Holladay homeowner apologizes to neighbors for home explosion

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2 ай бұрын

The Holladay homeowner where dynamite was detonated Wednesday morning is apologizing to neighbors for the damage to their homes and disruption to their lives.
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@jasonasselin 2 ай бұрын

So they removed all THEY wanted too but wouldn't allow the homeowners to remove any personal property or items before destroying it all?

@HiThisIsMine 2 ай бұрын

That’s not how it went down. They were removing stuff and cleared the neighborhood and house as soon as they discovered the dynamite.

@LoriL010 2 ай бұрын

Well, considering there was uncontained leaked mercury in the house , other chemicals, and dynamite it wasn't safe to let her into the home to retrieve anything..

@jasonasselin 2 ай бұрын

@@LoriL010 That's ignorant as heck.

@LoriL010 2 ай бұрын

@@jasonasselin But the other guys comment, which was basically the same principal as mine, is solid? I know all I need to know about ya now...Have a great day.

@HiThisIsMine 2 ай бұрын

@@LoriL010 - you talking about my comment? Not agreeing with the other guy but that’s not at all the same explanation or principal

@WarofThoughts 2 ай бұрын

Dynamite that was passed down to him? Who was his grandfather? Yosemite Sam?

@Sylvan_dB Ай бұрын

Video said a farmer in oregon. 50+ years ago dynamite was more easily available and farmers here in the western mountains often had cause to use it. I was around it a few times as a child and teen in the 1970s. I personally never used dynamite, but I did apply a lot of chemicals that have since been banned as too hazardous to use, and back then we didn't use any protective gear. Like a mole/gopher poison in the form of small granules that would evaporate forming cyanide gas. Cyan-a-gas or something like that. Strongly recommend good ventilation and holding your breath while the tin is open, continuing until you get the hole covered where you dropped the teaspoon of granules. Times have changed, in large part for the better.

@nathanb7281 Ай бұрын

@@Sylvan_dBAnd population density has changed. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@Bigrignohio Ай бұрын

Any farmer. Blowing stumps was a common practice.

@tm-ln4hj Ай бұрын

@Sylvan_dB you could buy it 30 years ago all day long

@danakavanagh Ай бұрын

You win the internet today 😂😂😂

@laurieleannie 2 ай бұрын

He must have been a fascinating man! I’m sorry for your loss ma’am.

@Fred-mp1vf 2 ай бұрын

He was a careless and irresponsible imbecile.

@GrayRaceCat 2 ай бұрын

@@Fred-mp1vf The two aren't mutually exclusive.

@thefourhorsemen91 2 ай бұрын

Fascinating? He had explosives in his home. Over years and years. Anyone who knows anything about dynamite knows how dangerous that is and he just didn't care.

@russell-di8js Ай бұрын

@@thefourhorsemen91 Thats what i was thinking, he must have been a muppet long before his illness took over!!

@bcbock Ай бұрын

@@thefourhorsemen91 And radiological material too. Insane that his house was essentially toxic waste dump.

@traildoggy 2 ай бұрын

They said they removed a lot, but how many chemicals were blown up into the neighbors air and onto their property? I'd want an environmental checkup if my house was anywhere nearby.

@colincampbell767 Ай бұрын

That's going to be an interesting conversation with their insurance company.

@johnstaton5524 Ай бұрын

Probably not much of an issue. Dynamite was the issue, not the chems most looked to be stored in acid resistant and corrosion resistant containers.

@triciac1019 2 ай бұрын

What a kind lady. Thinking of her neighbors when she lost everything. That could have gone up with her in it and no one would have known the whole story.

@TurquoiseInk 2 ай бұрын

I think she's probably really embarrassed, too. To realize that her husband's negligence and her negligence has so much damage and upset in the community she's lived in for 51 years must be very difficult.

@triciac1019 2 ай бұрын

@@TurquoiseInk I agree!

@showsomekindnessppl6405 2 ай бұрын

She was sure smiling while she "apologized"

@bcbock Ай бұрын

Really? You think her apology was sufficient for the enormous danger they faced?

@vintagelady1 Ай бұрын

Yep, she's so kind she sat around while her husband put her & everyone in the neighborhood at risk w/out saying a thing. Radioactive materials? Seriously? And it's dismissed with "I think he just lost track of how much he had." He had no right to have ANY of it. Ridiculous.

