The Texas City Disaster | A Short Documentary

@Vinlyguyx420x 2 жыл бұрын

So a government court found the government not liable? Seems pretty fair to me.

@russlehman2070 Жыл бұрын

Government and ammonium nitrate is a very dangerous mixture, both in the US and Lebanon.

@logann7942 Жыл бұрын

How convenient!

@mikehendrickson85 Жыл бұрын

Some things never change.

@gustavedelior3683 Жыл бұрын

You'd think outside arbiters would be better used in these cases

@pancak355 Жыл бұрын

We have investigated ourselves and have determined that we did nothing wrong

@jelibean84 Жыл бұрын

"blew two planes cleanly out of the sky", "cargo was launched high into the air...some at supersonic speeds", "some fires...quickly extinguished by a two-story tidal wave caused by the explosion", etc. Holy smokes, those are some insane details of the devastation.

@Stichting_NoFap Жыл бұрын

Some say the explosion even blew a meteorite out of its course causing it to crash on the town, and that it created a porthole to another dimension that sucked people in...

@Lysergic_ Жыл бұрын

@@Stichting_NoFap I heard right before the portal closed hitler came out of it

@Straswa Жыл бұрын

I'm curious, any details of the stricken aircraft?

@deniserossiter1059 Жыл бұрын

@@Lysergic_ no, that was Trump. It’s actually his birthday, look it up.

@igglye6805 Жыл бұрын

@@Stichting_NoFap pretty sure you mean wormhole

@susanowen1709 Жыл бұрын

This whole thing is so incredible - planes knocked out of the sky, debris raining down on the town. My brain keeps focusing on that anchor - imagine being a couple miles away from the port, hearing an explosion, and then a freaking ANCHOR falls out of the sky. Mind-boggling!!

@gnarthdarkanen7464 Жыл бұрын

AND not just any old "boat anchor" you can get at Wally World or some Marine Outfitter shop, the anchor to a friggin' CARGO SHIP... I highly recommend a trek to Texas City and touring some of the memorial park, to see for yourself. They've kept a propeller (I think from the Grand Camp, but I may be mistaken) because it was blown some 2 miles to shore... Imagine running like hell for your life from that thing!!! ;o)

@TheViolalove Жыл бұрын

My grandad was 31 in 1947. He said that the TC explosion knocked him out of bed & he lived in Corpus Christi Texas. He thought that the refinery that he worked at had exploded. 😳

@TempoDrift1480 Жыл бұрын

Yeah!

@billp4 Жыл бұрын

cooool!

@islamisthetruewaytogod6812 Жыл бұрын

Hello ! May Allah protect and guide you to his light and happiness in this life and the hereafter, God bless, Ameen. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. And terrorists (puppets of the Antichrist) who misinterpret verses, out of ignorance and political motivations, and take them out of historical context (just like radical atheists do by the way), don't help either. Thank you very much for your time. Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them). Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI). Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy. Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful. Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI). Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad). Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning! Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures. Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement. It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them. (19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).. Salam (Peace)

@Battlefox64_RL 2 жыл бұрын

I'm from the Texas city area and grew up hearing stories of that explosion from my grandfather who was a shrimp boat Captain. At the Texas City Dike the propeller still sits as a monument. I believe it was throw 2 miles onto shore. ITS AS BIG AS A SCHOOL BUS ! Edit: I'm sorry I remembered incorrectly, it wasn't the propeller that was thrown. It was the anchor. I wrote this before watching the whole video. The prop is giant though. As a kid I couldn't wrap my head around how that had been thrown that far away by an explosion. If you haven't Google the propeller in Texas city. Really gives good scale to size of ship that was vaporized instantly.

@tash4270 2 жыл бұрын

Holy crap 😧

@Sonjalynn97 2 жыл бұрын

I’m from Seabrook/Kemah. I remember hearing of many explosions throughout the years.

@kevinfreeman3098 Жыл бұрын

@@Sonjalynn97 exactly, everyone gets pissy when I ask which time they are talking about... Then you hear well my so and so was there in it, ok, once again, which explosion.🤦

@Dollarkat Жыл бұрын

That is insane. The anchor also was blown 2 miles away.

@dylanfriese8077 Жыл бұрын

FROM TC GO STINGS!

@ConWolfDoubleO7 Жыл бұрын

This was the event that ended up keeping ammonium nitrate away from docks and populated areas. That's why the Beirut explosion was such a shock; it was already well known how dangerous ammonium nitrate is and that nearly everywhere in the world its mandated to be put far from populated areas after this event.

@tropicanada4946 Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Same problem with the Tianjin explosion in 2015.

@doryna_sira Жыл бұрын

Winston-Salem, NC almost learned this the hard way earlier this year. A fertilizer plant that had been built in 1929 caught on fire; in the decades since it was built, the city had grown around it. It was grandfathered in to remain where it was. Luckily, the plant didn't explode since it stored its materials properly, but it definitely won't be rebuilding in the same place!

@sirenarcana Жыл бұрын

Well... Look up the AZF explosion in France, there is a lot of places like that,where the city expand and end up waaay too close to dangerous sites

@islamisthetruewaytogod6812 Жыл бұрын

Hello ! May Allah protect and guide you to his light and happiness in this life and the hereafter, God bless, Ameen. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. And terrorists (puppets of the Antichrist) who misinterpret verses, out of ignorance and political motivations, and take them out of historical context (just like radical atheists do by the way), don't help either. Thank you very much for your time. Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them). Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI). Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy. Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful. Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI). Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad). Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning! Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures. Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement. It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them. (19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).. Salam (Peace)

@havanadaurcy1321 Жыл бұрын

@@sirenarcana I heard from my science teacher in high school that you should not mix nitrate and fire. She had family at this disaster as a child.

