DO NOT CALL 9 1 1 UNLESS YOU NEED TO REPORT AN EMERGENCY.
August 10, 201610 yr I just got that on my phone. It's a vacant cold storage building near 6th and Main leaking ammonia.
August 10, 201610 yr Crap. My son works in that area and right now they are living in the Residence Inn in that area.
August 10, 201610 yr I just got that on my phone. It's a vacant cold storage building near 6th and Main leaking ammonia. Just heard it on the radio. That's bad stuff.
August 10, 201610 yr Shelter-in-place ordered in downtown Louisville - WDRB 41 Louisville News Posted: Aug 10, 2016 12:50 PM Updated: Aug 10, 2016 1:06 PM LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- MetroSafe and EMA officials say a shelter-in-place has been ordered in downtown Louisville. It's in the area around the former Grocers Ice and Cold Storage building at 609 E. Main Street. Authorities say the fire department is working to contain an ammonia leak at the building. The area for the shelter-in-place has the borders of Market Street, I-65, Witherspoon and Clay Streets. No injuries have been reported. Officials say the building is vacant.
August 10, 201610 yr I've been watching that structure fall apart for a while now. Supposed to be at a game right across 65 at Slugger Field tonight. Hopefully they can cap this soon.
August 10, 201610 yr Wow what are the odds for two of these warnings in the same day. What the hell is going on in Kentucky today? First Falmouth, now this? What happened in Falmouth?
August 10, 201610 yr What happened in Falmouth? Train derailment. Sulfuric acid being transported in at least one of the cars.
August 10, 201610 yr The structure is a mess. Owned, I believe, by the Transportation Cabinet. No privately owned building would've been permitted to deteriorate like that without improvement or demolition.
August 10, 201610 yr Train derailment. Sulfuric acid being transported in at least one of the cars. Oh my...
August 10, 201610 yr Phrase used by a local reporter is "data gap" on inspections from time the state bought the property as part of the I-65 expansion. Existing reports mention exposed tanks but demonstrate lack of clarity as to whether tanks had been emptied or not. Just unbelievable.
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