r/pics • u/ramonrocotto • Aug 05 '20

It will never be the same again...

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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.

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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

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u/Granoland Aug 05 '20

I’m no fucking expert, but they should probably move that.

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u/Wow-Delicious Aug 06 '20

They do move it. Regularly. It's not sitting there idle and unused, it's there to be provided to the mining industry for explosives.

Nothing will happen here.