"atfsgeoff" (atfsgeoff)
08/04/2020 at 20:40 • Filed to: None
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"atfsgeoff" (atfsgeoff)
08/04/2020 at 20:40 • Filed to: None | 1
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I’ve had nightmares in the past of being near ground zero of a nuclear explosion. Well, this is what cell phone video of that would look like (minus some light).
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2700 tons of ammonium nitrate is roughly equivalent to 1.1 kilotons of TNT, or about 1/15th the yield of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The cameraman here
died (probably instantly from overpressure)
. The footage somehow survived.
facw
> atfsgeoff
08/04/2020 at 20:44 |
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Well shit...
DipodomysDeserti
> atfsgeoff
08/04/2020 at 20:45 |
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How long was the fire burning? Doesn’t look like they even tried to evacuate the area.
Just Jeepin'
> DipodomysDeserti
08/04/2020 at 20:53 |
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I get the impression it was all very quick. None of the videos run for more than a minute before the big explosion, in fact I’d say I haven’t seen one yet that runs for more than 10-15 seconds.
For Sweden
> atfsgeoff
08/04/2020 at 20:58 |
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Cameras with solid-state storage create many terrifying videos like this. T hough they usually stay in the gory part of a report and are never released to the public.
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atfsgeoff
> DipodomysDeserti
08/04/2020 at 20:59 |
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Most fires don’t detonate high-order tactical nuclear sized explosions, this camera holder probably figured he was at a safe distance. At least he only had about 1 second to regret his choice.
PatBateman
> atfsgeoff
08/04/2020 at 21:01 |
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You can actually see the shockwave tear apart that building. Amazing footage, the person filming thought they were just taking a quick video of some smoke and fire. Very unfortunate to say the least.
ttyymmnn
> atfsgeoff
08/04/2020 at 21:04 |
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If you didn’t know the danger of the fire, you might think you were at a safe distance. Sure seemed like it. Damn.
Urambo Tauro
> ttyymmnn
08/04/2020 at 21:15 |
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I was thinking the same thing. Had I been the one holding the camera, I totally would have thought that I was far enough away.
boredalways
> atfsgeoff
08/04/2020 at 21:18 |
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RIP Cameraman.
Probably died from blunt force trau ma from the debris of the white building in the foreground.
SiennaMan
> boredalways
08/04/2020 at 21:28 |
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Mercifully, the shockwave probably killed him more or less instantly first. Horrible. Simply horrible.
BigBlock440
> atfsgeoff
08/04/2020 at 21:32 |
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The few cars that drove in front of him too...
foghat1981
> atfsgeoff
08/04/2020 at 21:51 |
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holy crap
bob and john
> atfsgeoff
08/04/2020 at 21:57 |
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jesus
davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> atfsgeoff
08/04/2020 at 22:05 |
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Holy shit...
user314
> atfsgeoff
08/04/2020 at 22:30 |
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It looks like
it was from a movie, but it’s
real.
barnie
> atfsgeoff
08/04/2020 at 22:32 |
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My boat is on the hard a mile from the East Coast nuclear sub base. It is a primary target in any scenario . We will be atoms so fast we will never feel it so we don’t worry about it. Life is short ; never live with fear! Courage is not the absence of fear, it is the ability to overcome it. Or yer dead anyway; why bother with worry?
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atfsgeoff
> user314
08/04/2020 at 22:39 |
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Most movie explosions have much more fireball and much less shockwave. This is as real as it gets.
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ttyymmnn
> atfsgeoff
08/04/2020 at 22:44 |
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“ Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, said that 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate, a highly explosive material used in fertilizers and bombs, had been stored for six years at a port warehouse without safety measures” (CNN)
Well, there’s your problem.
dumpsterfire!
> atfsgeoff
08/04/2020 at 23:06 |
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This is breathtaking, on multiple levels.
RacinBob
> atfsgeoff
08/04/2020 at 23:27 |
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Sadly, this was ground zero
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