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TNT equivalent

>TNT equivalent is a convention for expressing energy, typically used to describe the energy released in an explosion. The ton of TNT is a unit of energy defined by that convention to be 4. 184 gigajoules, which is the approximate energy released in the detonation of a metric ton (1,000 kilograms) of TNT. In other words, for each gram of TNT exploded, 4.

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Explosions are measured in the unit “tons of tnt”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TNT_equivalent

A ton of fireworks is not a ton of explosives, it’s mostly paper.

the Physics don’t care where your energy comes from

So a bunch of people weren't injured?

The cop making the "haha someone's in trouuubbbllleee" face around 3:49 feels very relatable

What a bunch of idiots

Did he?

Philadelphia, 1985 (It wasn't a missile, an air-to-ground bomb)

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Holy crap, I know those fireworks! Those are "Profi" fireworks, and they're frickin AWESOME!!!

They're also quite terrifying.

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He made it up

No, can you provide some proof? I’m interested.

Everything you said was wrong but thanks for continuing.

They are designed to allow safe blasting on site, if the materials would not be safe to transport. Or, to allow safe transport of otherwise unsafe materials.

But yes, if the fireworks were known safe then transporting tem would be the best option. And if they were not known safe, then controlled detonation in smaller amounts per blast would have been perfect. Just filling it up until there wasn't room for more was the moronic part.

Not sure it's mentioned in the documentary but the neighborhood is the neighborhood of a city councilperson who was and remains an advocate for defending the police.

It's an important angle to the insane maliciousnes of this maneuver.

Edit: Defunding* thank you commentor

As a fireworks display operator this is so fascinating to me. They should have consulted an experienced fireworks professional for the large coke bottle sized devices. Everything else could have been driven elsewhere without HazMat permits.

The resident who stored the product is a jerk to his neighborhood in all ways. But even he could have been asked what those canister shells did.

Fireworks use black powder as a propellant, so in a way they were black.

Why did they do it in your neighbourhood? Because they sure didn’t want to do it in their neighbourhood.

I mean if the containment vessel was so safe they should have been able to transport it in the vessel….. to somewhere safer to safely detonate it. So Obviously even they don’t feel the vessel is safe.

Certainly could have done smaller batches as well.

What fools.

I think that the containment cell failing caused a bigger explosion than if they were to light it on fire in the open

The products are safely stored in packaging and wrapped up. They are moving them around on forklifts. It should have been transported to a safe disposal location.

The OKC bombing was a fertilizer bomb not a bunch of fireworks