[RayChuang88]

My guess is those tanks near the capsized barge have been promptly emptied as a safety measure. They definitely do NOT want a repeat of what happened in 1947.

Mind you, what happened in 1947 was already a disaster waiting to happen. The problem was that the ship loaded with ammonium nitrate exploded literally right next to a petrochemical processing facility, and the nearby petroleum products igniting from the initial explosion added to that horrible disaster.

[Ramius]

Yah... this doesn't look like it is sizing up to be anything like the ammonium nitrate blast, even if it does go nonlinear sometime soon.

From what I understand, that AN blast was all but tantamount to a small tactical nuke. Nasty business, that.

[TexasCajun]

I've seen a great domumentary on the History Channel of the 1947 explosions. Lots of good film footage and interviews.