Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT: Blueprint for Disaster: Enschede 13 mei 2000

[Erik H. <er...@eh...>]

Jim Wilson wrote:
> Wow.  I have seen a couple of fireworks barge explosions...one fairly big.  But I have never heard of anything even remotely close to that.  It is somewhat surprising that so many were so close to get hurt,  but then again I can see something like that could attract curious spectators prior to the big explosion.

It was a clear and rather hot they (28 degrees Celsius) causing most 
people to be outside of their homes which as the main reason for 
relatively little casualties (22 people killed, but about 1000 injured 
of which 102 permanently).

> A couple of links:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vuurwerkramp
> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6126121898177679789
> Could you translate what the narrator says at the end of the video?

He says you are seeing the images delayed which clearly shows the power 
of the last explosion. The roofs of the buildings get literally blasted 
away.

Erik


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