Hi Olaf,
Have they determined the cause of the explosion? I am surprised that so
large an amount of explosive material was allowed inside the city.
I used to live near a fireworks manufacturing establishment (far from any
towns) and was inside a farmhouse there when about five pounds/2.5 kg of
black powder exploded out in the yard in a ball mill that was mixing the
ingredients. It was quite the experience! They also had an explosion in a
packing shed when one of the workers wore other than the required cotton
clothing. They had building scattered all over their property to avoid an
explosion similar to what you experienced.
Gregg
From: Greve, Olaf (Olaf)
> Hi guys,
>
> Finally after having worked on it over 2 weekends and several hours during
> the evenings, the page about the Enschede disaster is up and running. So
> far, I have put up a detailed written transcript of my own as I
experienced
> the events that day, as well as a brief transcript which is richly
> illustrated with 32 pictures.
>
> On the index page with the pictures you can click on any picture to see it
> in full size, along with some details of the scene (written down below
each
> picture). I apologise for the quality of the scans, it's a bit difficult
to
> get good quality scans with the scanner I used and therefore especially
the
> brightness/contrast is often quite off. On my work machine I noticed that
> the pictures look rather darkish, so maybe your "viewing experience" will
be
> enhanced if you play around a bit with the brightness setting of your
> monitor.
>
> Also, some pictures taken at a later stage in the week, as well as
pictures
> of the silent procession that was held will still be added at a later
stage.
> I will let you guys know when that happens, so you can check those too...
>
> Good, so now for the URL:
> http://www.millennics.com/olympus/enschede/
>
> Cheers!
> Olafo
>
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