# Beckdawrecks bad, bad, bad bomb. ( or, why did my world blow up?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 27, 2019, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637 "2019-03-27T22:35:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/21 "2019-03-28T16:50:15Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > For some reason the driver went back to the truck and then it exploded. This makes me wonder how well the driver was informed of the dangers of this stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/22 "2019-03-28T18:04:46Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > From the photo, this seems like the Mythbusters’ cement truck explosion where the vehicle didn’t get wrecked so much as it just “went away”. > > Confirming the death of the driver probably wasn’t a matter of finding the body, it was finding itsy bitsy bits of person, strewn all over… > > Grim. According to one of the links, the body was sent to the state Crime Lab for formal identification, so apparently he was neither vaporized nor shredded. Amazing. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/23 "2019-03-28T18:17:40Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Oh it was heard further than 12 miles. Maybe up to 75miles away. According to the statewide news. I was 12 miles away, how the crow flies. It broke windows out of the few houses in the immediate area. A firetruck may be totalled. The fire-chiefs truck was 1/2 mile away and all glass was broken and all airbags deployed. It literally made me stumble and my ears felt weird. > It’s a miracle no one else on scene was killed. Many 1st responders were there. For some reason the driver went back to the truck and then it exploded. If the explosion was that big, it probably didn’t matter if the driver went back to the truck or how far he could have walked away from it. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/24 "2019-03-28T18:21:15Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > According to one of the links, the body was sent to the state Crime Lab for formal identification, so apparently he was neither vaporized nor shredded. Amazing. The report I read said that he was last seen walking towards the truck. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/25 "2019-03-28T18:23:15Z")
I’ve got Goggle Maps on satellite, I can see Camden, but I can’t see you. Can you wave, or something? ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/26 "2019-03-28T18:27:29Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > According to one of the links, the body was sent to the state Crime Lab for formal identification, so apparently he was neither vaporized nor shredded. Amazing. My WAG: Had he been sitting in the truck, he wouldn’t have had a place to “go” and would have been shredded by the blast, since the truck cabin would have temporarily confined him long enough in one place, for a tiny fraction of a second, to be fully subjected to the blast’s effects. But since he was outside walking about freely, the blast wave probably hit him and “carried” him, airborne, propelling him outwards in flight, towards a far distance away, thus “riding” the blast wave rather than getting pulverized by it. Still dead, but much more intact. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/27 "2019-03-28T18:29:26Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > From the photo, this seems like the Mythbusters’ cement truck explosion where the vehicle didn’t get wrecked so much as it just “went away”. > > Confirming the death of the driver probably wasn’t a matter of finding the body, it was finding itsy bitsy bits of person, strewn all over… > > Grim. Photo by Mike Rowe. Somebody had a dirty job today. > **[Driver killed after fertilizer truck explodes in south Arkansas; area...](https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2019/mar/27/fertilizer-truck-explosion-spurs-evacuations-south/)** > > The driver of a truck hauling fertilizer chemicals was killed when the truck’s wheels caught fire and it exploded in southern Arkansas Wednesday morning, causing a boom that was heard for miles and prompting an evacuation of the surrounding area,... ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/28 "2019-03-28T18:58:01Z")
The boys from Farm Film Report have posted a review: [Farm Film Report2 - YouTube](https://youtu.be/uHkvD7-u7y8) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/29 "2019-03-28T19:39:14Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > This is a kind of sad thread, and deserves the appropriate respect for a tragedy. > . > … > … > … > … > … > But I can’t resist asking: what other emergencies occur often enough in your house, such that there exists a usual spot to which the cats are prepared in advance to fly? > Surely you’ve got some more stories to tell us, **Beck**. 🙂 The bug man coming. Grandkids screeching. Mr.Wrekker coming home after a trip. Dog baths. Carrier getting brought out. Any new item being brought in the house. Christmas decorations. Cooking they don’t approve of. Me laughing out loud at something I read on the dope. Me sneezing. Anytime they want. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/30 "2019-03-28T19:42:27Z")
Nm ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/31 "2019-03-28T19:55:58Z")
Mr.Wrekker went down to the site. Of course he didn’t get really close. But he said it was amazing how far out the trees were just bare. No leaves or pine needles on them. Some had bark removed. If you look at the overhead pictures the woods look kinda empty. This area is solidly wooded you would not be able to see ground normally from overhead. He said it smelled really bad and white ash-y stuff was all over. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/32 "2019-03-28T20:01:24Z")
So apparently your kitties have their own version of “Beam me up.” Amazing you felt it so dramatically from that far away. Makes me wonder what people (and cats) experienced who were only a mile away. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/33 "2019-03-28T20:28:48Z")
A friend of mine sent a pix of their deer camp. No windows left. Even the window facings were broken. It was about 4 miles away Not many people live all that close. It’s very rural. They were evac-ing the people when it happened. They heard the blast in Little Rock. According to the news. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/34 "2019-03-28T20:39:50Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I’ve got Goggle Maps on satellite, I can see Camden, but I can’t see you. Can you wave, or something? I’m not very close to Camden. About 22mi. As the crow flies. But I’m waving, I swear. This is the biggest thing that’s happened around here since Bonnie & Clyde drove through on the way to Louisiana. Wait, a bigfoot was sighted once. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/35 "2019-03-28T21:32:29Z")
Just had a flashback to a night long long ago when I was a teenager and there was a very loud KA-BOOM and the house shook for a few seconds. Turns out it was an oil tank exploding about 10 miles away over in New Jersey (the flames were impressive even at that distance). Glad **Beckdawreck** and the cats are OK. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/36 "2019-03-28T21:47:25Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > And now we know (to an even finer degree) where you live. 😉 [Mayberry.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camden,_Arkansas#/media/File%3ADowntown_Camden%2C_AR_IMG_2234.JPG) Which would make Mr Wrekker Dud Wash, You Charlene Darling Wash, and the rest of us guys the Darling brothers, but who gets to be Ernest T. Bass? > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Wait, a bigfoot was sighted once. Check your beams. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/37 "2019-03-28T22:01:24Z")
Can I be Aunt Bea? I make a mean peach pie and good fried chicken, both of which I’d be glad to bring to Otis in his jail cell. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/38 "2019-03-28T22:14:17Z")
I have cousin who looks alot like Barney. And, wait for it …my brother can whistle real good. Cecil can be Ernest. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/39 "2019-03-28T22:20:27Z")
“Y’all come back, ya hear?” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/40 "2019-03-29T00:58:38Z")
Isn’t there a company in Camden that makes rockets and things that blow up for the government? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637.md?page=3)