I actually did know about the TC catastrophe, though I did not learn about it in school. I've been told (by someone whom I'm inclined to trust on such matters) that if the am.nit. fertilizer were mixed with a neutral substance such as 40% sawdust, its use as a fertilizer would be unaffected, but its capacity as an explosive would be nullified.
A colleague of mine lived in Oklahoma City at the time of the Murrah bombing, something like three miles away. The explosion didn't just shatter their window; it blew the jambs completely out of the walls. Neither he, his wife, nor anyone they knew was injured.
I’m so glad you covered this, Jack. You’re right--most people, Texans in particular--have no idea what happened that day, and it was catastrophic.
I actually did know about the TC catastrophe, though I did not learn about it in school. I've been told (by someone whom I'm inclined to trust on such matters) that if the am.nit. fertilizer were mixed with a neutral substance such as 40% sawdust, its use as a fertilizer would be unaffected, but its capacity as an explosive would be nullified.
A colleague of mine lived in Oklahoma City at the time of the Murrah bombing, something like three miles away. The explosion didn't just shatter their window; it blew the jambs completely out of the walls. Neither he, his wife, nor anyone they knew was injured.