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Alistair, when you are an Alien in the US you may as well be from Mars.
I like to say that my father made the worst and best decisions of his life in the same moment: deciding to emigrate; and deciding not to emigrate to the US.


"Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts."
 
I think extra terrestrials would have more rights.
 
Seems they are now finding more 2000 ton plus stockpiles inside sea ports round the world.

 
I wonder, if the US treats aliens so badly, why so many still want to come.
 
Google Search - ammonium nitrate found

As allstair indicated. Stockpiles being found with all manner of problems, including seized material under the care of people who are not disposing it.
 
I don't have a clue either.

Mind you I don't know why people in little boats are going across the channel to get into the UK either.

I try my hardest not to go to either country these days.

This stuff has been watched in the UK since the 70's due to PIRA and we were still having to get rid of tons of it that was found in various stages of stability and storage.

It's actually quite hard to get burning. To get it to go bang you need to use a detonator. And we did try various methods under the watchful eye of our qsmi.
 
Don't say "US", it is a porn word. Everybody denounces it, but love to watch at night.
 
Well that's due to time zone differences most at night bit.

Your right it is entertainment of a form. But you do know at some point that someone is going to get shafted.
 
It appears that someone had decided that something needed to be done to better secure the warehouse where the ammonium nitrate had been stored and that work had been going on for several days to repair faulty doors and patch the walls of the building:

Lebanese officials tried to secure explosive chemicals days before Beirut blast


John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
EX-Product 'Evangelist'
Irvine, CA
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It's finding someone you can't live without
 
"Inside was a toxic mix of chemicals and explosives - including kerosene, gas oil, 25 tons of fireworks, five miles of blast fuses of the kind used in mining and quarrying, and solvents used for stripping paint - that had been stored alongside the ammonium nitrate,"

5 miles of Det cord... and 25 tons of fireworks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

what on earth were they thinking.
 
IRstuff said:
keep like, and nasty, things together.
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Except acids and bases; keep acids and bases well apart.

"Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts."
 
I was wondering how it went one big blast mode.

But 5 miles of det cord going off. triggered by 25 tons of fireworks will do it!

5 miles of det cord going bang would have been destructive enough.
 
Blast fuse and detonation cord are probably not the same thing.
 
If it actually was 'safety fuse', it played no role whatsoever in the explosion, unless of course someone used it to actually set-off an explosive device.

John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
EX-Product 'Evangelist'
Irvine, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

The secret of life is not finding someone to live with
It's finding someone you can't live without
 
five miles of blast fuses of the kind used in mining and quarrying
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Fuse or primacord?

Dik
 
it played no role whatsoever in the explosion
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5 miles with a powerful oxidizer...


Dik
 
I meant, unless it was used for the purpose it was designed for, it was highly unlikely that it played a role in initiating the explosion.

John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
EX-Product 'Evangelist'
Irvine, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

The secret of life is not finding someone to live with
It's finding someone you can't live without
 
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