My thanks to Rick Kirkpatrick for this clip from The Fort Bend Mirror published on February 27, 1964. Several of my friends remember this event; we've compared recollections. I was in Sugar Land that night & remember hearing it and seeing a very bright glow in the east. I figured the world was coming to an end.
On the other hand we heard the roar from Meyer Speedway if the wind was blowing right.
I remember that night. I was in bed and the explosion blow our front door open. From my house (on Stafford Road), I thought the whole town was on fire.
ReplyDeleteIt must have been something if you were close to it. I'm not kidding, I heard it and saw it in SL.
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