thunder_blue t1_jbo0767 wrote on March 10, 2023 at 12:34 PM

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 on March 10, 2023 at 1:10 PM

The original quote was on the weight of fireworks.

turnpot t1_jbpgvwg wrote on March 10, 2023 at 6:42 PM

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