Must be a very, very early prototype of the ATLAS, that thing is nowhere near 100 tons.

That may be a lot more explosive, but visually, this video is more exciting:

http://videosift.com/video/Civillian-EOD-contractors-detonating-100-tons-of-dynamite

Just what I always wanted, a girl that needs a 200 foot tall, 100 ton mechanical sex toy to have a real orgasm.

^Well, probably not so easy as I stated.

However, I think you may be over-estimating BP's desire to avert a PR catastrophy. The world needs oil, and they have oil to sell. It's not about 6000 barrels a day. That IS chump change. But bad PR isn't gonna cost them shit. The clean-up will. I'm sure BP beancounters have already calculated the costs of clean-up vs the cost of capping the well. That 100-ton funnel monstrosity they first tried, and the two more they have since tried, were never intended to buy time so they could cap it. They are buying time for the relief wells. It's always been about getting the oil and doing whatever they can to stem the flow WITHOUT capping.

But hey, I'm just pissed. Could be wrong. Happened before. The whole "we're getting 6000 barrels a day" stuff could be seen as PR or public mollification. But they have no plans to STOP the leakage any time soon. From the BP ROV page: "We may leave some of the LMRP cap valves open to ensure system stability - one is currently closed".

Ah. If you look at and click on the video title above your comment (in your personal comment listing), you'll notice it is: http://www.videosift.com/video/100-ton-bomb-explodes-BOOM-Watch-the-shockwave whereas the video you think you commented on is: http://www.videosift.com/video/Civillian-EOD-contractors-detonating-100-tons-of-dynamite

The one you actually commented on is a dupe of the other and when you go to the dupe you're being redirected to the other.

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it does show in my comments though.. 10th or 11th comment down


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When did you post the comment? There's no record of it in the database, so it seems it was never saved.

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hmmm I have a comment on this video
http://www.videosift.com/video/Civillian-EOD-contractors-detonating-100-tons-of-dynamite

not showing... but it exists

it does show in my comments though.. 10th or 11th comment down


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When did you post the comment? There's no record of it in the database, so it seems it was never saved.

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hmmm I have a comment on this video
http://www.videosift.com/video/Civillian-EOD-contractors-detonating-100-tons-of-dynamite

not showing... but it exists

When did you post the comment? There's no record of it in the database, so it seems it was never saved.

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hmmm I have a comment on this video
http://www.videosift.com/video/Civillian-EOD-contractors-detonating-100-tons-of-dynamite

not showing... but it exists

hmmm I have a comment on this video
http://www.videosift.com/video/Civillian-EOD-contractors-detonating-100-tons-of-dynamite

not showing... but it exists

This video has been declared a duplicate; transferring votes to the original video and killing this dupe - dupeof declared by Ornthoron.

*dupeof=http://www.videosift.com/video/Civillian-EOD-contractors-detonating-100-tons-of-dynamite

When The Dude abides, The Dude abides.

Yes, dc, but rather than "direct mechanical transfer" it's more appropriate to say that the speed of sound is faster through hard soil than air - anywhere from 15 to 40 times as fast. Now that you've asked, I'm tempted to do the math on this video and see where it falls.
>> ^deathcow:
so is the initial boom that preceeds the shockwave direct mechanical transfer through the ground??

This video has been declared a duplicate; transferring votes to the original video and killing this dupe - dupeof declared by kulpims.

*dupeof=http://www.videosift.com/video/Civillian-EOD-contractors-detonating-100-tons-of-dynamite

Seriously, wtf was the point of them doing this? How does someone just have 100 TONS of explosives sitting around waiting to be blown up? If we're talking Short ton's here (US measurement, 2000 pounds) that's ~200000 pounds of explosives. Doesn't look like just tnt, since there's obviously round or projectiles screaming off from the site. Googling leads me to believe a 100 ton detonation of TNT would cost about 200000 bucks, which doesn't seem like a lot of money where defense is concerned, but if they're wasting it like this ... I have a huge problem with it, no matter how cool the explosion is. (And yes, I think fireworks for the 4th are pretty silly as well when tax funds are used to put on a show)

*dupeof=http://www.videosift.com/video/Civillian-EOD-contractors-detonating-100-tons-of-dynamite