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Originally Posted by TribalElder
do fertilizer plants suffer the same fate that grain elevators do. Every once and a while a spark makes it go boom?
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Kind of. Nitrogen products are all made from natural gas. If they were refining it there it could make a hell of a lot of fire. UAN and MAP products are petroleum based and can burn. They're not super incendiary like gasoline, but it's oil based. Anhydrous ammonia is not flammable but is stored with a ****load of pressure and is some really mean shit.
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Originally Posted by houstonwhodat
We don't **** around down here.
Actually fertilizer is some dangerous shit.
Grain silo's blow up too, the dust.
Remember Okla City?
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The OKC bomb was ammonium nitrate which is not available any longer. Yes. Grain dust goes boom if it is atomized in an enclosed area.
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Originally Posted by tk13
Report of a 2nd anhydrous tank now on fire.
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Originally Posted by Shogun
@OccupyCarlisle 2m
DEVELOPING: In report, West Fertilizer Co. reported having as much as 54,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia @dallasnews http://d-news.co/kaRif |
That's why they're evacuating. Anhydrous ammonia is mean shit. I don't even like to put it in the ground. Hate it. Meth dealers though, they're not ****ing scared.