@Tindometari Жыл бұрын

The big problem with trying to smother the fire with steam was rooted in two basic facts. One, ammonium nitrate provides its own oxidizer. This is what makes it such an energetic explosive. But more importantly, oxidizers make fires hard or impossible to smother because they make the oxidizer side of the Fire Tetrahedron (fuel, oxidizer, heat, chemical reaction) unbreakable. And strong oxidizers, at high temperatures, can turn all *sorts* of materials into fuel, sometimes including substances that aren't normally thought of as flammable. (Look up chlorine trifluoride sometime -- its range of fuels amounts to 'whatever's there'.) The other fact was heat. As a general rule, every 10° C increase in temperature doubles a reaction rate. (This sounds like a vague rule of thumb, but it's actually close enough to exact that even engineers can handwave the difference.) Pumping steam into the hold was adding not only heat but also thermal inertia. In other words, the steam in the air was retaining heat in the hold, and acting like a blanket while the ongoing chemical reaction was heating everything, so that temperature, and therefore reaction rate, was increasing all the faster. The one effective way to put out this fire would have been to cool it. That would have meant either unloading the ship to separate the sacks from each other in a big big hurry -- not on, and thank $DEITY they didn't put a couple hundred stevedores onto that job -- or, put simply, drown the cargo. Of course, it's easy to sit here in 2022 and explain all this. But this was 1947, the people fighting the fire weren't chemical engineers, and fire science wasn't nearly as advanced. They were sensibly applying a 'tried-and-true' method of fighting a ship fire, not understanding that this particular cargo wasn't going to play nice.

@stevie-ray2020 Жыл бұрын

Exactly! What they loaded into the hold certainly had the makings of one spectacular chemistry experiment! While the image used to illustrate the sacks of ammonium-nitrate appear to be plastic sacking, which are used today to reduce water absorption, back in 1947 the sacks would have been jute/burlap/hessian & therefore not so good at keeping moisture at bay!

@strangenrare8663 Жыл бұрын

This is an amazingly clear technical explanation--your time and knowledge are appreciated. :)

@LDQBBQ Жыл бұрын

Wonderful explanation. Thank you for sharing this.

@Nilboggen Жыл бұрын

In 1947 I still think they should have scuttled the 2nd ship when the couldn't move it prior to it exploding also. As you said drowning the cargo would have worked. And I agree completely for the first ship easy to say what they should have done 65 years later but that one was probably going to happen no matter what at that time.

@gustavedelior3683 Жыл бұрын

It is unfortunate that hindsight is what has caused safety regulations and procedure to be enacted. Also interesting use of the word "Tetrahedron" , pleasant if unexpected.

@morganr4426 Жыл бұрын

One of the coolest memories of my life, as a Texas City native all my 27 years, was interviewing a Disaster survivor, Ms. Thelma Dyes. I was in third grade and had to do a report on a real person, including an in depth interview. She was 92 YEARS OLD at the time, and her mind was like a steel trap!!! She remembered every single little detail. I only wish I'd been older, and could have REALLY, DEEPLY appreciated what an amazing lady I was speaking to. I still have pages and pages of her hand written notes about that day that I will forever keep and cherish. Rest easy, Ms. Dyes! ❤️❤️❤️

@ClickClack_Bam Жыл бұрын

Wow. That's neat you talked to someone who witnessed that event.

@morganr4426 Жыл бұрын

@@ClickClack_Bam it really, truly was! I just so wish I could have been a little older, to truly understand the gravity of the situation and how lucky I was to speak with someone who lived through such a historic event. She talked about the glass windows shattering all over her body, the whole house shaking, doors being blown off their hinges. She was a hell of a lady, tough as nails. She was my grandmothers boss at the Southwestern Bell telephone company, now called AT&T. I was told she was very strict, but a good boss. Even in a time when hardcore women were looked down on as frosty bitches, she didn't care. She stayed stern and moved up the ranks of the company. You kind of had to be that way to a degree to be in a position of power like that as a woman in the 1940's and 50's. I was lucky enough to attend her 95th birthday! She lived to be almost 100 years old! One hell of a lady for sure. ❤️❤️❤️

@polarisnorth Жыл бұрын

What an amazing experience to be able to talk to her about this!

@tonyploma2330 Жыл бұрын

Our schools have went to shit since then. That was back in the day when you could actually get a great education. And they gave homework assignments daily. I caught the end of a great education system since I was born in 75

@ClickClack_Bam Жыл бұрын

@@tonyploma2330 I was born in 80 graduated in 98 so I know what you mean. These days the teachers can't wait to tell your 6 year old what type of sex they had with their same sex partner & then break down the different terms for the actions they went through. I'd be homicidal if I had kids in school.

@pugetsound1272 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for covering this disaster. My mother lived in Texas City when the Disaster occurred. She was a teenager and she happened to be absent from school that day. The students at school suffered injuries from flying glass from windows, so I'm glad she wasn't in school that day. I was told that the school gymnasium was turned into a morgue.

@orangehoof Жыл бұрын

It was. The high school gym was one of the few buildings with enough open space to serve as a morgue and the football field was where many memorial services were held.

@suzannescarmack1711 Жыл бұрын

Wow. What a blessing that she was not at school that day! I had never heard about this tragedy. So sad.

@AEMoreira81 Жыл бұрын

Pieces of debris landed almost 2 miles from the docks.

@islamisthetruewaytogod6812 Жыл бұрын

Hello ! May Allah protect and guide you to his light and happiness in this life and the hereafter, God bless, Ameen. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. And terrorists (puppets of the Antichrist) who misinterpret verses, out of ignorance and political motivations, and take them out of historical context (just like radical atheists do by the way), don't help either. Thank you very much for your time. Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them). Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI). Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy. Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful. Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI). Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad). Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning! Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures. Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement. It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them. (19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).. Salam (Peace)

@WAL_DC-6B Жыл бұрын

@@islamisthetruewaytogod6812 Nice to read a different religious point of view. Thanks for sharing!

@Mr.Pallanza Жыл бұрын

The moment I heard "Union Carbide", I knew some impending shitshow is about to happen. It's never a dull moment seeing you cover disasters, not just the morbid curiosity of it, but in the same way, you see how we 1) learn from it and made further developments to prevent such disasters, and 2) show that how no matter what prevention is made, something is very much bound to happen one way or another. Found you at Summerland Disaster, been an avid subscriber since. Cheers, man! Commenting for the algorithm to drive some traffic your way!

