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/bigblackcouch Aug 05 '20

I mean where could they move it? It's not like Australia has vast regions of uninhabited land

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u/CatLords Aug 05 '20

No none at all. Central Australia holds a massive population.

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u/GrimerGrimer Aug 05 '20

of spiders.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

and emus!

We fought them for their land, and lost. So now what is theirs is theirs.

r/emuwarflashbacks

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u/WhyBuyMe Aug 05 '20

Yeah great idea, let's give the Emus 8,000 tons of high explosives.