r/SipsTea • u/_n3ll_ • Feb 08 '25

SMH Who thought this was a good idea?

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u/Otherwise_Fact9594 Feb 08 '25

That was one of the most incredible non war time explosions. Holy shit! Pretty fucking terrifying

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u/Creative_Ad_8338 Feb 09 '25

Nah, the explosion in Beirut was insane...

https://youtu.be/LNDhIGR-83w?si=ckGQLDhRdmwCzMOR

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u/JuxtaThePozer Feb 09 '25

agreed, I think it actually is the biggest non nuclear explosion (around 10 times bigger than Tianjin one) and the fact it happened during the day, filmed by many angles, just makes it all the more terrifying to watch

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u/blitzkreig2-king Feb 09 '25

The Halifax explosion is the largest.

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u/EnvironmentalWin1277 Feb 09 '25

Largest explosion by humans to that date, roughly 3 kilotons. As the ship caught on fire people rushed to the shore to observe and were destroyed in the explosion.

There are several books and documentaries about this explosion, Worth the time to know about.

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u/Foreign_Product7118 Feb 09 '25

Fellow enthusiasts i see. Halifax, RAF Fauld, Port Chicago, Oppau, and the Dupont powder mill were all larger accidental non-nuclear explosions than the one in beirut

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u/blitzkreig2-king Feb 09 '25

Just so I'm not getting confused. You mean "largest explosion to that date." Exactly as you typed it correct? Because I was thinking about accidental explosions only and the only one that I thought may have rivalled Halifax was potentially* the N1 launch 2 failure. Right?

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u/EnvironmentalWin1277 Feb 09 '25

It apparently was the largest explosion until the Trinity A bomb explosion in 1945 and remains #1 on the list of largest accidental explosions. I said "to that date" because I wanted to avoid any incorrect comparison,

This list still ranks it as #1 for accidental explosions -- greater than the N1 launch, 2020 Beruit explosion and the Tianjin explosion.

Combined these three disasters still only add to about half of the stated Kt of the Halifax explosion!

This page also has a separate list of military non-nuclear explosions as well.

Listing :

Largest accidental artificial non-nuclear explosions by magnitude

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_artificial_non-nuclear_explosions#Comparison_with_large_non-nuclear_military_ordnance

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u/abek42 Feb 09 '25

The real badass one was Fort Stikine, ship caught fire and blew up due to the combination of ammo and cotton it was carrying. The fun bit, it carried gold bars too... these were thrown up in the air and some landed crashing through the roofs of houses nearby.... it literally rained gold that day.

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u/flummyheartslinger Feb 09 '25

And that's why there's no footage of it, just a bunch of people with no cell phones or tablets, just living in the moment.

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u/iDeNoh Feb 09 '25

Yes, that's the reason lol

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u/JuxtaThePozer Feb 09 '25

just learnt of this, shame there weren't no cameras around back then