@IndigoJo Жыл бұрын

Exactly what I thought. Why did any other country let them in?

@jtgd Жыл бұрын

Notorious

@scottessery100 Жыл бұрын

Union carbide Dow and Monsanto …. Nothing good if your hear them mentioned

@JPGorski Жыл бұрын

His style of presentation and delivery is second to none.

@daddyhedge5813 Жыл бұрын

Same. I got flashbacks of the Bhopal video as soon as I heard Union Carbide!

@elliottprice6084 2 жыл бұрын

For a disaster that sent two massive explosions through Texas City, it's remarkable how the city recovered as well as it did. But what can be described as one of the worst disasters of the 20th century, it's sad for a great many people that so many victims were not identified. And why is it with disasters such as these, that compensation for people who need and deserve it, why is it paid so slowly?

@godsweetsac9621 2 жыл бұрын

hoarding of capital by capitalists

@ethribin4188 2 жыл бұрын

Theres only so much momey at one time. PLUS you will have many many leeches, trying to get a quick payout, who had noone involved. So you have to seriously vet and double and tripple check who actually deserves support, and who's lieing to get a quick buck.

@manhathaway 2 жыл бұрын

Because there's no profit involved in comping victims lmao.

@apancher 2 жыл бұрын

@@manhathaway this.

@brisbanite5460 Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Look at how many people tried to cash in on 9/11 and other disasters. Imagine how easy it was to do a long time ago.

@PApro 2 жыл бұрын

I get the whole human curiosity thing, but I can't for the life of me imagine seeing "unusually colored smoke" coming from a fire and not immediately thinking it has to be toxic and I probably shouldn't be anywhere even remotely near by.

@IIIAlwaysGamerIII Жыл бұрын

The knowledge that people could have about this sort of stuff back then wasn't the same as today. Today, with the internet, TV and other news/social outlet, we know more and more about this sort of stuff. But back then, it probably wasn't well known

@bigsmall246 Жыл бұрын

600m looks pretty far and people probably thought it was safe even if there had been an explosion. It's about 3 Chicago city blocks

@biel1351 Жыл бұрын

To be fair in 1947 not that many people, including officials knew how bad an ammonium nitrate explosion can be. I believe if it happened to da regular passerbys would also not understand how large of a radius that potential explosion will claim.

@YuBeace Жыл бұрын

People just seem to think that the only poisonous thing is the cloud you can visibly see. Not caring about invisible dangers. And of course, they didn’t see the explosion coming… …well, the pedestrians at least, people who knew what the cargo was could have known. Literal ammunition on board, and all.

@quillmaurer6563 Жыл бұрын

The explosion was larger than anyone could have possibly imagined - they figured surely they were safe at that distance from anything they could have believed possible. As for the potentially toxic smoke, that depends on wind direction. You're probably safer 20 meters upwind of it than 5 kilometers downwind.

@nightowldickson 2 жыл бұрын

To get an idea about the magnitude of the explosion, the Texas City disaster is roughly similar to the Beirut explosion in 2020. The people nearby stood no chance of survival.

@potato1907 Жыл бұрын

wait what about the Halifax explosion. Didn't it launch a ship like 1000 feet into the sky?

@nightowldickson Жыл бұрын

@@potato1907 Halifax was much larger than Texas and Beirut

@shelbyseelbach9568 Жыл бұрын

The explosion registered on seismographs in Colorado. Texas City is my hometown. Born and raised.

@jovenbarcelo1500 2 жыл бұрын

This reminds me of the Halifax Explosion and the recent Beirut Explosion, both of which was also caused by ammonium nitrate.

@jasperbaas450 2 жыл бұрын

In/near a port

@Ozymandias1 2 жыл бұрын

The Halifax Explosion three decades earlier was worse than this explosion, it killed 2000 people and it was the largest non-nuclear explosion in history. Another similarity with the Halifax Explosion was munitions being a contributing factor, it happened during WW1. One of the ships involved in the collision was a French munitions ship.

@Justin.Franks Жыл бұрын

The Halifax explosion was from explosives on the ship (mostly TNT and picric acid).

@jovenbarcelo1500 Жыл бұрын

@@Justin.Franks oh you're right. I stand corrected.

@enjoyphi7378 Жыл бұрын

Toulouse explosion in France.

@LatitudeSky 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this. The disaster in Texas City is a story most Americans have never heard and know nothing about.

@ItsJustLisa Жыл бұрын

I think more people know about it than you’re giving credit to.

@kevinfreeman3098 Жыл бұрын

Which one? This isn't the only time TC has been "blown up"...

@s70rk Жыл бұрын

Probably cause the government was to blame and didn't compensate its citizens adequately.

@TheOkamiProductions Жыл бұрын

As one of those peope, I feel it should really be talked about in school or something. Kind of a real big event.

@kevinfreeman3098 Жыл бұрын

@@TheOkamiProductions which event? TC has been "blown-up" several times... Everyone keeps forgetting this.

@Roadwarrior721 2 жыл бұрын

Crazy turn of events! What a surprise that government isn’t held to the same civilian standard 🙄

@dawnstorm9768 Жыл бұрын

Tell me about it.

@verybarebones Жыл бұрын

What do you mean it isnt? Half the time corporations get away scot free. Responsability for no one.

@DanipBlog Жыл бұрын

It sounds pretty normal actually. It sounds absolutely stupid a regular citizen suing his country his government... They should only be able to sue individual government figures but not the entire government!

@jtgd Жыл бұрын

@@DanipBlog you can…

@jtgd Жыл бұрын

The government creates the standard

@jollyjohnthepirate3168 Жыл бұрын

I live about 80 miles up the coast from Texas City. It was my great honor to meet and know a retired Fire Chief. He told me that he was part of a team sent to help with the recovery of Texas City. They sent two fire trucks and crew to help. All of their equipment was destroyed. Most of the fire fighters were killed.

