ryoder 1,381 #1 November 13, 2017 BBC interview with the reporter who filmed the famous exploding whale of Florence OR in November 1970: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csvttj "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanG 1 #2 November 13, 2017 Why is the BBC doing a documentary about the nickname I gave my penis? - Dan G Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 620 #3 November 13, 2017 I was trying to understand the pornographic title! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyCoi 0 #4 November 13, 2017 I had never heard this story, nor seen the video. Impatient waiting for the OPs video to load, I found this on YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUctxmz3zOY Pure awesomeness! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 24 #5 November 13, 2017 True story: I worked as an explosives Tech Rep then Advanced Services (aka Training) in the 90s. We used that video every time we could to talk about proper stemming, and flyrock dangers We also used an internal video of the 1st time our company did a full scale blast at a quarry of a new type of bulk explosive (dopped emulsion). It as before my time, but they had setup the camera equip at twice the distance they thought was safe (and we're talking about one of the most well know, respected group of industrial explosive development team in the world)... 3 high speed cameras (when those were stupid expensive), and 1 regular speed... the footage of the 1 surviving high speed cam was AMAZING lmao Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,047 #6 November 13, 2017 Hi Robert, Quote The Exploding Whale Since I lived here then, I did see it on the local news. Every few years, when another whale washes up on the beach, they drag out this video ( not the BBC version, the local version ) and show it. Jerry Baumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJL 232 #7 November 14, 2017 JerryBaumchen Hi Robert, Quote The Exploding Whale Since I lived here then, I did see it on the local news. Every few years, when another whale washes up on the beach, they drag out this video ( not the BBC version, the local version ) and show it. Jerry Baumchen You know those guys had been sitting on the box of explosives waiting to use them for something. Once someone said, "Let's try blowing it up." it wasn't a question of how much they should use but how much then CAN use."I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rifleman 61 #8 November 14, 2017 When I did the assault pioneer's course years ago there was a formula for calculating how much explosive was required for a particular job. IIRC it was fairly complicated but the instructors always included "+P" on the end of it - P standing for plenty. I think the whale bombers overdid that part of the calculation.Atheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJL 232 #9 November 14, 2017 riflemanWhen I did the assault pioneer's course years ago there was a formula for calculating how much explosive was required for a particular job. IIRC it was fairly complicated but the instructors always included "+P" on the end of it - P standing for plenty. I think the whale bombers overdid that part of the calculation. I'm betting their only regret was that they didn't use more."I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
