On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Joe wrote:
> In the book Prometheus (sp?) they load a large freighter with
> Ammonium Nitrade (with the right additives) then stack the deck with
> tons of Magnesium ingots and then expode the whole thing in the port in
> the capital of a South American country. The effect is like that of an
> atomic bomb (anybody remember what happened in Texas City?) PLUS the
> flaming magnesium fell for miles outside the blast area and created
> thousands of fires that combine to form a fire storm. (Remember Toyko in
> early 1945? The fire storms killed more people than both of the atomic
> bombs.)
You guys had better be careful discussing all these terror attack
scenarios in public. Pretty soon we'll have Asscroft breathing down our
necks.
(I'm being half serious.)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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