Episode 18: Texas City Disaster

Today @oldmananders0n, @aliceavizandum, and @donoteat01 test the limits of what we can say about fertilizer-derived explosives on the internet.

here are the slides: https://youtu.be/AxA1vb6P2lU

here is the patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod

vast majority of the info and images from the original report: http://www.local1259iaff.org/report.htm

other images:

john w. brown
By Project Liberty Ship, Attribution, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3264194

ammonium nitrate
By Teravolt at en.wikipedia - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14151598

wilson b. keene
By http://digital.lib.uh.edu/u?/p15195coll4,8, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11834216

burned-out cars
By University of Houston Digital Library - University of Houston Digital Library, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11834231

oil refinery on fire
By Chemical safety and hazards investigation board - http://www.csb.gov/assets/news/image/BP_PLANT_EXPLOSION-1_lowres2.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19192207