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This was a pretty huge explosion. It reminded me of the Thiokol rocket engine factory explosion in Henderson NV. Given how visible the shockwave is in the vide
by ChuckMcM 6y ago
This was a pretty huge explosion. It reminded me of the Thiokol rocket engine factory explosion in Henderson NV.
Given how visible the shockwave is in the videos, I would guess you could get a nominal estimate of the explosion energy by calculating shockwave volume over time. The video rate of the camera would give you time between measurements, and google maps could probably provide the building distances.
- pacificmint 6y agoIt was Pepcon[1], not Tiokol. And yes, the smoke has the same brown/orange color that you see with nitrate explosions. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEPCON_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEPCON_disaster
- Symmetry 6y agoI'm seeing reports of it being recorded as a 3.5 magnitude earthquake which would be around 200 tons of TNT equivalent.
- nabla9 6y agoLocals have found news from few years back that says 2,750 tons of NOX. was confiscated and stored in the port.
- ChuckMcM 6y agoWow, if that pans out it would be exceptionally negligent to store that stuff like that. One of the things about being a military brat was that I got to see a number of ammunition storage locations which are easily recognized by their subterranean reinforced bunkers separated by distance :-)