@conniewaterman1673 Ай бұрын

Poor woman, what a terrible tragedy! The loss of her husband and the loss of her home!😢🙏

@kenbland3455 25 күн бұрын

I'm more concerned with the people who's homes were damaged, and the family that was left homeless.

@conniewaterman1673 22 күн бұрын

@@kenbland3455 why can't we care about everyone who suffered the loss of homes? As an older disabled woman. I can tell you that younger people are more likely to be stronger in such a situation. I am working very hard to give you the benefit of the doubt, because what you could be saying about this woman could be sadly insulting. I hope not.😳

@AFloridaSon 2 ай бұрын

Nice lady to lose so much, and still be thinking of her neighbors.

@djrosette Ай бұрын

Don't they have ways of safely detonating that stuff without damaging any homes including the house where it was stored 🤔

@tshaffer9681 2 ай бұрын

OMG !!!! This poor woman. God bless you and yours. Stay safe.

@gregking7926 2 ай бұрын

If the dynamite had crystalized then removal was impossible and they had to detonate it in place.

@HiThisIsMine 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info Mr Factoid! 🦸‍♂️

@ImprovmanZero 2 ай бұрын

@@HiThisIsMine Your welcome Dr Sarcasm.

@HiThisIsMine 2 ай бұрын

@@ImprovmanZero woah, cloaking capabilities too!

@ericemmons3040 2 ай бұрын

Non-chemist asking, here: what does it mean that the dynamite could have crystallized, and why would it be impossible to remove it if it were in that condition?

@karenneill9109 2 ай бұрын

@@ericemmons3040the nitroglycerin in dynamite weeps out of its stabilizers, forming a crystal on the outside of the stick of dynamite. Any amount of movement can cause an explosion when it’s in that state.

@gozardsmooth 2 ай бұрын

dementia and dynamite rarely go together well. But apology accepted.

@BookAndLace 2 ай бұрын

I’m so glad in the years my husband spent teaching Chemistry he kept all the chemicals at the school on OSHA approved containment. Also glad he decided to change jobs, but that’s a different news topic 😂

@Skymouth 2 ай бұрын

Why did they detonate the Dynomite when there were still tons of potentially deadly chemicals that are now spread all over the neighborhood thanks to that blast???

@colincampbell767 Ай бұрын

Yes, let's move hazardous chemicals in a place that has unstable dynamite in it. What could possibly go wrong?

@candr. Күн бұрын

@@colincampbell767 They've been living that way for years, if not decades. I'm pretty sure they could have cleared the areas not near the dynamite.

@hsoderberg6505 2 ай бұрын

I don't understand why she wasn't able to take her belongings from the home beforehand- unless the spilled mercury, etc made it unsafe.

@colincampbell767 Ай бұрын

The aged dynamite. If they had to detonate it, then it has leeched and had nitroglycerine crystals formed on it. Plus - there were all the other fairly nasty chemicals.

@eileenmcdonald1599 Ай бұрын

She was. You need to watch and read other reports.

@RedHuntsman Ай бұрын

The dynamite was stable for decades and likely would remain so if not disturbed, but they couldn't move the personal belongings of the old lady as well as let neighbors board up windows? The EPA should have at least given the homeowners in the area a few days. Now they neighbors will need to file claims against the old lady's home insurance, if she had it, to pay for repairs.

@9sheri9 Ай бұрын

I'm sure it's just protocol that once they find items like this, it's their duty to preserve life. Even though the items had been sitting undisturbed for years with no catastrophe & the chances of something happening at this point may have seemed minimal, in the event that something did happen & members of the public were wounded or worse, the agencies would have been liable. Just a guess.

@mnicholl93 Ай бұрын

Considering the explosion lifted off the roof of the neighbours house that did seem to have boards over the windows that still shattered (poss from the roof lifting off then slamming back down) I think the explosion was far bigger than expected & plywood boarding over the glass wasn't sufficient!!!!

@KaladinDarkEyes 2 ай бұрын

Reminds me of highschool chemistry, we had a teacher who was new to the school and after an earthquake he told us the chemical supply room was full of unlabeled bottles from the previous teacher and if there was another earthquake to just run.

