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Bucksnort Tennessee Disaster
Explosives factory went up. 19 not accounted for.
Prayers to the families. Edit : sorry. Name should be Bucksnort.
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Horrific explosion. Nothing left of the plant. RIP to all those affected.
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I wonder how they’ll ever figure out what happened?
I imagine engineering an explosives manufacturing to be safe (as much as possible) is quite a task.
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But, good gosh, the pix of the aftermath are staggering.
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Just terrible , RIP to those killed and best wishes to their loved ones .
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The GOEX plant, one of the major suppliers of black powder to both the sporting market and the military, has blown up at least two times in my lifetime. Black powder manufacturing is notoriously dangerous, known for these kinds of accidents. As a result, and as a much needed safety measure, the stages of manufacturing during which black powder is vulnerable to being ignited are all performed remotely, with no humans in the building in which those steps take place. No one has been killed or injured the last couple of times this has happened, from what I recall.
Smokeless powder and modern explosives are infinitely safer to manufacture. I have never heard of a manufacturer of smokeless powder nor modern explosives having an explosion, nor any sort of an accident like this. I have to wonder just what exactly they were doing that led to this. Too early to say, certainly, but I would not be surprised if someone did this intentionally, what with today's hyper charged political climate. I hope, but realistically doubt, that an investigation will reveal the cause. I don't think there is enough left to do so forensically. Perhaps local video monitoring will reveal something. We do, after all, live in a "virtual panopticon" these days. It might prove difficult to approach and gain access to such a facility without someone's camera seeing you. If that is the case, let's hope that helps.
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Haven't seen any mention of this ...
Gotta look up Bucksnort now... |
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Is there any chance static electricity caused this ? I am only mentioning this because of dry fall weather . Something went terribly wrong , total annihilation of the facility .
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Thanks to the moderator who fixed the spelling in the title.
One more person has been accounted for. They were at home! Good day not to be at work. I noticed from satellite images the company has smaller facilities spread over a large area. Very wise.
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Incredible high energy explosion. I saw a surveillance camera video from 12 miles away. Even at that distance it was very sharp jolt that rocked the house.
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I wonder how they can get evidence of cause. Perhaps data monitoring?
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From some reading online, that was building 6, where they did melt and pour, of various explosives into different containers, shells, etc. The melting or kettles were on the second floor. There were twice as many people as normal, because it was shift change.
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