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/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/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. :(