08-05-2020, 01:57 PM
(08-05-2020, 01:20 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: ** 05-Aug-2020 World View: Ammonium Nitrate
The explosive material was 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, that had been confiscated in 2013, and left sitting in a storage warehouse, adjacent to a fireworks factory, in the midst of a densely packed residential area. 300,000 people lost their homes, hundreds were killed, and thousands were wounded. 85% of the country's grain storage was destroyed. Several hospitals were destroyed. The explosion was far larger than anyone had ever seen, and property was damaged and windows broken all across the city, and for miles around.
Just as a benchmark for how serious this is, the Oklahoma City bomb built by Timothy McVeigh used 1 ton of the same fertilizer.
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