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Re: Ammonium Nitrate nothing to take for granted.
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2020 7:44 pm
by Losbot
Damn shame that nobody listened to those managers.
Re: Ammonium Nitrate nothing to take for granted.
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 2:07 pm
by FlyingPenguin
Now You Are Going to Die’: Beirut Bride Recounts Moment of Blast
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/worl ... video.html
Re: Ammonium Nitrate nothing to take for granted.
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 7:38 pm
by FlyingPenguin
The CSB video was very informative. Thanks Pugsley.
Re: Ammonium Nitrate nothing to take for granted.
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 10:04 am
by Pugsley
Go watch a few others involving refineries and you learn all sorts of stuff... but mainly bean counters cause most accidents.
Re: Ammonium Nitrate nothing to take for granted.
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2020 10:57 am
by FlyingPenguin
Ship Cited in Beirut Blast Hasn’t Sailed in 7 Years. We Found It.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/worl ... -ship.html
So it looks like it was fireworks, and not munitions, that were seen going off before the big explosion. What's insane is that they were in the same warehouse.
30 minutes before the fire, they were welding a gate on the building.
Beirut explosion: former port worker says fireworks stored in hangar
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... -in-hangar
Re: Ammonium Nitrate nothing to take for granted.
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2020 8:57 am
by FlyingPenguin
Re: Ammonium Nitrate nothing to take for granted.
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 10:45 am
by FlyingPenguin
Not going to be much evidence left. Check out the crater left behind where the warehouse stood, right of the silos.
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/ ... 298960001/
