thunder_blue t1_jbo0767 wrote
Reply to comment by TheChemistAstronaut in When The LAPD Blows Up Your Neighborhood (2023) the lapd mishandles a ton of fireworks [00:18:50] by Oh_Fuck_Naw
No, they're telling you that the explosive force is the same in both cases. '45 lbs' is a description of the force, not the weight of the bomb/fireworks.
mrgonzalez t1_jbo44bh wrote
The original quote was on the weight of fireworks.
turnpot t1_jbpgvwg wrote
This is incorrect. First of all, the force from the fireworks is not measured in pounds; even if you're talking about the shock wave, the peak force from that at a given point would be measured in psi (pressure), and would vary wildly depending on where you measured it
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