Post by Bevo on Apr 16, 2018 20:28:40 GMT
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_disaster
2200 tons of Ammonium Nitrate on the ship, Grandcamp, blew up after burning for a couple of hours. The burning debris set fires in a 5 mile radius. The blast itself broke windows in my former home town, Angleton... more than 30 miles away.
I worked for 5 years at the site of that explosion, many years later. I've never forgotten the date... after walking past the memorial every day.
2200 tons of Ammonium Nitrate on the ship, Grandcamp, blew up after burning for a couple of hours. The burning debris set fires in a 5 mile radius. The blast itself broke windows in my former home town, Angleton... more than 30 miles away.
I worked for 5 years at the site of that explosion, many years later. I've never forgotten the date... after walking past the memorial every day.