Swamp_bucks Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 https://youtu.be/wqKn_3iJOP4 anybody see this explosion I believe it was in Lebanons capital. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Beirut, was beautiful city till religious islamic extremists took it over in the 80s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delete Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 The videos that are being shown are insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nytracker Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Wow just watched a video ... they are claiming ammonium nitrate that was confiscated from a ship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Real_TCIII Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Even if it was an accident how the hell do you allow a fertilizer factory in that location??Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinsdale Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 On 8/4/2020 at 10:29 PM, The_Real_TCIII said: Even if it was an accident how the hell do you allow a fertilizer factory in that location?? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Expand Big ports are full of warehouses and ships containing all kinds of chemical products. Reports of 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate. In a hold of a ship? Thats nothing; medium ships carry 60,000 tons of materials. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomad Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) On 8/4/2020 at 10:38 PM, Dinsdale said: Big ports are full of warehouses and ships containing all kinds of chemical products. Reports of 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate. In a hold of a ship? Thats nothing; medium ships carry 60,000 tons of materials. Expand Interesting storing that so close to the city proper . For safety reasons many cites have laws regulating the hours fuel trucks can drive on expressways that pass through the city ,to night time only . Edited August 5, 2020 by Nomad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtTime Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 When you have to fart you have to fart. Curry has that affect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy K Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Didn't that dip shit in Oklahoma city use like 2 thousand pounds of ammonium nitrate ? The took half a building down ,it would explain this massive explosion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy K Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 On 8/4/2020 at 10:38 PM, Dinsdale said: Big ports are full of warehouses and ships containing all kinds of chemical products. Reports of 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate. In a hold of a ship? Thats nothing; medium ships carry 60,000 tons of materials. Expand 60,000 tons of highly explosive material though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LET EM GROW Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 I was reading that ammonium nitrate must be mixed with a huel oil of some sort to become that explosive, and that fireworks alone aren't enough to detonate and destruct what happened.. Idk, anything about it.. but its what I had read from skimming? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy K Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 On 8/5/2020 at 2:05 PM, LET EM GROW said: I was reading that ammonium nitrate must be mixed with a huel oil of some sort to become that explosive, and that fireworks alone aren't enough to detonate and destruct what happened.. Idk, anything about it.. but its what I had read from skimming? Expand Ive read something similar . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hueyjazz Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 When I work on the farm in 70's you could go to the feed store and buy dynamite and blasting caps with no questions asked. this was for clearing away stumps. However, I never found any farmer that would buy dynamite when he had plenty of fertilizer high in ammonium nitrate and diesel fuel. You would pack it under stump. And oh, clearing away stumps was by far the most fun you ever had on a farm because most of the other jobs sucked. I hated hay season with a passion. Hottest and longest days possible. I also don't buy this was only ammonium nitrate. It is commonly used as an explosive because it is fairly safe to transport alone. It is often used to blow away rock walls when building roadways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowmanMike Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 @Swamp_bucks,i was hesitant opening this,i thought something went wrong with the new bow,haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinsdale Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Interesting backstory on a ship in that harbor. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/05/floating-bomb-disclosed-documents-reveal-path Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowin Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 On 8/5/2020 at 10:38 PM, Dinsdale said: Interesting backstory on a ship in that harbor. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/05/floating-bomb-disclosed-documents-reveal-path Expand Interesting. Heads will roll, but the blame seems to be squarely put on port authorities. Crap rolls downhill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomad Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 In WWII , my uncle was KIA, when the munitions ship he was on blew up , they were outside of port, but the explosion killed people on land as well . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Still not buying fertilizer did that , wrong color flame, wasnt mixed with fuel like you do to blow stumps. By itself it's very stable. Mixed to paste with flammable it is explosive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LET EM GROW Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 On 8/6/2020 at 12:23 AM, G-Man said: Still not buying fertilizer did that , wrong color flame, wasnt mixed with fuel like you do to blow stumps. By itself it's very stable. Mixed to paste with flammable it is explosive. Expand Very stable, hence the reason it was so close to the public and not out away from civilization a bit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy K Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 It was the largest non nuclear explosion known to man and one tenth the size of the explosion over Hiroshima. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomad Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 On 8/5/2020 at 2:05 PM, LET EM GROW said: I was reading that ammonium nitrate must be mixed with a huel oil of some sort to become that explosive, and that fireworks alone aren't enough to detonate and destruct what happened.. Idk, anything about it.. but its what I had read from skimming? Expand Look up Texas City disaster ,where close to 600 died from an ammonium nitrate explosion, in a ships hold . Heat and pressure will cause an explosion, sure dumping it in the ground to blow a stump will require fuel, oil . Hot fire in a confined space will also do it . Then just for giggles they stored dozens of bags of fireworks along with it ..... Also it’s a massive target for evil doers . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreeneHunter Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 The Video's are amazing ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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