@MightyMezzo Жыл бұрын

According to Bill Minutaglio’s book “City on Fire,” this was the worst single-incident loss suffered by any US fire department prior to the September 11 attacks.

@user-yd2gi7vb4p Ай бұрын

Nobody cares

@lilred9483 2 жыл бұрын

OK! Freaky, my mom and I were just talking about this tonight! She still remembers the sound of the explosion and later going out there to see it. My Grandpa liked to fish out there but my Grandma said no after the explosion.

@jackkenny4194 Жыл бұрын

Probably because it killed half the fish living there and left debree in the waters

@seemose Жыл бұрын

Did it sound gay?

@babsgalv6556 Жыл бұрын

Because the fish had feasted on the human bodies in the water, dummy. In Chile we would eat fish after the 2010 earthquake either.

@lilred9483 Жыл бұрын

@@babsgalv6556 I am not a dummy. I was just sharing my story. My grandmother never ate catfish/bottom feeders, Shrimp etc. I was not talking about going fishing a day later. I meant for years, she said no.

@happyfacefries Жыл бұрын

@@seemose what the hell is wrong with you

@ridethasno 2 жыл бұрын

2:15am here in Washington State US. Sending love to whoever reads this. ❤️

@kam2894 2 жыл бұрын

5am east coast lmao

@teen_laqueefa 2 жыл бұрын

❣ ❤

@teen_laqueefa 2 жыл бұрын

❤ right back

@raziothedeath1484 2 жыл бұрын

4:20 central time 🙌🏻

@NxDoyle 2 жыл бұрын

Back atcha.

@marmaladeandtea-fd2yg Жыл бұрын

Thank you for covering this! As a fourth-generation Houstonian, I'm aware of this disaster (have read the great book City on Fire recommended in another comment), but it sometimes gets forgotten in other locales. When I saw what happened in Beirut in 2020, many were speculating that it was a terror attack. Because of this tragedy, as well as what happened in West, Texas in 2013, I immediately knew in my gut that it was due to ammonium nitrate. Both would be interesting stories for you to cover. Great job as usual!

@lumiauroras6741 2 жыл бұрын

Union Carbide: *gets mentioned* Every single living being on this planet: "Ah shit, here we go again."

@WouldntULikeToKnow. 2 жыл бұрын

Ain't that the truth

@indy_go_blue6048 Жыл бұрын

True, true, true. The same goes when BP is mentioned as well.

@okaysolikeno 2 жыл бұрын

From the title I thought this was going to be about the 2005 Texas City BP oil refinary explosion, but this is definately a more disasterous explosion.

@heatherharper3406 2 жыл бұрын

I read a book called City on Fire read it over and over. Good book to read if you want to find out more. There were some wild pics in Life magazine from this time. Absolutly horrifying.

@00iReNeAdLeR00 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the recommendation!

@Jessica-ml6td Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion as a history buff I'm looking for new books 📚 to read

@heatherharper3406 Жыл бұрын

@@Jessica-ml6td I got kind of obsessed with this tragedy. Another good book is The Circus Fire about the fire at the big top in the 40's as well. My Mom said she would never go to a circus in a tent ever again after that happened. Wild.

@dinascharnhorst6590 Жыл бұрын

Yes! Excellent read!

@dinascharnhorst6590 Жыл бұрын

@@heatherharper3406 A very good book.

@xaraxania 2 жыл бұрын

Its amazing how often the name Union carbide crops up in these disaster narrations is that company still working?

@thomaszinser8714 2 жыл бұрын

Union Carbide has since been bought up by DOW Chemicals, IIRC.

@Notme195 2 жыл бұрын

not really surprising that a company that deals with manufacturing and moving large amounts of chemicals have had disasters. Its like how most grease fires start in kitchens.

@the_once-and-future_king. 2 жыл бұрын

But for once UC wasn't the culprit.

@GhostOfSnuffles Жыл бұрын

Union Carbide is a major manufacture of some of the most dangerous chemicals that make our modern lives possible. Considering the sheer volume and type of materials they have to deal with it's inevitable they'd be part of so many incidents.

@Tindometari Жыл бұрын

To be fair, you've got to keep this in the mix. Union Carbide's business model always relied on being a prime technological innovator in working with energetic, toxic, or otherwise hazardous materials. Somebody is necessarily going to be in that position; whoever is, is more or less automatically the poster child for tombstone technology and will become the folks who learn and teach industrial safety the rugged way. That is life on the bleeding edge, and the second gen will always have a better safety record because they're benefiting from the first gen's hard lessons. (Eventually, some of that second gen become big enough and/or lucky enough to jump on some new tech, and then they become the first gen teaching the lessons, and Tombstone Technology marches on!)

@teori1 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect timing! Just wanted to take this moment to say that you're one of the BEST horror channels out there.

@mot30k 2 жыл бұрын

i agree its amazing

@VaultTecCitizens 2 жыл бұрын

These are always so good. Whatever I'm doing can wait fifteen minutes.

@MercenaryBlackWaterz 2 жыл бұрын

Horror Channel = reviewing horror movies. This channel is about documenting disasters.

@quillmaurer6563 Жыл бұрын

I don't think of this really as a horror channel at all - it's a disaster documentary channel. Some of the early stuff was more horror-esque, talking about crazy murderers and stuff, but evolved to amusement park accidents, then mostly industrial and building disasters. Now more akin to "Seconds from Disaster" but without the sensationalizing BS and more informative.

@mot30k Жыл бұрын

@@quillmaurer6563 yeah thats fair to say

@160p2GHz Жыл бұрын

My grandfather was a bus driver nearby and helped move survivors out of the area to hospitals, nice to learn more about this part of our history. Thank you.

@Jmustang1968 Жыл бұрын

I've been wondering when you would get to this one. My grandparents grew up in Texas City and were kids at the time. My grandfather remembered the day well. It happened during school, and some of the kids heard about it before and left school to go see the burning ship in the harbor. One thing he remembered very well, was that all the windows were blown out for miles, and there was a glass shortage. Said it took a really long time before his family could get window panes replaces in their house.

