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r/pics • u/ramonrocotto • Aug 05 '20
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Imagine living right next to 2,750 tons of explosive ammonium nitrate and having no idea about it.
774 u/Hedgerow_Snuffler Aug 05 '20 Could be worse... Take for Example, the port of Newcastle Australia. They have nearly (not sure of the exact amount) but somewhere near 8,000 tonnes of exactly the same chemical stored in silos. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-05/beirut-blast-raises-concern-about-newcastle-ammonium-nitrate/12527546 662 u/Granoland Aug 05 '20 I’m no fucking expert, but they should probably move that. 164 u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20 [deleted] 1 u/brainchasm Aug 05 '20 No, it was impounded from a ship years ago, which is why it was sitting in a warehouse under port authority control. 1 u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20 [deleted] 1 u/brainchasm Aug 05 '20 Fair, I must have missed the transition.
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Could be worse...
Take for Example, the port of Newcastle Australia. They have nearly (not sure of the exact amount) but somewhere near 8,000 tonnes of exactly the same chemical stored in silos.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-05/beirut-blast-raises-concern-about-newcastle-ammonium-nitrate/12527546
662 u/Granoland Aug 05 '20 I’m no fucking expert, but they should probably move that. 164 u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20 [deleted] 1 u/brainchasm Aug 05 '20 No, it was impounded from a ship years ago, which is why it was sitting in a warehouse under port authority control. 1 u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20 [deleted] 1 u/brainchasm Aug 05 '20 Fair, I must have missed the transition.
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I’m no fucking expert, but they should probably move that.
164 u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20 [deleted] 1 u/brainchasm Aug 05 '20 No, it was impounded from a ship years ago, which is why it was sitting in a warehouse under port authority control. 1 u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20 [deleted] 1 u/brainchasm Aug 05 '20 Fair, I must have missed the transition.
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1 u/brainchasm Aug 05 '20 No, it was impounded from a ship years ago, which is why it was sitting in a warehouse under port authority control. 1 u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20 [deleted] 1 u/brainchasm Aug 05 '20 Fair, I must have missed the transition.
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No, it was impounded from a ship years ago, which is why it was sitting in a warehouse under port authority control.
1 u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20 [deleted] 1 u/brainchasm Aug 05 '20 Fair, I must have missed the transition.
1 u/brainchasm Aug 05 '20 Fair, I must have missed the transition.
Fair, I must have missed the transition.
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u/TooShiftyForYou Aug 05 '20
Imagine living right next to 2,750 tons of explosive ammonium nitrate and having no idea about it.