Explosives Controls

[lensperson]

After the debacle in West, Texas there has been little optimism of any changes to official policy.

After all , if it ain't broke don't try and fix it.

[Kalalau]

Re: Explosives Controls

Texas is very proud of its pro business climate which includes no fooling around with silly liberal environmental, labor, and safety rules. Accidents happen. Its unfortunate but things like this happen sometimes. Profits come first. We have our priorities.

[Kaonohi]

Re: Explosives Controls

Interesting.

We have so many natural explosives in our environmental space.

Ammonium Nitrate is the major component of military explosives used for 'ditching.' It is a 'slow-expansive' explosive, as opposed to a fast explosive.

Fast explosives are good for cutting through metals, as they explode hot and fast. They can cut through steel; my personal favorites are C-4 and even more, Flex-ex, which looks like a sheet of green chewing gum. ONE sheet will open any safe used by the military.

Ammonium Nitrate is powerful, but slow. It is hard to start, (needs a powerful trigger), but whan it goes.... well Look at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, the Oklahoma City Bombing. The building was half demolished and many people were killed. An excellerant was used as a 'helper,' but the A.N would have been adequate in itself.

There are many things in our enviroment which are dangerous - this has been one of them.

BAN AMMONIA NOW!

Ammonium tri-iodide is a powerful contact explosive. Makes good Rat traps and Cockaroach killers.

I don't know everything about explosives, but I know enough,
Demolition Specialist 1967-1969 USArmy.

[lensperson]

Re: Explosives Controls

Some of that stuff gets quite touchy.

Better quit smoking that stuff, son, or you may hurt yerself.
.

[Kalalau]

Re: Explosives Controls

Locating a convalescent home and a school very close to the explosives oh I mean fertilizer factory shows the kind of good solid pro business common sense that makes Texas so attractive to business. None of this socialist zoning nonsense. The Molly Ivins book "Shrub", a biography of GW Bush published before he was inserted in the presidency by the crooked supreme court mentioned in the chapter titled "We're Number One!" how Texas led North America in carcinogenic emissions and therefore in cancer rates; as governor, Bush made adherence to environmental rules voluntary and that worked out just fine for business. Not that many people come down with cancer, only a few thousands a year in Texas, and they won't be voting anyway so who cares about them, profits are all that matter. Electromagnetic blips on computers in New York and London and Tokyo and Zurich: thats what counts.

[lensperson]

Re: Explosives Controls

The city of Houston has no zoning codes, thus , a refinery may be built anywhere in town. Next to a hospital.

I assume the zoning laws are similar in West.

This is bad public policy and has hurt many innocent families.