http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/18/us/texas-explosion/index.html
There are a few videos of the explosion on YouTube. Crazy shit happening this week.
There are a few videos of the explosion on YouTube. Crazy shit happening this week.
Explosion at West Texas fertilizer plant
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John_C
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Sounds like shit!
I need to look up the facts on this, but I believe there's something having to do with fertilizer that makes it explosive/flammable anyway...
Actually, just to clear the title up a little, the town is called West, and it's in central Texas about 40-50 miles up I35 from here in Austin. I dont know anyone personally that lives in that area but some of my friends have relatives that live in Waco that felt the blast. Oh and remind me to NEVER work in a place that can blow up that big. Very unfortunate.
Yeah I probably should've put a comma in the title. Sorry if that caused any confusion.
Here's one of the videos from up close
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRpJ79G9UM0
EDIT: Sorry, I'm posting from my phone and it won't let me embed the video
bryan_kilco
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heshian46
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Yea, it has to do with the nitrates. Ammonium Nitrate is a common ingredient in fertilizer and it is highly combustible.
Jind
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I'm unsure if your being sarcastic or not, but if not you should probably start with the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City circa 1995 - it might just make it clear that Ammonium Nitrate is indeed explosive.
He's Dead, Jim
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Thought process of that guy:
"I have my young daughter in the car! Let's go look at a dangerous fire in a FUCKING GAS FACILITY."
Sloan
Sounds like shit!
ah that's it. there was something in my head that connected fertilizer and explosion. haven't looked into the articles so i'm not sure if that's mentioned or not.
TheWinterSnow
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Beat me too it. I always quote this bombing as a rebuttal for the fact you don't need guns to do massive amounts of damage and death.
Perfect timing too, today is the 18th anniversary of the bombing.
Jind
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Just think about it - that was 40x50lb. bags of NH4NO3 that did that in the Oklahoma City case - this was an entire plant that exploded.
TheWinterSnow
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Correction, tomorrow is the 18th anniversary of the bombing.
The explosion itself wasn't that big. The real damage came from design flaws of the building. That explosion though still puts the Boston Marathon bombing to shame. Interesting enough though the Oklahoma city bomb registered a 3.0, the West Texas explosion a 2.1. Like it was mentioned this was a whole plant, it had to have been the equivalent of kilotons of TNT.
The explosion itself wasn't that big. The real damage came from design flaws of the building. That explosion though still puts the Boston Marathon bombing to shame. Interesting enough though the Oklahoma city bomb registered a 3.0, the West Texas explosion a 2.1. Like it was mentioned this was a whole plant, it had to have been the equivalent of kilotons of TNT.
John_C
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