05/15/09 INCREDIBLE **SLOW MOTION** TANK BATTERY EXPLOSION

[MelodyOfBroknSilence]

Skip to the explosion 0:40 :D

[ecsguitarist]

wow.. usually things like this r just spam videos.. good job i was suprised

[chrismcooper]

This place about to blowwww oh oh! oh oh oh oh oh oh!

[dragoonnate]

Damn big explosion good thing no one got hurt.

[happykid8D]

thumbs up if you skipped to where it exploded



[oliverecords]

00:47 I love how the water jet follows the tank that's flying :)

[wilhelmpaoloquinto]

0:45 The explosion

[FerronvandeBeek]

wow

[johntatum111]

I am hoping to put this in my potential and kinetic energy video.

[DrylineMedia]

@johntatum111 Please contact us at Dryline Media dot com for to arrange licensing.

[jro9001]

i seen it all over tv

[mer191]

That is pretty cool. You can see the tank buckle before it takes off like a shitty space shuttle.

[akkiekipbaby]

a match factory ?

[FOTOMANIAVR]

is still in flight?

[belacj]

Cool

[mas3ary]

shit

i hope the fire crew get safely out that problem

[Jeddah1820]

there must be a Fire monitor cooling the other tanks, not by nozzles..!

[Crpetersena]

Holy hell that was a big one..

[person2penguin]

@Crpetersena thats what she said



[MossyOakRcn42]

Wow...took off like a rocket. Good thing it did not kill someone.

[xGODZILLAFIREFOXx]

That was crapping incredible.

Unlucky they didnt stop the fire before the entire place turned into a fireball

[asbestosfiber]

That just kicks ass

[krhett62]

omg

[snowdjagha]

thats really amazing!!!

[DragonUltraMaster]

This...was awesome to see.

Just wow.

I wounder how much damage it did o.o

[LONGSHOTfilmes]

that's one of the greatest things I've seem in slowmo.

[randomgirls2414]

yea that was awesome it was smoking two weeks after it happend lol i should know i live near where it happend

[DrylineMedia]

I haven't been back down there lately, have they cleared it out and started to rebuild it yet?

[Biotektan]

@randomgirls2414 why did it smoke even two weeks after it happened?

[slicee1235]

ok thnx anyway cuz i think my friends dad was out there

[randomgirls2414]

yea i think so

[slicee1235]

i live in lamesa and i need to know who all was trying to put out the fire

[DrylineMedia]

You would have to call the fire department and ask them that, I wouldn't know.

[pontus515]

Holy shit..

[rotjesenmatjes]

Happy new year lolz

[chasercentral]

Holy Shit David that's awesome Bet you made a ton off this money shot...

[LorenzenDK]

no sound??

[jesvsfreak]

FUCKEN HELLLLLLLL!

[Danktank091293]

just think if the container was plasted on tom eof the fire fighters

[mjkwyo]

That would have been the time to pull back!!

[pamapug2]

Wow! What an explosion.. I know one of the fire fighters that fought that fire...

[lavawarior]

wow you can see the water evaporate as the explosion expands

[BeondaPale]

That thing took off like a rocket

[krayzgerman]

Red Rocket?

[RukiaIcigo]

omg ! slow motion more good but no sound

[FormerlyFlightsuit]

Spectacular footage. It's especially nice that nobody died, and I therefore don't have to feel guilty for enjoying it.

I commented on the normal-speed video about the immense scale of those exploding tanks, and it's even more obvious when you look at the staircase/ladder/walkways. These things are gargantuan, and it boggles the mind just to contemplate the level of explosive force it must have taken to send one of them flying into the air and tear the other one apart!

[FormerlyFlightsuit]

I think when one first watches the normal-length video, the sight of the second tank's roof coming off and rolling towards the viewer can almost be deceptive, because it looks like something we could imagine happening to a manhole cover or a car's hubcap. A manhole cover dislodged by an explosion would be plenty dangerous in its own right. When you look closer and really get appreciation for the size of that roof, it becomes clear that the thing is Death itself, rolling across the landscape!

[DrylineMedia]

Yeah the top of that tank was steel and about 25 foot in diameter. Weighs many hundred pounds I would guess. Some daylights shots of it on the ground in the aftermath video I posted.

[DrylineMedia]

If you look at the aftermath video I posted from a couple of days later in the daylight, you can get an even bigger sense of the size of the facility, or what's left of it anyway. Some up close shots of the tank that went flying too.

[musiman28]

This slow motion shot is cool, but you can't beat the other video with sound.

[DrylineMedia]

I agree, the sound is incredible. I have 5.1 surround with base speakers on my computer and when I crank it up it's like being there all over again.

[DrylineMedia]

I apologize if I accidentally removed a comment from someone. They really need to move the REPLY somewhere AWAY from the REMOVE.

[TheTornadoChaser]

This was one hell of a bleve! Great shot, and good to hear you are ok that was a hell of a close call.

[musiman28]

Sorry that your chase van didn't make it, but at least it was the only casualty.

[DrylineMedia]

Yeah I'll miss it, but it's expendable. Those firefighters were not and thankfully they made it!

[aj400ox]

That is intense footage, hope no one got hurt.