Gary Dusbabek wrote:
On 8/10/05, Josh Coates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Truck was carrying 58,000 lbs of explosives. Crater is 60ft wide by 10 ft
deep.
remember the beirut attack on us marines in 1983?
could this be a new record for the largest non-nuclear explosion? probably
not, but then again, iirc, the beruit explosion was 400lbs of C4 (or chech
semtex) and it was estimated to be equiv of 15K-21K of tnt (see below.)
Do a google search for +halifax +explosion. A ship full of explosives
exploded (several hudred thousand pounds of TNT). Reports were that
windows shattered 50 miles away. And this was in 1917.
http://www.halifax.ca/community/explode.html
Gary.
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It must still be growing, latest news reports crater is 75ft wide, x
30ft deep.
If my math is correct thats 7068.5 cu ft of debris anyone care to double
check the math here?
75*30*pi
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