Breaking News Ammonium Nitrate explosion at a warehouse in Lebanon!
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Duke Nukem
Hail to the king baby
The most likely suspect appears to be a warehouse filled with 2750 tons of ammonium nitrate that had been sitting around in said warehouse for at least six years at least after having been seized from a ship.
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I've been following this on Twitter.
It seems it was about 2750 tons of ammonium nitrate, the AN in ANFO, that went up because some idiot stacks fireworks next to it. The fireworks went off first it seems, which trigger the AN.
The AN had been in legal limbo for 7 years, after the ship it was on had financial issues after a breakdown. This it had been sitting unattended for yearsbin the warehouse, and it was barely remembered to be there.
It seems it was about 2750 tons of ammonium nitrate, the AN in ANFO, that went up because some idiot stacks fireworks next to it. The fireworks went off first it seems, which trigger the AN.
The AN had been in legal limbo for 7 years, after the ship it was on had financial issues after a breakdown. This it had been sitting unattended for yearsbin the warehouse, and it was barely remembered to be there.
Arch Dornan
Oh, lovely. They've sent me a mo-ron.
An accident from years of neglect?
2,750 tons...
HOLY SHIT!
HOLY SHIT!
Looks bigger in some aspects, I was comparing the two this morning
Knowledgeispower
Ah I love the smell of missile spam in the morning
That's within shouting distance of the Halifax Explosion aka the biggest single blast in world history before the Trinity Test
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Halifax involved high explosives for the first world war. This looks to be more similar to the Texas City disaster. Which appears to be much larger than this one
Knowledgeispower
Ah I love the smell of missile spam in the morning
It's still a big boom in the middle of a major port and urban area. It's not going to be pretty
Holy! I wonder how it measures up to the PEPCON Diasaster?
Still that's one big boom!
Still that's one big boom!
Arch Dornan
Oh, lovely. They've sent me a mo-ron.
What's the title that'll make her famous? Explosion Bride?
Arch Dornan
Oh, lovely. They've sent me a mo-ron.
There's now a meme of it.
Duke Nukem
Hail to the king baby
Jesus Christ Its absurd how awful this year is , Im at the point where i would suprised if we didn't have an alien invasion or nuclear war sometime this year .
PsihoKekec
Swashbuckling Accountant
That's just your perception, in general this year would have a hard time getting into worst 10 list of the years between 1920-2020
Arch Dornan
Oh, lovely. They've sent me a mo-ron.
It's bad but we're not getting conscripted to run into machine guns.
Some more big boom footage
That's planned for October.
That's planned for October.
That's planned for December.
Well of course we base it on lived experience.
Over all, this is the worst one I can remember in my 34 years.
I'm lucky in that despite all the general shitty stuff going on, on a personal level it's one of my best years. Weird how that works, isn't it? It's simultaneously one of the worst years I can ever remember on a macro scale, but down here on the personal level I am thriving. I've lost 35 more pounds, making a total of 85. I'm stronger than ever, cardio is better than ever, brought "critical hypertension" down to a super healthy, lower than average American blood pressure, without drugs. I've made leaps and bounds on a personal development level. All while the world is crumbling around me. Strange times. Strange how I thrive in these times. Maybe all the craziness around me puts things into perspective and keeps me motivated. Maybe I just thrive under pressure, while normal times makes me soft and complacent? I don't know.
But anyways. Yeah, there are worse years that have happened, but people are going to base it on lived experience. This is the worst year on record for pretty much most people under, what, 40 maybe? It just feels relentless. One thing after another, and with the two big ones (covid/BLM riots) looming overheard constantly, little things seem to impact us more. People are on edge.
PsihoKekec
Swashbuckling Accountant
I'm from ex-Yugoslavia, so for pretty much everyone I know, the shittiest years were the 90's.
I was admittedly thinking from the perspective of an American. We haven't had to face that many hardships.