@colincampbell767 Ай бұрын

I have a sister who worked for Lockheed - as a chemist specializing in propellants (propellants are explosives that don't burn as fast). She was at work when the Loma Pietra Earthquake hit San Francisco. She and the other people in the lab took off at a dead sprint. The other people in the building watched the chemists from a propellent laboratory leave the lab and run - so they didn't ask questions and ran.

@pm1104 Ай бұрын

What a sham ……was this really necessary to blow up this woman’s home ? 😢

@eileenmcdonald1599 Ай бұрын

Yes it was.

@dougse-bike9770 Ай бұрын

Of course not, it was all done for kicks. Everyone knows dynamite only gets more stable with age....just like we all know the sky is mean white with noen jade polka dots...

@jeffreymagyar3990 2 ай бұрын

I cant believe they blew her house up

@momof1576 2 ай бұрын

There was no choice

@colincampbell767 Ай бұрын

What alternative did they have? Reading between the lines it was the over-age dynamite. Dynamite is nitroglycerine that is stabilized with an absorbent clay. As dynamite ages the nitroglycerine slowly leaks out and forms crystals on the outside. Would you have gone in to remove it yourself - knowing that act of picking it up could set it off?

@SamIAm-uk1pp Ай бұрын

@@colincampbell767 "Would you have gone in to remove it yourself - knowing that act of picking it up could set it off?" Picking it up? That stuff is so unstable that SNEEZING at it could set it off!

@colincampbell767 Ай бұрын

@@SamIAm-uk1pp The OP thinks that they shouldn't have detonated the stuff in place.

@eileenmcdonald1599 Ай бұрын

If they attempted to move the dynamite it could have exploded possibly killing others . it was safer to have a controlled explosion

@geebee7529 Ай бұрын

No way insurance is going to cover that. This woman will be absolutely ruined because of her husband’s irresponsibility.

@zarahmclauren1459 Ай бұрын

Such a catastrophic event, yet the homeowner and neighbors interviewed could not be kinder nor more considerate of one another.

@user-st6nt4ou6f 2 ай бұрын

This was not her fault. So sad for her. 😢😢

@colincampbell767 Ай бұрын

Actually - it is. She knew than he was keeping a buttload of hazardous materials and didn't do anything about it. The neighbors were lucky - hazardous chemicals plus aged and unstable dynamite are not something that you want somebody with Alzheimer's to be around.

@bcbock Ай бұрын

@@colincampbell767 I agree. She could have put her foot down. It was her house too. If my husband was keeping dynamite, mercury, and radiological materials in the garage, I would pitch a fit until it was gone.

@eileenmcdonald1599 Ай бұрын

Actually no. It was not

@moondancer334 Ай бұрын

Clearly she was aware he was storing old dynamite because she explained the story about how he acquired it.

@karimylo4002 Ай бұрын

@@eileenmcdonald1599 Totally her fault. She knew stuff was down there. If you know of hazardous material and do nothing, you are liable.

@gordonwaite2 Ай бұрын

You know the insurance company is going to deny her claim, and rightfully so. She could actually be sued by the insurance companies that have losses from her neighbors claims.

@serenadingstarz 13 күн бұрын

i hope she is sued. the negligence on her end is shocking.

@johnsradios484 2 ай бұрын

Dynamite ! Who keeps dynamite in a residential home? Mercury too! Irresponsible!

@bcbock Ай бұрын

Not to mention radiological material.

@JoshKozi 2 ай бұрын

Oh that...that's just my family heirloom...DYNAMITE!!

@garyhull5617 2 ай бұрын

Question for the day: What's in my neighbors house?

@fortyarpent 2 ай бұрын

Right! I live next to an older woman & grown daughter & the amount of trash/garbage they through out twice a week is disturbing!

@Bigrignohio Ай бұрын

I already know. To one side, marijuana grow op. To the other, lots of male "visitors" and "interesting" clothing deliveries (sometimes misdelivered to me).

@jagpilotohio Ай бұрын

You don’t want to know. I’ve flipped a number of “problem” houses over the years and the inside was often terrifying.

@eileenmcdonald1599 Ай бұрын

So you actually spy on their trash?

@oldgeezer2780 Ай бұрын

@@eileenmcdonald1599 It isn't hard to see how many bags/barrels of rubbish are placed by the road each week.

@leerubin4303 24 күн бұрын

Well Terry, YOU OWE YOUR NEIGHBORS a new home and expenses. Apology is hollow until your insurance policy pays out.

