Explosion at USAF McKinley Climatic Lab at Eglin AFB

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Published 07/05/2017 at 16:20

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Kinja'd!!! "WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
07/05/2017 at 16:26, STARS: 1

Yikes - sounds like some dangerous stuff *might* have been released, too. Prayers that everyone is OK...

Kinja'd!!! "Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips)
07/05/2017 at 16:27, STARS: 1

Pretty sure that first pic was taken near our old house. I used to live across the bay from Eglin.

Kinja'd!!! "Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
07/05/2017 at 16:29, STARS: 4

“OK, now we’re going to test what it’s like to have planes exposed to 130-degree tarmacs with 95% humidity” *opens door to hangar*

Kinja'd!!! "SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie" (sidewaysondirt)
07/05/2017 at 16:30, STARS: 2

I misread this as climactic, which also works.

Kinja'd!!! "Jcarr" (jcarr)
07/05/2017 at 16:31, STARS: 0

You didn’t misread. I made a typo. Corrected now.

Kinja'd!!! "RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
07/05/2017 at 16:35, STARS: 2

How anti-climatic.

Kinja'd!!! "Chris Clarke" (shiftsandgiggles)
07/05/2017 at 16:38, STARS: 3

Looks like just a fire and no explosion.

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Kinja'd!!! "Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips)
07/05/2017 at 16:38, STARS: 0

Lived across bay, can confirm.

Kinja'd!!! "Jcarr" (jcarr)
07/05/2017 at 16:39, STARS: 0

Good to hear

Kinja'd!!! "Frenchlicker" (frenchlicker)
07/05/2017 at 16:43, STARS: 0

My sister said she was driving to work and saw the plume. I guess it was quite large.

Kinja'd!!! "ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
07/05/2017 at 16:54, STARS: 1

Pretty sure that 130 degrees is just the air temp.

Kinja'd!!! "Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
07/05/2017 at 17:33, STARS: 0

The bay that shall remain nameless because so many people say it wrong. /we vacation in South Walton almost every year...

Kinja'd!!! "Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
07/05/2017 at 17:34, STARS: 1

The moisture is so thick, even the boats can fly.

Kinja'd!!! "Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips)
07/05/2017 at 18:10, STARS: 0

Nevermind, wrong bay then. I lived across Blackwater from Eglin. Eglin is huge.

Kinja'd!!! "RacinBob" (racinbob)
07/05/2017 at 18:47, STARS: 0

Ooh, They were using Methyl Chloride R-40 as a refrigerant. Good refrigerant, except for the toxic and highly flammable problems. Nasty stuff. I guess the Air Force didn’t get the memo.  

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