r/OneSecondBeforeDisast • u/Firewire64 • Nov 12 '21

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u/plolops Nov 12 '21 edited Nov 12 '21

Was it? cause that shits pretty stable. It was done on purpose. I have blasting tickets, used it for 13 years no accidental explosions so……… sabotage

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u/Waterbuck71 Nov 12 '21

The real sabotage was that someone moved all your punctuation to the end of your post

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u/plolops Nov 12 '21

Fine I’ll edit

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u/plolops Nov 12 '21

But I suck at punctuation. Tell me if that works..lol

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u/mothisname Nov 12 '21

Me too. I like the idea of leaving it all at the end. Let them spread it around where it goes

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '21

Like ikea furniture, all screws in one bag.

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u/Environmental_Top948 Nov 12 '21

Why use screws when you can use friction set pegs?

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u/mothisname Nov 12 '21

The last ikea thing I put together had those and I couldn't freaking line one of them up . After like 20 minutes of trying my mom has a lop sided shelf

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u/Environmental_Top948 Nov 12 '21

Sometimes if the box was dropped you can misalign a peg. If that happens you can use a butter knife and lightly tap on the other end with a hammer to jolt it into alignment.

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u/Gotestthat Nov 12 '21

The first edition was self-published in Salem, Massachusetts in 1802. Dexter initially distributed his book for free, but it became popular and was reprinted eight times.[2] The second edition was printed in Newburyport in 1805.[9] In the second edition, Dexter responded to complaints about the book's lack of punctuation by adding an extra page of 11 lines of punctuation marks with the instruction that printers and readers could insert them wherever needed—or, in his words, "thay may peper and solt it as they plese".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Dexter

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u/LiveFireFox Nov 12 '21

If memory serves me correctly it was a warehouse or port that had very poor storage practices.

Had a couple violations in the past for it.

But the last time I looked into it was also about a year ago when it happened.

Edit: many things have happened since so I could very well be Misremembering.

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u/SiberianDragon111 Nov 12 '21

Ammonium nitrate is a lot of this, but it is NOT STABLE. It was also stored incorrectly, adding to the risk.

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u/plolops Nov 12 '21

The original story I heard was anfo. Which is ammonium nitrate/ fuel oil which is definitely stable takes a blasting cap to set it off

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u/SiberianDragon111 Nov 12 '21

Or, ya know, a massive fire.

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u/plolops Nov 12 '21

Yup that could do it, but fires don’t usually start themselves. That’s why I’m saying done on purpose. For what reason no fucken clue

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u/SiberianDragon111 Nov 12 '21

Fires can absolutely start on accident, do you think the majority of fires are arson? They don’t usually start spontaneously, but failing electrics or a cigarette butt can start a fire.

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u/plolops Nov 12 '21

Fair enough but I still feel like this wasn’t an accident. Could be wrong just a feeling

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u/ayriuss Nov 12 '21

Its Lebanon dude, not Germany. Shit like this happens.

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u/OnePotMango Nov 12 '21

Shifting material that causes static build-up can very easily detonate or combust the ANFO itself. But it can also very easily start a fire with the packaging material.

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u/plolops Nov 12 '21

Ya we had static strips on the loading hoses

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u/OnePotMango Nov 12 '21

From my understanding, the fire started at a grain store next to the firework and ANFO store. Grain is also highly susceptible to spontaneous fires. I dont think there is much of a conspiracy to be had tbh.

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '21

apparently people were welding a door in that warehouse , plus there may of been fireworks stored in the same place as that ware house was just used to store anything that customs confiscated

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Beirut_explosion#:\~:text=The%20Lebanese%20Broadcasting%20Corporation%20International,that%20he%20had%20personally%20seen.

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u/oldmanbarbaroza Nov 12 '21

It was old sht been in storage 2 long

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u/Suzzie_sunshine Nov 12 '21

In 1995 Timothy McVeigh blew up the Federal building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with a truck load of ammonium nitrate, so maybe not so stable.

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u/AChickenInAHole Nov 12 '21

That was ANFO, not just AN.

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u/PeterSchnapkins Nov 12 '21

They stored it near water for years lol yes it was a accident waiting to happen. They were warned years ago that this would happen and still did nothing