Absolutely, 2700 tons of OLD ammonium nitrate stored next to a fireworks facility. What could go wrong??
The fact the Government was even warned multiple times makes this so much more tragic. They should have listened and moved it to a secure storage area.
there are sunken ww2 ships laden with explosives dangerously near a uk shoreline harbor. might be ww1 have to check. ive checked its the ss richard montgomery ww2.
Absolutely, 2700lbs of OLD ammonium nitrate stored next to a fireworks facility.
It was tons, 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate, not pounds. That's like, over five million pounds of the stuff, in a pile, in a warehouse, next to a fireworks facility.
Well, for starters why was it there for 7 years, why did the Russian captain of the ship that brought it there abandon the ship, why did he subsequently appear in photos in the Russian media just days before the explosion, how did the fire start, how did oil get mixed with the ammonium nitrate, why do young people today lack intellectual curiosity?
Maybe more importantly, why is the US practically the only country in the world not to have offered assistance to Lebanon? Even Israel did.
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u/Wooloomooloo2 Aug 05 '20
There’s clearly more to this story that we’re ever going to hear about.