The crater that this thing blew in the road was apparently 70 feet in diameter and 30 feet deep.
Here is a picture of the crater.
Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :
No one was killed? someone had better be thanking their lucky stars...
that's amazing...
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Thank goodness they managed to get people away. If both men inside had been unconscious, all the onlookers would probably have died.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:"I was close enough that it literally picked me up off my feet and threw me on the ground," he told the newspaper. "I felt it literally all the way through me."
How cliche. Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Yeah Dag, it's incredibly lucky. If even the guy in the back had been knocked unconscious this would have been a very different story.
Interesting that the company officials won't say what kind of explosive the truck was carrying. I wonder if it's something they weren't licensed for?
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I worked at the Ensign-Bickford plant one summer (that's where these explosives come from). All they do is explosives, so I doubt that they weren't licensesd to handle explosives.
I wonder if perhaps the explosives were being shippeed to the military (there's a huge air force base in Oklahoma City), in which case they probably aren't allowed to tell much about the explosives.
Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :
Tinker Air Force Base is primarily an AWACS base... though they likely have some ANG or AF Reserve units that may carry weapons.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
BTW, the summer I worked there, I worked in a building that had been completely destroyed a few years ago. There was an accident (again, a miracle that no humans were injured) that left nothing but a crater where the building had been.
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
There are two possible ways I drive to Provo for school, and this road is one of them! Scary stuff! I'm thinking I should probably go the other way this year (don't think they'll have that huge crater fixed 10 days from now).
That is truly amazing that no one was killed.
Posted by SC Carver (Member # 8173) on :
How the hell does the driver survive this in fair condition?
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
By not being in the truck when it blew.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
He was out of the truck when it blew up.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Wowza. Good thing we're flying to Denver instead of driving. That road is the first leg of the drive.
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There are two possible ways I drive to Provo for school, and this road is one of them! Scary stuff! I'm thinking I should probably go the other way this year (don't think they'll have that huge crater fixed 10 days from now).