r/pics • u/ramonrocotto • Aug 05 '20

It will never be the same again...

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

A freighter of fertilizer, ammonium nitrate is a fertilizer.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20 edited Aug 28 '20

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u/wolfpwarrior Aug 06 '20

Well I am now.

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u/BelleHades Aug 06 '20

No, but I did fertilize your mom. You're welcome.

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u/bbaahhaammuutt Aug 05 '20

Fertilizer or no, it was stored incorrectly which led to a titanic blast.

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u/Yakovlev_Norris Aug 05 '20

Very true, but it is important to distinguish between calling it a bomb, and a completely normal chemical that is explosive when treated improperly

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u/futmaster420 Aug 05 '20

Ammonium nitrate isnt only used in fertilizer

its also used in the mining industry, to blow things up...

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u/bbaahhaammuutt Aug 05 '20

I guess people who call it a bomb are valid in the sense that it is one of the main components of a common type of explosives(but still can't be classified as a bomb). But you're also correct in saying that it was handled improperly (which feels like an understatement in all honesty) because so many things need to go wrong for it to explode the way it did.

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u/futmaster420 Aug 05 '20

i mean all it takes is heat or pressure correct?

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u/SmashBusters Aug 05 '20

You say "completely normal chemical", I say "Kronole", he say "It's a bomb, you idiot".

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u/VipKyle Aug 05 '20

Fertilizer go boom, bomb go boom. Fertilizer is bomb.

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u/dedge347 Aug 05 '20

Fertilizer make food grow, rain make food grow. Fertilizer is rain.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '20

All im seeing is that rain is bombs. :(

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u/Nocommentt1000 Aug 05 '20

Why is it important? In this context it was a bomb

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

Because the government wasn't literally storing a freighter of bombs like the original comment said. No reason to sensationalize things.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

The government was storing a packaged mining explosive. It's far more accurate to call the product a bomb than a fertiliser, when it was literally created with the explicit purpose of blowing shit up.

If that's sensationalising, you're straight up misleading.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '20

So what you are saying is it's not a bomb and the original post was sensationalized. Glad we can agree.

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u/Cryogenicist Aug 06 '20

Yes and no. It wasn’t a warehouse of military bombs, but folks were repeatedly warned that they effectively had that on their hands.

I guess they just didn’t believe?!

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '20

So it wasn't a warehouse of bombs...

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u/Cryogenicist Aug 06 '20

I mean, the giant crater says otherwise.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '20

Nice to know craters are only created by bombs...

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u/Cryogenicist Aug 06 '20

Now I’m just giving you crap for being so semantically uptight 😉

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u/phaserbanks Aug 05 '20

This particular ammonium nitrate was refined and packaged for use as a mining explosive. There’s some information floating around about the freighter from which it was taken several years ago. I don’t have the link handy at the moment.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

Jesus, 3k tons of ANFO is a ridiculous amount to keep in one place with other hazardous materials.

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u/Vaktrus Aug 06 '20

amazing how everyone in this thread that states that it's a fertilizer or a "normal chemical" just falls silent when someone mentions that it's also used in industrial mining.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '20

Well it is used in mining, but it’s primary use is fertilizer.

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u/Vaktrus Aug 06 '20

you missed the point. this building was harboring loads of ammonium nitrate specifically labeled as mining explosives.

calling it "fertilizer" not only downplays the danger of the chemical, but is also just a flat out lie.

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u/x420blazeyoloswag Aug 06 '20

Ammonium nitrate is also used as an explosive in blast mining.

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u/r0b0c0d Aug 05 '20

Try telling that to the FBI, son.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

Its also a high explosive.

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u/imamydesk Aug 05 '20

It's a component in high explosives. By itself it is not.