Massive blast in Beirut

LiE said:
Mental, just sat there in a warehouse.
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We keep similar chemicals on site in warehouses here. However I can confirm they are very securely stored. All sheds are designed with blast walls which channel an explosion upwards. We have fire deluge systems in place. IR automatic monitoring, security cameras manned 24/7, everything in the sheds is Atex rated, temperature is manually monitored every 2 hours and the entire area is a no hot works done. Also each shed has the product stored in a controlled and limited manner. This minimised heat build up and explosive yield should it go pop.
 
I'm not convinced that's really Trump.

"they would know better than I would"

Was expecting "I know a lot about bombs, about explosions, nobody knows explosions better than me"
 
Kenai said:
I'm not convinced that's really Trump.

"they would know better than I would"

Was expecting "I know a lot about bombs, about explosions, nobody knows explosions better than me"
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:D

Maybe he'd taken his meds before going on camera this time.
 
Dis86 said:
We keep similar chemicals on site in warehouses here. However I can confirm they are very securely stored. All sheds are designed with blast walls which channel an explosion upwards. We have fire deluge systems in place. IR automatic monitoring, security cameras manned 24/7, everything in the sheds is Atex rated, temperature is manually monitored every 2 hours and the entire area is a no hot works done. Also each shed has the product stored in a controlled and limited manner. This minimised heat build up and explosive yield should it go pop.
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Could you store 2,750 tons of it all in one go? What sort of tonnage can each shed take?

I mean clearly if it's true, then it's gross negligence on their part. I'm just wondering what a more western country would be able to do about a large influx like that. Could it be safely stored, and then disposed of, as they were "planning" to do?
 
Dis86 said:
We keep similar chemicals on site in warehouses here. However I can confirm they are very securely stored. All sheds are designed with blast walls which channel an explosion upwards. We have fire deluge systems in place. IR automatic monitoring, security cameras manned 24/7, everything in the sheds is Atex rated, temperature is manually monitored every 2 hours and the entire area is a no hot works done. Also each shed has the product stored in a controlled and limited manner. This minimised heat build up and explosive yield should it go pop.
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and I presumably not next door to a fireworks factory...
 
Unseul said:
Could you store 2,750 tons of it all in one go? What sort of tonnage can each shed take?

I mean clearly if it's true, then it's gross negligence on their part. I'm just wondering what a more western country would be able to do about a large influx like that. Could it be safely stored, and then disposed of, as they were "planning" to do?
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No. We're limited to less than 2000 tonnes across the entire site. And that's with all of those precautions.
 
jsmoke said:
Yes only source.
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I would humbly suggest that if you're going to say words to the effect of "generals said [X]" then maybe actually quoting said generals saying it rather than someone else with a known history of mangling/outright making up stuff might be the way forward.

But hey. YMMV on whether or not you think that accuracy is important in the early hours and days after an event like this...
 
flea.rider said:
fireworks or munitions you would have had more smaller explosions ..
you can see whats left of the grain silo ..

fire causes first explosion then the dust catches and everything else go's boom ..
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The same reason that petrol and gas fires cause such devastating pressure waves. Fire > small explosion that fills the air with combustible material > cloud of flammable material ignites > FOGB explosion flattens everything.
 
Dis86 said:
We keep similar chemicals on site in warehouses here. However I can confirm they are very securely stored. All sheds are designed with blast walls which channel an explosion upwards. We have fire deluge systems in place. IR automatic monitoring, security cameras manned 24/7, everything in the sheds is Atex rated, temperature is manually monitored every 2 hours and the entire area is a no hot works done. Also each shed has the product stored in a controlled and limited manner. This minimised heat build up and explosive yield should it go pop.
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Which is how sensible people store dangerous materials.
 
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