#4532592 - 08/04/20 05:54 PM
Re: Massive Blast in Beirut
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Now all we need is an asteroid to make it complete. As long as we have Ben Affleck and Bruce Willis we have nothing to worry about.
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#4532594 - 08/04/20 06:13 PM
Re: Massive Blast in Beirut
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Apparently this was a simple accident involving a fireworks warehouse.
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#4532602 - 08/04/20 07:20 PM
Re: Massive Blast in Beirut
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Fireworks warehouse went first, it was next to warehouse storing explosives making materials, That was the main event. Looked like about the size of a tactical Nuke.
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#4532640 - 08/04/20 10:34 PM
Re: Massive Blast in Beirut
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Absolutely Nuts, Center of populated downtown area used as storage for High explosive in an unstable environment. Whoever thought this one up shouldn't be in charge of a flea circus . Yes, it is shocking that something that dangerous would be in a populated area. I wouldn't have thought it possible.
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#4532643 - 08/04/20 10:50 PM
Re: Massive Blast in Beirut
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PM: 'Unacceptable' that 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate be in warehouse Little Boy was 15 kilotons This was 2.75... Mind you one was a measure of TNT, this was ammonium nitrate. I'm not sure what the conversion ratio is. edit, hmmmmmmmmm: The relative effectiveness factor (RE factor) relates an explosive's demolition power to that of TNT, in units of the TNT equivalent/kg (TNTe/kg). The RE factor is the relative mass of TNT to which an explosive is equivalent: The greater the RE, the more powerful the explosive.
This enables engineers to determine the proper masses of different explosives when applying blasting formulas developed specifically for TNT. For example, if a timber-cutting formula calls for a charge of 1 kg of TNT, then based on octanitrocubane's RE factor of 2.38, it would take only 1.0/2.38 (or 0.42) kg of it to do the same job. Using PETN, engineers would need 1.0/1.66 (or 0.60) kg to obtain the same effects as 1 kg of TNT. With ANFO or ammonium nitrate, they would require 1.0/0.74 (or 1.35) kg or 1.0/0.42 (or 2.38) kg, respectively.
So assuming this was regular ammonium nitrate, then a little over 1 kiloton TNT equivalent, so far less, but still... Who stores fireworks in a warehouse next to ammonium nitrate? God help the families of the killed and wounded.
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#4532655 - 08/04/20 11:46 PM
Re: Massive Blast in Beirut
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Exodus
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