Notes on Long-Term Chemical Storage

"For Sweden" (rallybeetle) 08/04/2020 at 18:47 • Filed to: beirut, Ammonium Nitrate, Boom, Safety, Helpful Tips

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A warehouse in the Beirut port stores 2,750 tons of Ammonium Nitrate for six years, until today.

!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!

Please do not store thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate for six years. Or for any length of time.

Thank you.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > For Sweden 08/04/2020 at 19:00

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Indeed...some of the explosion footage is startlingly terrifying. Even when compared to the Chinese port explosion of a couple of years back....

Oz prime minister has said that our embassy building in Beirut is 'compromised'. All staff are safe but building itself is said to be very broken.

boredalways > For Sweden 08/04/2020 at 19:02

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https://oppositelock.kinja.com/1844611810

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/embed/comments/magma/1844611810?#

I had just posted about this

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > For Sweden 08/04/2020 at 19:05

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OSHA is so overrated 

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > For Sweden 08/04/2020 at 19:07

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One time during a risk inspection, I saw what I would describe as a small mountain of propane tanks (50-60) , just piled up outside a building.

Don’t do that either.

Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com > For Sweden 08/04/2020 at 19:09

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I get the feeling it was never going to be used as fertilizer ...

For Sweden > boredalways 08/04/2020 at 19:11

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This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/04/2020 at 19:23

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Bridgeview? I recall the explosions.

SiennaMan > For Sweden 08/04/2020 at 19:28

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 Am I wrong looking at the footage that there was some manner of fire followed by the explosion?

For Sweden > SiennaMan 08/04/2020 at 19:30

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That is my impression

MM54 > For Sweden 08/04/2020 at 19:41

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“Hey, know that stuff that tends to blow up? Let’s leave a bunch of it in a warehouse and forget about it”

Aremmes > Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com 08/04/2020 at 19:49

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It fertilized the air, as evidenced by the sudden gaseous expansion.

Aremmes > For Sweden 08/04/2020 at 19:51

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Also do not store thousands of used tires under a highway viaduct.

https://billypenn.com/2018/07/13/two-decades-ago-10000-tires-caught-fire-in-port-richmond-and-melted-part-of-i-95/

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 08/04/2020 at 20:35

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someone interviewed by the bbc had th ei r windows smashed and walls cracked almost 1.5 kms away.

Dustys vid shows roofs being torn up

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/1844607657

PatBateman > For Sweden 08/04/2020 at 21:04

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I called it.  

ranwhenparked > Aremmes 08/04/2020 at 22:38

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I remember that - took for damn ever for PennDOT to repair 

ttyymmnn > For Sweden 08/04/2020 at 22:53

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To wit:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Fertilizer_Company_explosion

ttyymmnn > ranwhenparked 08/04/2020 at 22:54

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Nothing new there.