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05-23-2019, 11:01 PM | #1 | |||
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May 24th, 2019: Bada Boom, Big Bada Boom
Hawaii is comprised of 137 islands, but most people only think of the 8 main islands.
The smallest of the 8 main islands is Kahoʻolawe which is 6 miles wide x 11 miles long or 45 square miles. In 1941 the federal government evacuated the few residents to use the island as a target range for ships and planes to practice their artillery and bombing accuracy skills. For the next 50 years the testing continued, then the natives got pissy and went to court. In 1993 Congress voted to transfer the island back to the state, but there was a matter of unexploded ordinance and debris. From 1998 to 2004 we spent $400 million to remove over 9 million lbs of unexploded bombs and debris from 75% of the island to a depth of 4 ft. Since it’s all torn up I think they should plant cannabis for erosion control. That a lot of Bada Boom, but the Big Bada Boom was operation Sailor Hat. If you remember the pictures of the nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands the Navy parked various sized boats/ships at different distances from the blast to see how the ships would suffer, and more importantly how the ships weapons systems would suffer. When the Nuclear Atmospheric testing was halted by treaty, the Navy hadn’t finished their testing so they build a substitute on Kahoʻolawe. No Nukes, no radiation just a pile of TNT. 500 TONS of TNT! then they filled the crater with sand and did it again... and again. Quote:
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For comparison look at what 2 tons of dynamite and 4.5 tons of “Car-Prill” (ammonium nitrate, ground nut shells and Diesel oil*) did to Roseburg, Oregon in 1959, when the truck it was in caught fire while parked on a city street. * The diesel oil is probably to burn through steel beams because jet fuel won't. Quote:
The $9 million in property damage is $80 million today. Remember that was only 6.5 tons made a Big Bada Boom. link link
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05-25-2019, 01:38 PM | #2 |
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Two catastrophic fire stories in a week, both making very good reading.
The pdf at the second link on the Roseburg event is gripping. I didn't know heat (or fire) would detonate either of the explosives on the truck. I also don't know what the small amount of walnut shells does for the Car-Prill. I do know that I think I may have done enough Googling blow-up stuff for one day. |
05-25-2019, 02:22 PM | #3 |
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I would guess the shells are to keep the oil distributed throughout the mix.
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