# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/61 "2019-03-29T23:51:24Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Dude, it’s bad karma. Don’t stand too close to me, you might get struck by lightening.🙂 He always wanted to be whiter. 😛 ---
**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 30, 2019, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/62 "2019-03-30T00:24:31Z")
Oh, crap. My thread title is wrong and now a egregious typo. 🙂 ---
**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 30, 2019, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/63 "2019-03-30T01:24:41Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Somehow, I knew I’d get blamed. Mama Plant hailed from Tennessee. I might move over there. Just for a while, see aunts and stuff. ---
**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 30, 2019, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/64 "2019-03-30T02:24:09Z")
Yep. I’m laying low. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/65 "2019-03-30T04:02:43Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Oh, crap. My thread title is wrong and now a egregious typo. 🙂 c’s the day ---
**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 30, 2019, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/66 "2019-03-30T04:40:09Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > c’s the day Nice job.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/67 "2019-03-30T16:55:41Z")
A similar explosion took place in [Roseberg Oregon](https://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/roseburg_blast/#.XJ-cZKB7mM8)in 1959. My wife was a child living outside Roseberg at the time. There’s supposed to be laws now about transporting large amounts of ammonium nitrate. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/68 "2019-03-30T17:16:01Z")
With all the other explosions mentioned I am surprised that nobody has yet brought up the 1947 Texas City explosion, which did indeed start with ammonium nitrate. The article here says it was the largest non-nuclear industrial explosion recorded. My father once mentioned seeing this disaster on movie newsreels. > **[Texas City disaster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_disaster)** > > The 1947 Texas City disaster was an industrial accident that occurred on April 16, 1947, in the port of Texas City, Texas, United States, located in Galveston Bay. It was the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history and one of history's largest non-nuclear explosions. > The explosion was triggered by a mid-morning fire on board the French-registered vessel SS Grandcamp (docked at port), which detonated her cargo of about 2,300 tons (about 2,100 metric tons) of ammonium nitrate. This started ... ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/69 "2019-03-30T18:13:24Z")
> [@Bumbazine](#): > > A similar explosion took place in [Roseberg Oregon](https://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/roseburg_blast/#.XJ-cZKB7mM8)in 1959. My wife was a child living outside Roseberg at the time. There’s supposed to be laws now about transporting large amounts of ammonium nitrate. There are, this isn’t the best [website](https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/172.101), but do a text search for ‘ammonium nitrate.’ It’s a class 5.1 hazardous material. I don’t my hazmat reg book handy, but when I get a chance to grab it I can summarize. ---
**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 30, 2019, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/70 "2019-03-30T19:46:10Z")
I’ve not read anything about how far the truck was blown by the explosion. ---
**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 30, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/71 "2019-03-30T19:53:38Z")
They said pieces were found a mile away. Keep in mind this is just ‘talk’ going around. I have no proof. BTW, wasn’t the Oklahoma Federal building blown up with fertilizer? ---
**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 30, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/72 "2019-03-30T20:18:40Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > They said pieces were found a mile away. Keep in mind this is just ‘talk’ going around. I have no proof. > BTW, wasn’t the Oklahoma Federal building blown up with fertilizer? Yes, it was. I didn’t see any debris in any pictures. I see the crater is filled and blacktopped. I thought they couldn’t lay that stuff unless the weather was hot. ---
**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 30, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/73 "2019-03-30T20:24:09Z")
Yep I hear it’s passable now. They’ll probably have to redo it later. It’s a patch job right now. I’m driving down there to take pics. I’ll see if I figure out how to show them here. Mr.Wrekker saw the site the evening of. And he said junk was laying everywhere and there was lots of ash. ---
**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 30, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/74 "2019-03-30T20:26:17Z")
Cool, Beckdawreck, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/75 "2019-03-30T21:46:15Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Yes, it was. I didn’t see any debris in any pictures. I see the crater is filled and blacktopped. I thought they couldn’t lay that stuff unless the weather was hot. Did they check it for diamonds first? ---
**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 30, 2019, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/76 "2019-03-30T22:55:25Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Did they check it for diamonds first? They don’t bother. Highway 62 in Cotter, AR is graded with small ones. Pain in the ass, they get stuck in tire treads. Makes an awful noise on the freeway. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/77 "2019-03-30T23:40:33Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > They don’t bother. Highway 62 in Cotter, AR is graded with small ones. Pain in the ass, they get stuck in tire treads. Makes an awful noise on the freeway. I was not thinking so much that was a highway but that there was a crater. ---
**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 31, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/78 "2019-03-31T00:07:15Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I was not thinking so much that was a highway but that there was a crater. [Crater of Diamonds state park.](https://www.arkansasstateparks.com/parks/crater-diamonds-state-park) It didn’t make money as a commercial diamond mine, just those damn tire stickers. It operates as a park for people to hunt for the big ones. ---
**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 31, 2019, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/79 "2019-03-31T00:43:42Z")
Yeah, buddy we have the diamonds. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2019, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637/80 "2019-03-31T01:08:53Z")
We tried to steal some a couple times, but they were too well hidden. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrecks-bad-bad-bad-bomb-or-why-did-my-world-blow-up/831637.md?page=5)