@pali1H Жыл бұрын

The fact that the anchor went a mile and a half away is scary. That is some insane power. Imagine the 2020 Beirut explosion but a lot stronger.

@MGW27 Жыл бұрын

The Texas City explosion and the 2020 Beirut explosion were similar in size, and both were from the same material (ammonium nitrate).

@HyenaBlank Жыл бұрын

@@MGW27 I wonder if the explosion looked the same too with how it was just like a massive bubble of smoke from the shockwave consuming everything around it

@Bimanbangladeshflight60 Жыл бұрын

What do you think what video is next?

@keilanl1784 Жыл бұрын

I grew up in/near Texas City. My great grandmom told me about the day the disaster happened. She was in a car driving with her family away from the city because of the fire that was raging at the docks. When the explosion happened, she looked back and saw the sky was filled with tiny specks/shards of what she thought was balsa wood (the wood that lines boat decks). Those shards were actually huge hunks of metal from the hull hurling through the sky, carried by the explosion. Also, there actually multiple anchors recovered from the ships. One sits at the Texas City Memorial, like is described in the video, but there's also another anchor in the front of the Texas City Museum, found in the older part of town.

@suncitypro1 Жыл бұрын

I grew up in TC. The entire volunteer fire department were all killed in this blast! Ammonium Nitrate is dangerous material if you don’t know what you are doing! I know many many people who lost family members in this catastrophe! God bless these lost souls!

@papaalphaoscar5537 2 жыл бұрын

The Beirut explosion was also caused by improperly stored ammonium nitrate.

@ClickClack_Bam Жыл бұрын

Timothy McVeigh used ammonium nitrate when he blew up the Oklahoma Bldg.

@TedLewis-sj2hq 17 күн бұрын

Thanks for your presentation of this disaster. I was born in Texas City in 1966, and lived in Lamarque, which is basically right next door. Me and my grandmother were best friends, and spent countless days fishing the Texas City dike and crabbing any body of water that she would let me throw a chicken neck in. I remember her telling the story of the seemingly apocalyptic event to me many times. I’ve seen the memorial and the anchor, and even though I was very young , it was hard to fathom the amount of force it would take to launch the anchor that far away. Union Carbide was literally at the end of my street ( Pear street, for any of you lamarque dwellers) and, one night when I was probably six or seven, it erupted with a large explosion , blowing the glass out of our house. I remember being terrified, especially thinking of the loss of life from the stories my grandmother told.But, my parents and grandparents all decided enough is enough, and we loaded the wagons and headed north, which was at the time, way out in the country. Willis , Texas.

@LDQBBQ Жыл бұрын

My grandpa was a schoolboy in Galveston when this happened. The windows in his classroom shattered. My great grandfather worked in Texas City on the docks but this happened to be his day off.

@chocolatechip12 2 жыл бұрын

The storage of Ammonium Nitrate is still largely unregulated. A disaster like this is very likely to happen in the U.S. again.

@WouldntULikeToKnow. 2 жыл бұрын

Not surprised, seeing as many safety and environmental regulations have been cut down for the past few years in the US.

@Battlefox64_RL 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe in other countries but now OSHA is VERY clear on how these products have to be stored. Thats not to say those warnings are always heeded

@TXnine7nine 2 жыл бұрын

I’m thinking after Beirut this is back in the forefront of people’s minds. The world unfortunately needs a reminder every few decades to reinforce the fact that AN is dangerous stuff.

@timothylegg 2 жыл бұрын

Because only profits matter when your industry is protected from accountability .

@machintelligence Жыл бұрын

@@Battlefox64_RL I happened again in West, Texas. "fire and explosion at the West Fertilizer Co. on April 17, 2013, in the rural town of West. The explosion flattened the farming community of 2,800 people, just north of Waco, turning some 500 homes into rubble as residents tried desperately to flee the horrific scene. Over 200 people were injured.

@SecretSquirrelFun 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thanks for sharing this with me. The statistics/distances included here blew my mind. Just the distance that enormous anchor traveled is incredibly terrifying

@vernwallen4246 Жыл бұрын

Probably traveling at mach-i or higher.⚓

@jackimareena7 Жыл бұрын

I genuinely appreciate how you translate measurements to suit us Americans. You don't HAVE to do that, but you do and I know that I for one, appreciate the attention to detail... Also, it must be said that it's refreshing to watch videos without promo plugs in every single one... When you DO feature sponsors it's done in the best way which should be standard across the platform! All around, you are among the best creators on the platform!

@ohnoajellyfish Жыл бұрын

I live here, and went through the 2005 explosion while in HS. I'll never forget watching the shockwave ripple through the grass outside our classroom, and the windows bowing in. Can't imagine what THIS explosion was like.

@edwardautrey3671 Жыл бұрын

My Sister was in that explosion, she worked at BP , the women in the office was just screaming, she had to take charge and tell them to SHUT UP and evacuate

@feronar-warsongus221 Жыл бұрын

Watch videos from Beirut to get an idea. A similar amount of ammonium nitrate exploded there.

@texaswerewolf8174 Жыл бұрын

I remember that day I was the class of 2006 my girlfriend at the time was in the school and I left early to go to work felt the shockwave hit my house as I was getting ready felt like a tanker truck flipped over she told me similar things that happened in school this town sometimes I believe it's cursed

@danem2215 2 жыл бұрын

The idea of a ship exploding, causing fires, only to have a tsunami the explosion caused flood your burning house, is almost comical.

@quillmaurer6563 Жыл бұрын

It reminds me of that Mythbusters episode where they tried to test if a water heater exploding in a house fire would put the fire out. I can't remember the results, maybe it did but it destroyed most of what remained of the house in the process. Which I guess is a "success," as a house that isn't there can't be on fire. Same conclusion for a tsunami - probably swept away the houses, so whether or not it put out the fire is a moot point.

