Explosion in Texas

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Nature of this explosion is interesting. Its force was so great as to create a cloud similar to a tactical nuclear weapon (ie a nuclear artillery shell). Did most energy go upward?

Well, a nearby apartment building only had its outside walls and roof removed. IOW it could have been much worse had energy not been channeled upward.

How much energy? Well, authorities are being very careful to not release information. Maybe an entire fire company, that was attacking that fire, may have disappeared. Not just killed. There may be no remaining bodies.

Also curious are what some residents said. Pressure felt in their ears was so great that they got into cars and drove away. And were about 1 mile away when the plant exploded. Why would nearby air pressure be that large for that long before an explosion? Indeed a curious report.

Fire may have started in one of many tanker trucks containing adrogenous ammonium hydroxide. Am not familiar with that material. Do not know if it is combustible. Or even if it becomes explosive when exposed to water. Have never see its safety datasheet. But suspect the column that says how fast to run says, "As fast as possible".

A truck fire somehow got into the plant or storage towers. But again, few hard facts are provided. So everything here only speculates as to how destructive that explosion was - and why.

Also curious is the date of Waco and Oklahoma City. Causing some to speculate about terrorism as revenge for Waco - that also inspired Oklahoma City. Doubtful. But currently we only have speculations.