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There's a post knocking about pointing out that the Oklahoma bombing used 2.5 tonnes of ammonium nitrate. This appears to have been over 2500 tonnes.

It's difficult to get your head around this level of destructive power.

The few things I've read seem to imply that the sanitiser itself usually has a flash point of over 21°C, but then state that they will give off a flammable vapour, without stating the flashpoint of the vapour, so that's helpful. What is clear is that the vapour will be heavier than air, so providing...

Weirdly, I was parked in what I suspect* is the carpark to the facility you are talking about, not 45 minutes ago.

Small world.

*Unless you are one of those people who maintains that EK is Southside.

Just added a progress report by the look of it.

We should have had security guards for securing the main doors, but over the years '3 at all times' became '2 at all times' and then 'frequently 1 poor sod trying to cover both sides of the building whilst also on his lunch break'. Seemed easier to work with reality and assume that they wouldn't be ...

As far as I am aware there is nothing that specifies, and I doubt there ever will be, because it's an incredibly building-specific thing. How many essential roles are there? How many people will need to be ushered out? How many are staff and how many are the public? Are those staff members well trai...

Or the FRA could simply require that the sound-minded adults are fully informed of the requirement that the doors are left closed, and are asked to sign something that confirms that they've received this information. And then you walk away, leaving anything else to the landlord to sort out with thre...

What kind of accommodation are we talking about? HMO covers everything from students to children's homes to mental heath supported living. For some of those, it might be possible to simply lock the laundry and kitchen overnight. Assuming it's not possible, what are the tenants wedging the doors open...

Single staircase

I believe the seals are just smoke seals

Staircase is otherwise fully enclosed, as are each of the flat access lobbies

Stay put strategy is in place

For the first question, why do you think having a panel will help reduce the risk to life? 5 children in (presumably) five rooms suggests it would be faster for staff to visit all rooms and get the kids moving than to check a panel, work out where the alert was from and then what? Evacuate from that...

I'm fairly sure I'm right to be throwing my toys out of the pram for this one, but I think I could do with a reality check!? So I've seen this weird design quirk turn up in multiple 'mini' multi story flats (run by multiple organisations). On the upper floors, the bin chute hopper will open into the...

I don't scribble at all – I take millions of photos, videos if necessary, and then sit down and transfer them onto a text-heavy template. Whilst this is at first, a pretty different approach to Messy, I agree entirely about the inflexibility of apps. Anything I use needs to be able to handle the unu...