Such an emotional last few days, thoughts and prayers to the people of West and the first responders.
It doesnt just explode.. it takes quite a bit of help (or negligence)...Lol my bad. Didn't know fertilizer exploded. Have to catch up on my chemistryFertilizer.WOW! What could cause an explosion like this at a fertilizer plant?
I know many of you probably dont know about the Texas City, TX explosion that happened on April 16, 1947 but two ships the Grandcamp and the High Flyer caught on fire both carring over 2,300 tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer killed 581 people and leveled half of Texas City. Most of the causalities occur from people like the man filming this explosion watching the fire an from the fire fighters fighting the fire. Still considered on of the worst industrial accidents in US history. Im from Texas City, TX so this is why I know about it.I can't say I know the in and outs of the fert biz but I'm a mechanic at a place that uses lawn and tree chemicals and I know stuff called Urea is pretty potent from what I've been told. I want to say that Urea was the stuff used in the Oklahoma bombings??? Don't quote me but I think that was it. Department of Ag is always interested in our storage procedures.Fertilizer.WOW! What could cause an explosion like this at a fertilizer plant?
http://www.emtinc.net/Between Boston and this, I think I'm going to add some sort of medical/first-responder training to my calendar. Something beyond standard CPR and AED.