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In response to "Oops - Weight of explosives in South LA fireworks blast likely exceeded Bomb Squad truck's capacity. NSS :/ -- (link)" by Meg

Capacity was 15 lbs or a one time load of 25 lbs (that would pretty much kill the truck). LAPD estimated 16.5 lbs. They actually loaded 42 lbs. -- nm

Posted by Mop (aka rburriel) Jul 19 '21, 13:47

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even if they had loaded it correctly, the insanity of driving a bomb truck into the middle of a neighborhood to detonate can't be overlooked -- nm - chicken daddy Jul 19, 13:52 3
- even if I accept that it was necessary, I can't believe that only 16 of the 32,000 pounds was so unstable that it had to be detonated. - mafic Jul 19, 19:39
- Though there is the initial insanity of storing 32,000 pounds of fireworks in a house in the middle of a neighborhood -- nm - JD Jul 19, 14:00
- When you have an unstable explosive, sometimes that's the only option. - Mop Jul 19, 13:55
Life, the Universe and *kablammo* -- nm - TWuG Jul 19, 13:49
If we given them estimates in "New Yorks" rather than lbs, they wouldn't have gotten this wrong. -- nm - Mop Jul 19, 13:48

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