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Title: 10 Greatest Explosions
Post by: Leonardcrl on May 19, 2009, 09:51:18 AM
I occasionally check this site.  Thought somebody might be interested.

http://www.livescience.com/history/090517-Greatest-Exposions-1.html (http://www.livescience.com/history/090517-Greatest-Exposions-1.html)

At least it is a good conversation piece over a cup of coffee  ;D
Title: Re: 10 Greatest Explosions
Post by: Catwoman on May 19, 2009, 10:05:21 AM
Ah, but they missed the greatest explosion of all...The day that the announcement went out (initially) about changing the setup with the schools in Elk County...I could have sworn I saw a pure white mushroom cloud SE of Wichita just about that time! lol
Title: Re: 10 Greatest Explosions
Post by: Wilma on May 19, 2009, 10:07:56 AM
No, Catwoman, that was second to the one that occurred when they announced that Severy and Howard were unifying and the high school would be in Howard.
Title: Re: 10 Greatest Explosions
Post by: Tobina+1 on May 19, 2009, 10:35:16 AM
Do you ever watch Wreckreation Nation on the Discovery Channel?  I've seen it a couple times, and it's really interesting how much work it takes to tear down/explode things like bridges and buildings.  It's not just putting some TNT inside... they have to really calculate and plan ahead so that it falls in the right location and collapses correctly.
Title: Re: 10 Greatest Explosions
Post by: greatguns on May 19, 2009, 04:35:36 PM
The greatest and most devestating explosion was when they had a propane explosion in my hometown that wiped out the downtown area and killed two women.
Title: Re: 10 Greatest Explosions
Post by: Wilma on May 19, 2009, 05:00:57 PM
I remember that one.
Title: Re: 10 Greatest Explosions
Post by: Diane Amberg on May 19, 2009, 05:50:20 PM
Krakatoa wasn't exactly pocket change either.
Title: Re: 10 Greatest Explosions
Post by: Varmit on May 19, 2009, 06:54:33 PM
greatguns, I bet there are a few japanesse that would disagree with you..
Title: Re: 10 Greatest Explosions
Post by: W. Gray on May 19, 2009, 07:08:51 PM
Krakatoa supposedly generated the loudest sound known to man either before or since the 1883 explosion.

The explosion supposedly generated 13,000 times the explosive power of the Little Boy bomb dropped on Hiroshima and four times that of the most powerful A-Bomb developed by the Russians.

I do not have a clue as to how scientists came up these figures.
Title: Re: 10 Greatest Explosions
Post by: greatguns on May 20, 2009, 04:50:00 AM
They arekind of like you,  I really don't care what they think either.  Now you can get on here and spew your negatives some more. ::) ::)
Title: Re: 10 Greatest Explosions
Post by: Varmit on May 20, 2009, 09:24:46 PM
just putting in my two cents on the topic.  weather or not you care for it...I really don't give a damn.