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@4channel wrote:
Where were the regulations relating to storage of such a chemical in an area like this?
There was basically none in the 70/80's as it was mainly used most as a chemical compound that was added to other processes including large volumes of a certain glue but now it's tighlty controlled as it's danger as a use in explosives became more popular and known.
One of it's main usage is as a fertiliser.
The place I worked in had around ten pallets on hand at all times which was about 7500kg and was stored in a tin shed and so were deemed quite safe when stored by itself.
@icyfroth wrote:
@icyfroth wrote:It surprises me no-one's commented on this latest world crisis.
Are wereallyl so insular on this forum? Considering we have such a large percentage of Lebanese-Australians in our country?
"A massive explosion has rocked Lebanon's capital Beirut, killing at least 78 people, injuring almost 4,000, flattening much of the port, and sending a shock wave that damaged buildings across the city.
It is the most powerful explosion in years to hit Beirut, a city on the Mediterranean Sea home to roughly 2.2 million people, which is already reeling from an economic crisis and a surge in coronavirus infections.
At the scene, the Governor of Beirut, Marwan Abboud, told Sky News Arabia he had come looking for a team of firefighters who disappeared in the explosion.
"This scene reminds us of what happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki," he said.
"I haven't seen massive destruction in my life on this scale. This is a disaster, a catastrophe, nothing but a national catastrophe.
"The size of Lebanon's massive explosion that killed dozens of people was likely exacerbated by the presence of almost 3,000 tonnes of a chemical commonly used as garden fertiliser.At least 100 people are dead and thousands are injured after Lebanon's capital Beirut was rocked by a blast so big it was registered as a 3.3 magnitude earthquake.The exact cause of the blast is not yet known, but Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab said the explosion occurred inside a warehouse that was storing 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate."Why would any country store so much explosive in one place?I just heard on the news there is a much larger amount of ammonium nitrate stored at a facility in Newcastle here in NSW.!!!!
"The deadly Beirut blast that killed more than 100 people has driven fresh calls for a large ammonium nitrate stockpile and plant in Newcastle, storing up to four times the amount reportedly detonated in the blast, to be relocated away from residents."
We approved an American company to set up facilities next door doubling or tripling the storage volume - how stupid are we ?
Stored ammonium-nitrate is difficult to accidently explode - but not so difficult to purposely explode
Is astonishing that a one-off disaster overseas has created local discussion in mass media directly relating to our situation - something i do not recall happened much in the past.
ps the 100 people quoted as dying is probably the fire brigade people attending the initial fire - if you consult google earth images you can probably count 500 or more cars parked in the vicinity - and what do people do when there is a fire - watch from a safe distance . or what they might think is a safe distance
@rogespeed wrote:
@icyfroth wrote:
@icyfroth wrote:It surprises me no-one's commented on this latest world crisis.
Are wereallyl so insular on this forum? Considering we have such a large percentage of Lebanese-Australians in our country?
"A massive explosion has rocked Lebanon's capital Beirut, killing at least 78 people, injuring almost 4,000, flattening much of the port, and sending a shock wave that damaged buildings across the city.
It is the most powerful explosion in years to hit Beirut, a city on the Mediterranean Sea home to roughly 2.2 million people, which is already reeling from an economic crisis and a surge in coronavirus infections.
At the scene, the Governor of Beirut, Marwan Abboud, told Sky News Arabia he had come looking for a team of firefighters who disappeared in the explosion.
"This scene reminds us of what happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki," he said.
"I haven't seen massive destruction in my life on this scale. This is a disaster, a catastrophe, nothing but a national catastrophe.
"The size of Lebanon's massive explosion that killed dozens of people was likely exacerbated by the presence of almost 3,000 tonnes of a chemical commonly used as garden fertiliser.At least 100 people are dead and thousands are injured after Lebanon's capital Beirut was rocked by a blast so big it was registered as a 3.3 magnitude earthquake.The exact cause of the blast is not yet known, but Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab said the explosion occurred inside a warehouse that was storing 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate."Why would any country store so much explosive in one place?I just heard on the news there is a much larger amount of ammonium nitrate stored at a facility in Newcastle here in NSW.!!!!
"The deadly Beirut blast that killed more than 100 people has driven fresh calls for a large ammonium nitrate stockpile and plant in Newcastle, storing up to four times the amount reportedly detonated in the blast, to be relocated away from residents."
We approved an American company to set up facilities next door doubling or tripling the storage volume - how stupid are we ?
Stored ammonium-nitrate is difficult to accidently explode - but not so difficult to purposely explode
Is astonishing that a one-off disaster overseas has created local discussion in mass media directly relating to our situation - something i do not recall happened much in the past.
ps the 100 people quoted as dying is probably the fire brigade people attending the initial fire - if you consult google earth images you can probably count 500 or more cars parked in the vicinity - and what do people do when there is a fire - watch from a safe distance . or what they might think is a safe distance
Hmmm...
@joz*garage wrote:It's on every news channel anyway
But.. it was first brought to CS by you!! Yay!!!
Woof woof...
@icyfroth wrote:
@rogespeed wrote:
@icyfroth wrote:
@icyfroth wrote:It surprises me no-one's commented on this latest world crisis.
Are wereallyl so insular on this forum? Considering we have such a large percentage of Lebanese-Australians in our country?
"A massive explosion has rocked Lebanon's capital Beirut, killing at least 78 people, injuring almost 4,000, flattening much of the port, and sending a shock wave that damaged buildings across the city.
It is the most powerful explosion in years to hit Beirut, a city on the Mediterranean Sea home to roughly 2.2 million people, which is already reeling from an economic crisis and a surge in coronavirus infections.
At the scene, the Governor of Beirut, Marwan Abboud, told Sky News Arabia he had come looking for a team of firefighters who disappeared in the explosion.
"This scene reminds us of what happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki," he said.
"I haven't seen massive destruction in my life on this scale. This is a disaster, a catastrophe, nothing but a national catastrophe.
"The size of Lebanon's massive explosion that killed dozens of people was likely exacerbated by the presence of almost 3,000 tonnes of a chemical commonly used as garden fertiliser.At least 100 people are dead and thousands are injured after Lebanon's capital Beirut was rocked by a blast so big it was registered as a 3.3 magnitude earthquake.The exact cause of the blast is not yet known, but Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab said the explosion occurred inside a warehouse that was storing 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate."Why would any country store so much explosive in one place?I just heard on the news there is a much larger amount of ammonium nitrate stored at a facility in Newcastle here in NSW.!!!!
"The deadly Beirut blast that killed more than 100 people has driven fresh calls for a large ammonium nitrate stockpile and plant in Newcastle, storing up to four times the amount reportedly detonated in the blast, to be relocated away from residents."
We approved an American company to set up facilities next door doubling or tripling the storage volume - how stupid are we ?
Stored ammonium-nitrate is difficult to accidently explode - but not so difficult to purposely explode
Is astonishing that a one-off disaster overseas has created local discussion in mass media directly relating to our situation - something i do not recall happened much in the past.
ps the 100 people quoted as dying is probably the fire brigade people attending the initial fire - if you consult google earth images you can probably count 500 or more cars parked in the vicinity - and what do people do when there is a fire - watch from a safe distance . or what they might think is a safe distance
Hmmm...
seems some local people at Newcastle are edgy now
