On 13 Sep 2004 at 21:49, Denny Esterline wrote:

> Wow! I hadn't heard of that one. Previously I thought the Halifax Harbor
> explosion was the largest non-nuke blast. (2,300 tons of wet and dry picric
> acid, 200 tons of TNT, 10 tons of gun cotton and 35 tons of benzol) Emptied
> the harbor as I recall.
> 
> Hmmm... googleing.... Here we go:
> http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mma/AtoZ/HalExpl.html
> 
> -Denny
> 

	Hummm, not forgetting the Tunguska event in 1908. 
	That was a serious blast of energy!

	Mark Jordan

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