@keithkenney587 Жыл бұрын

Pure definition of a shit-show. It's horrible but absolutely fascinating at the same time how forced can work together to create even more destruction.

@cplcabs Жыл бұрын

that and two ships blowing up of the same thing

@Theyrecomingtogetyoubarbara 2 жыл бұрын

Damn. I was thinking ‘great, the ships evacuated-no one will get killed’. Imagine chunks of steel falling from the sky and a blast being that powerful. That’s so sad.

@aaronburratwood.6957 2 жыл бұрын

My mouth was agape for mist of this video. Mostly because the absolute horror of this but also because I’d never heard anything about this before. How’d I miss out on this disaster for so long?

@orangehoof Жыл бұрын

Thank you for presenting this. It is one of those disasters that shows how blind people were to dangers even 70 years ago. I lived in Texas City in the 1980s and spoke with the Pastor emeritus at our church in LaMarque (next door to Texas City and filled with plant workers). He said everyone in the area was personally affected because there wasn't anyone who did not lose a friend or a family member in the disaster. He said he did almost non-stop funerals for weeks. One thing I like about this channel is how it explains what was done in the aftermath and how safety measures changed. The plants in Texas City are still not 100% safe and it seems there is an explosion (not of this magnitude, but felt) about twice a decade. One that happened when I lived there filled the sky with black soot and, once a passing cloud provided rain, all the cars not under roofs were covered in a runny black soot that looked as if a child had fingerpainted every vehicle for miles around. The car washes had a booming business for weeks.

@bibitch Жыл бұрын

I've lived in TC my whole life. Everybody here knows about this event, but most non-locals never hear about it so I appreciate it being talked about. I actually used to live a few blocks away from Memorial Park and used to walk to it all the time. It's really beautiful and probably the most well maintained park in the city.

@LTGvideos Жыл бұрын

I can't believe I've never heard of this. What a terrible tragedy. Thanks for bringing these stories to us all so we can learn from the past.

@micheleshively8557 2 жыл бұрын

You did it! I had requested for you to cover this one and thank you for doing it! My daddy was pretty close to there when this happened. He would take us all around there fishing usually but also showing us kids where all this happened. Thanks again!! There's another great channel who covers disasters called morbid Midnight yall

@HinanaweedTeshno Жыл бұрын

Dude I have gotten absolutely hooked on your channel. I love the clean professional tone of your delivery, showing great respect to the unfortunate victims while not delving into sobstory territory.

@seandelap8587 2 жыл бұрын

That explosion must have been was absolutely terrifying i can't imagine what iit must have been like to be a resident there at the time during the moment ig happened.

@micheleshively8557 2 жыл бұрын

My dad was 50 miles away and said his hat blew off his head and you could feel the Earth shake. He would always tear up when he told the story. Just so many people gone

@redram5150 2 жыл бұрын

I bet Halifax, Nova Scotia has an idea what it was like

@Tom-lm2tc Жыл бұрын

Watch one of those videos of Beirut exlloding and you might get an idea

@johngreydanus2033 Жыл бұрын

@@Tom-lm2tc Yeah, I was wondering about that, surely it would be the biggest now?

@EXO903 Жыл бұрын

if you want so see how something like this looks then i will link to two recent incidents that are smaller but still completely unhinged Tianjin port explosions 2015 (one "small" explosion first then the big one comes right after) kzbin.info/www/bejne/nobXo56cgbCsfKc beirut port explosion 2020 (looks like a real fucking nuke went off) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHfNdaRjh9isoNE the scale of these things are just insane

@stuartmiller7419 Жыл бұрын

Coincidentally, I've just been watching a documentary about the explosion at Beirut docks in 2020. It looks like some lessons are never learned.

@rich_edwards79 Жыл бұрын

Given the proximity of the docks in Beirut to the city centre, and how densely populated the surrounding neighbourhoods are, it's an absolute miracle that the death toll wasn't in the tens of thousands. Ammonium nitrate is nasty, nasty stuff.

@helengraves7850 Жыл бұрын

I grew up (in Texas) hearing about this, but never understood the details until now - so thank you. The ammonium nitrate explosion more recently in the town of West, Texas, is worth looking at. Lessons not learned.

@lewiemcneely9143 Жыл бұрын

Seems likie the Chremical Safety Board (CSB) did a report on the West Texas blast.

@trevorregay9283 11 ай бұрын

Wow.....these older disasters are horrific, but of course fascinating at the same time....RIP!

@Lovesausage269 2 жыл бұрын

How do we put out the fire boss? Make the entire thing into a massive pipe bomb🤔

@TXnine7nine 2 жыл бұрын

9:15 So a federal judge found that the federal government wasn’t at fault? You don’t say! 🙄

@paulkurilecz4209 Жыл бұрын

My great uncle was the Texas City public health director when this happened. He rarely if ever spoke about it. His wife did tell me what he did. Among the things that he had to do was to catalog the body parts prior to burial in a mass grave. He also had to conduct the coroner inquiries into the disposition of the status of the missing persons. His prior experience in France in Patton's 3rd Army was very effective in getting the injured to hospitals in Galveston and Houston for treatment.

@gentlespiritjw4904 Жыл бұрын

I can understand why he rarely spoke about it. Bless his heart.

@nikolanikola8543 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video! I thought maybe you should make a video about 1963 Skopje earthquake... It was very deadly and particularly scary because entire city was built in a highly seismic area with no earthquake proof building standards.

@veracyning5572 Жыл бұрын

Ahh Union Carbide... fancy seeing you here. This travesty of a company is still in business, and still refusing to pay the Bhopal victims. I wonder what the toll of human life is now 🤔

@Bkings7 Жыл бұрын

Damn I guess the 450 million they turned over to the Indian government doesn't count not union carbides fault the Indian government pocketed the money

@lmzaadi 2 жыл бұрын

I love seeing the historical photographs

@hilarylaw8415 Жыл бұрын

Love Tuesdays because of your videos. Tragic disaster very well told. So enjoy your voice, pronunciation and calm delivery. If the title said 'today im going to read cereal boxes' i would still 'like' and listen intently. Thank you for all your good work.

