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On 06/08/2020 09:58, Andy Burns wrote:
Martin Brown wrote: Previous such events have been recorded as an initial primary explosion followed a fraction of a second later by a massive secondary. This would also be consistent with people close to the blast saying they lost their hearing and then later saw the glass go flying in shards. One of the newspaper correspondents was initially convinced there had been one blast *in* the city centre (it knocked him off his feet inside his flat) followed by a separate blast at the docks. The crater is immediately adjacent to those grain silos, which could have acted as a blast wall, reflecting a second pressure wave after the initial bang from the 'fertiliser'. |
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Andrew wrote:
The crater is immediately adjacent to those grain silos which could have acted as a blast wall Pretty good before after shots https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/fabdf9932a25b67c2213d456132d42f9f7745ab5/0_0_2560_1536/master/2560.jpg?width=1900&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max &dpr=2&s=bbcfc824a7eca967881bcc824a02c12a warehouse buildings are likely to be pretty lightweight (steel frame with corrugated roof/sides?) but still ... Or go to The Guardian for mouse-slidy overlaid versions |
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On 06/08/2020 14:51, Andrew wrote:
On 06/08/2020 09:58, Andy Burns wrote: Martin Brown wrote: Previous such events have been recorded as an initial primary explosion followed a fraction of a second later by a massive secondary. This would also be consistent with people close to the blast saying they lost their hearing and then later saw the glass go flying in shards. One of the newspaper correspondents was initially convinced there had been one blast *in* the city centre (it knocked him off his feet inside his flat) followed by a separate blast at the docks. The crater is immediately adjacent to those grain silos, which could have acted as a blast wall, reflecting a second pressure wave after the initial bang from the 'fertiliser'. Different mediums create different waves in different moments for the same force. I find pre explosion evidence interesting. One of the videos shows clearly, a reaction taking place before a visual explosion of the NA pile. For Brian, camera looks onto pile of NA in the far distance and below the camera. Though not obvious, the view is over the edge of a smooth rounded ridge that drops below camera view revealing the NA pile. The ridge takes up full width of the view. The last 3 screen captures show no change in the time stamp of Youtube. It happens within the second I begin the captures. Pic 01 shows the state during countdown. Pic 02 shows a white dot appear on the ridge a fair way left of camera. Pic 03 Shows this white dot disperse very quickly into what seemed like a low dust cloud that clings close to the ridge. It dispersed to the right of where the dot was. Pic 04 Shows the pile explode, spraying outward and up, a red orange cone. No obvious shock wave. However, the 'cloud' on the ridge appears to grow outward along the ridge. It increases in density and further along the ridge as the explosion grows. This might be a lensing effect disturbed by a pre explosive force. Explosion 01 - Pre Explosion Environment http://prnt.sc/tv54vv 02 - Pre Explosion with white dot on hill ridge http://prnt.sc/tv55f2 03 - Pre Explosion. White dot dispersion http://prnt.sc/tv55rw 04 - Explosion http://prnt.sc/tv568f |
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