@gentlespiritjw4904 Жыл бұрын

😅😅😅👍👍

@jerry2357 Жыл бұрын

It might have been worth saying that a molecule of ammonium nitrate contains more than enough oxygen for complete combustion of the substance. So the fire triangle of fuel, oxygen and source of ignition doesn’t apply: ammonium nitrate is both a fuel and a source of oxygen. In fact, ammonium nitrate has excess oxygen, so if it is mixed with fuel, you can have a fire and/or explosion with no air present. Mixtures of ammonium nitrate and diesel fuel have been used as an explosive. Using firefighting techniques that exclude air, such as battening down the hatches and filling the holds with steam, or using a CO2 extinguisher, don’t have a chance of working on an ammonium nitrate fire. People might ask why we bother with making ammonium nitrate, if it is so dangerous. The answer is that it is an excellent nitrogenous fertiliser.

@ClickClack_Bam Жыл бұрын

Throw sugar at ammonium nitrate to put it out.

@allangibson2408 Жыл бұрын

@@ClickClack_Bam 9% sugar gives you ANFO…

@allangibson2408 Жыл бұрын

Ammonium Nitrate also acts as an explosive extender for oxygen poor explosives like TNT giving the same yield as the more expensive pure TNT. Ammonia is a precursor to making Nitric acid - so making ammonium nitrate is a very simple additional step for nitric acid plants.

@jerry2357 Жыл бұрын

@@allangibson2408 Yes, being a chemical engineer I know how to make NH3, HNO3 and NH4NO3.

@allangibson2408 Жыл бұрын

@@jerry2357 As an industrial engineer, I have also seen sump pump’s rapidly disassemble when water contaminated with Ammonium Nitrate is pumped through them (particularly if the discharge is blocked). Volute temperature sensors are strongly recommended… Ammonia has its own issues…

@knickd1979 Жыл бұрын

Terrific (though horrific) episode K-man! Reminds me of Halifax, but with more victims, more destruction sadly. Great work, although I notice you haven’t been including any stories of specific individuals in recent episodes whereas you once did this often?? Regardless, bravo!

@SylverMage Жыл бұрын

When I heard about the smoke drawing the spectators, I immediately thought of the Halifax Explosion.

@knickd1979 Жыл бұрын

@Alexander McQueen oh, well then I stand corrected. One of my favorite FH episodes was the Halifax one. It inspired me to watch atleast a few more videos on the subject. So sad that so many hardworking people were impacted by such an avoidable accident. I guess I misremembered the numbers. Both are indeed fascinating horror tales for sure!

@johnw3078 Жыл бұрын

My grandpa worked there. He always said it was caused by a sailor who had hobnails on his shoes and sparked when he walked across a catwalk on the ship.

@ericarnaud7983 16 күн бұрын

My grand uncle was there, worked there at the port, survived and wrote a 30 page diary of everything he saw and felt. I got this diary when he died and along with it was several pieces of melted metal from the disaster. He could get back home to Galveston Island and so walked the 61 miles to piney point village on the northwest side of Houston to his sister-in-laws home where he wrote his diary.

@standoughope 2 жыл бұрын

"Hey, you know those bags with tons of Ammonia Nitrate we just loaded?" "Yeah, that super combustible fertilizer?" "Exactly... they were oddly warm when we loaded them, way warmer than any of the other cargo. Ho hum... when's break?"

@henryturnerjr3857 2 жыл бұрын

"Hey! Several bags of our explosives are on fire!! Should we put it out with water??" "No, you idiot! You'll ruin the rest of the explosives!!"

@standoughope Жыл бұрын

@@henryturnerjr3857 🤣

@RobCCTV Жыл бұрын

This was extra fascinating to me, because I have never heard of this disaster. This reminds me of the Silvertown explosion, in Newham, London (1917).

@motorTranz Жыл бұрын

May God comfort those who lost loved ones in this. My sincerest condolences.

@jenniferk9242 Жыл бұрын

Great video, thanks! Even when I'm familiar with an event and seen other creator's videos, you always have details that are new to me and the quality of your productions are fantastic.

@jennifergregory7364 Жыл бұрын

My grandfather had been working on the Grandcamp overnight. My great uncle died in the explosion. My grandparents home, about 12 blocks from the pier, had shrapnel in the front door.

@nerualsivad Жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh! I've been waiting for this! I live in Texas and I learned about this story from my grandparents, who were young when it happened. In addition to this story, they told me about the New London school explosion, because my grandmother's parents lived near the area when that happened. Thank you for covering this.

@Waddle_Dee_With_Internet Жыл бұрын

This disaster is eerily similar to Beirut explosion back in August 4, 2020.

@zevhara Жыл бұрын

Ooh, I remember suggesting this at some point! Thanks so much for covering it. I learned a lot more than I did when I read about it. This format also really helps show the impact the disaster had.

@C.O._Jones 9 ай бұрын

My mother and grandparents lived in Texas City at the time. My mom was showered in glass when the windows blew in at the school, and my grandfather survived only because he was home sick that day from work on the docks. My grandmother was so traumatized by the event, she spoke of it often for the rest of her life.

@jhfdhgvnbjm75 2 жыл бұрын

Government not being responsible and having double standards? now that's a surprise...

@Manic_Drone_Idiom Жыл бұрын

Man, ALWAYS the highest caliber content and narration. I absolutely LOVE this channel, and if KZbin had a platinum level showcase of subscription worthy uploaders, Fascinating Horror would be right up there in the top 5. 💙

@bowtiejess80 Жыл бұрын

Top quality video as always. I've been a subscriber since the beginning and I'm happy to see your channel has grown and your work given the recognition it deserves. Congratulations on the current and future success of your channel, you absolutely deserve it.

@lostcontrol1981 2 жыл бұрын

Amazingly the explosion sounds similar to the Halifax Explosion.

@JohannesThies32 Жыл бұрын

This is the third disaster with ammonium nitrate that I know of. The same stuff that destroyed the port of Beirut in 2020... How many times will history repeat itself?!

@blackosprey2219 Жыл бұрын

It's also what made up the makeshift car bomb in the Oklahoma City bombing. The stuff is common, cheap, and essential for agriculture, so this will keep happening for a very long time.

@marshallhackett990 Жыл бұрын

Your work remains incredible. I am struck that humanity is resilient and I appreciate your follow-through on the aftermath of the disasters you cover.

@bigsarge8795 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for covering this disaster. You truly have one of the best channels on here.

@GodfatherDaeDae9987 2 жыл бұрын

This was amazing, please keep them coming

@chungusdisciple9917 2 жыл бұрын

British narrators just hit different on spooky content. None of that Burger King foot lettuce, please

@kafkaseyebrows 14 күн бұрын

it's not spooky, it's tragic.

@Carolbearce Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing these disasters with us. I have never heard of this one. Such a huge tragedy.

@Jared_Wignall 2 жыл бұрын

I always love the content you make. Keep up the great work!

@CosmicWaltz7 Жыл бұрын

Have you done a video yet on the tri-state tornado? A freak tornado that defies category, traveling across three states at 70 mph and leveling everything in its way. Also, you may find some interest in the locust swatms that used to terrorize the US in state-spanning clouds before suddenly going extinct.

@DavidStarrUSA Жыл бұрын

Thank you for creating. You are a highlight of my Tuesdays. 😌❤️ Thank you to everyone on the team.

@VoteZombie2012 Жыл бұрын

I love your videos. They're always very informative, always entertaining, and the music should never be changed

@nikiryan8648 Жыл бұрын

If you are from FARM COUNTRY, the words "ammonium nitrate" and "ammunition" should never be in the same sentence, let alone the same ship.. This is a lesson the people of Beirut, Lebanon just had to re-learn

@truthylucy7068 Жыл бұрын

I'd never heard of this! Wow! Kind of reminds me of the explosion we had here in NV. Pepcon in Henderson. That's a day I'll never forget, definitely nothing on the scale of death or destruction of Texas City! Scary as hell! I was living in a high-rise apartment building at the time, I thought a plane went down as it was towards the airport! This was in the 80's when Vegas was still small. The whole town was freaked out I remember. Especially finding out about rocket fuel being made in our little town. Lol... Love your channel, great information! ✌

@rugger1009 Жыл бұрын

That was a bad ass blast 💥

@lcregnrs Жыл бұрын

I like all your episodes about different disasters throughout history. Fascinating!

@RossCuth Жыл бұрын

Nearing 1 million subs! Well deserved! I wonder if there'll be a special of some kind for the occasion lol

@Danny-pi1xh 2 жыл бұрын

Wow that’s insane! Good coverage

@aaronbill3 Жыл бұрын

Completely off-topic but I've just realised how much I'd love to watch a Fascinating Horror video of the (entirely fictional) 2007 Mystery Flesh Pit Disaster. It feels like the perfect fit.

@jacintodiegoobregon6896 Жыл бұрын

That would be a great April Fool’s video! He’s done one for the 1975 Amity Island incident (Jaws) and the 1993 Isla Nublar incident (Jurassic Park) the past two years. I would love to see him go over MFPNP.

@indy_go_blue6048 Жыл бұрын

@@jacintodiegoobregon6896 Thanks for your comment; I couldn't remember who did the hilarious April Fool's Day "Jaws" story.

@Backyardmech1 Жыл бұрын

It’s amazing knowing I’ve worked on the dike, Valero refinery, BP/Marathon refinery, DOW, and the old Textin sites there, and the only way of knowing about this is the little memorials around town.

@M4RC05V1N1C1U5 Жыл бұрын

Another amazing documentary, as always is. One of the best YT channels I know, if not THE BEST. My condolences to the families of all the victims of this horrific event.

@seandelap8587 2 жыл бұрын

I knew about the state of Texas but i wasn't even aware that there was a Texas City.

@sarcasticsid5589 2 жыл бұрын

You'd lose your shit when you realize there's a New York City in New York State as well lol

@WouldntULikeToKnow. 2 жыл бұрын

@@sarcasticsid5589 Kansas City in Missouri would really blow their minds though 😆

@sarcasticsid5589 Жыл бұрын

@@WouldntULikeToKnow. 🤣🤣🤣

@yakacm Жыл бұрын

When you say The Texas City Disaster, it's important to specify which one, as the poor citizens of the burg, suffered from another disaster a few years back, when an oil refinery blew up.

@maryeckel9682 Жыл бұрын

I was expecting this to be about the recent one; I had never heard of this one!

@yakacm Жыл бұрын

@@maryeckel9682 I heard of the 1947 one before the recent one had even happened, and I have been fascinated by it ever since. He does a good job of covering it in this video TBH.

@michaelverbakel7632 Жыл бұрын

I would love to see a video made of the December 1863 fire of the biggest Jesuit Cathedral fire in Santiago, Chile. I think that it was called 'The Church of the Company of Mary' fire. It apparently made headlines around the world even during the middle of the U.S. Civil War. The reason for that is that between 2000 to 3000 people were in the church at the time of the fire and an estimated 2500 people were killed in it, though an exact death toll has never been established. It is still today the largest amount of people killed in a single building fire in modern recorded history. I found this story fascinating when I first read about it quite a few years ago.

@maryeckel9682 Жыл бұрын

@@yakacm I was spellbound as always!

@HeronCoyote1234 Жыл бұрын

This reminds me of the immediate aftermath of the explosion in Halifax. Sir, you did an excellent video on that episode. Thank you for that.

@bombasticbuster9340 Жыл бұрын

I have seen several documentaries, programs, etc over the last 50 yrs of this tragedy. You did a superb job of telling it in a suscinct and stylish manner. I have been to T.C. many times from 1992 to 2008, my in laws lived near there.