@TakenTook 2 ай бұрын

So if this was a controlled explosion to detonate the sticks of dynamite that had deteriorated too much to be moved, and they were able to plan it in a way to get the neighborhood safely evacuated first, was she at least able to retrieve important things out of the house ahead of time? Yes, there was a danger that it could explode at any point, but that danger had probably already been there for years. Did they at least give her an hour or so to pack up important papers and photographs and some other belongings? Or am I misinterpreting the newscast when they say she has "lost everything" as a result of the explosion? Of course she's lost the house, appliances, furniture, etc. and that's going to be a huge burden, but I hope she was able to get important documents, memories and other valuable things out safely.

@bcbock Ай бұрын

Just because a danger has been somewhere for years doesn’t mean that it still couldn’t go off at any second. Your responsibility for a situation begins when you become aware of it.

@pamelamohn5931 Ай бұрын

@@bcbockThere was no question of responsibility.

@9sheri9 Ай бұрын

@@bcbock That's not what OP was saying; they were wondering if when the news said that she lost everything, if she also lost a few irreplaceable items; like, did they give her a few minutes to retrieve anything before restricting access & detonation.

@amanecer7778 2 ай бұрын

Poor Lady! Prayers for you. ❤🙏

@clandestineworm 2 ай бұрын

Wow, imagine being told they have to detonate your house. Thus was quite the story.

@surfingshewolf 21 күн бұрын

She and the ppl who blew up the home need to be sued

@bigedslobotomy 2 ай бұрын

He was a different kind of hoarder! He was a hoarder of dangerous things!

@user-ox1pl3po9k 2 ай бұрын

very few chemicals are dangerous- if you know how to handle them.

@orion7741 2 ай бұрын

NOT a hoarder, just a chemist that had all the necessary chemicals that he needed. how can you sit there and pass judgement by calling him a hoarder when you obviously have no clue about chemistry and what is involved....

@colincampbell767 Ай бұрын

@@orion7741 A former chemist with Alzheimer's. I don't understand why the wife didn't have the hazmat removed when it because unsafe for him to be around the stuff.

@bcbock Ай бұрын

@@orion7741 If you have dynamite that is disintegrating and freaking radiological materials and mercury just laying around, you are a danger. He was a menace to his neighbors for having a toxic waste dump in his home.

@eileenmcdonald1599 Ай бұрын

Don't understand why many of you are clueless

@TERoss-jk9ny Ай бұрын

What a lovely woman. Don’t give up, sweetheart.

@roseannecarratkinson4271 2 ай бұрын

Why didn't they allow her to take her items out of her home? Are they going to help her out? This should have been treated differently.

@thomaswhitney8097 2 ай бұрын

Ya, it seems like a lame excuse. Probably red tape and other nonsense.

@ImprovmanZero 2 ай бұрын

Crystalline dynamite is VERY sensitive. Letting that happen risks something setting it off while she or someone else is inside. Personally I would have had the robot collect the small stuff but I understand why they didn't

@fastst1 2 ай бұрын

@@ImprovmanZero you can soak it for a few hours in diesel fuel to desensitize it.

@OutWestRedDirt 2 ай бұрын

@@ImprovmanZerothey were in that house 51 years. NO reason to not let her take stuff. NO reason to do it in the middle of the night.

@LetsTalkAboutPrepping 2 ай бұрын

It mightve, been the radioactivity. Just maybe.

@InspiringNotionz 2 ай бұрын

I imagine they didn’t want the liability of allowing her to spend one second in that volatile environment.

@brettmason1942 Ай бұрын

Inconvenience? Not planned?she is sorry. This is very irresponsible of her. This is very irresponsible of her husband and her for allowing it. She's liable

@willswalkingwest7267 2 ай бұрын

...radioactive materials.

@JamesWilliams-gp6ek 2 ай бұрын

They skipped over that real fast.

@richardwilliamsiv3778 16 күн бұрын

Honestly he could have had a large collection of smoke detectors, they contain americium (radioactive element), or even coal ashes (they contain radioactive material too). Not to mention they didn’t say what type of radiation it was either, or how much there was. The dose makes the poison. And we’re constantly bombarded with natural radiation all the time, from natural geological processes to the sun.

@Li21251 14 күн бұрын

I am glad she apologized for the damages, that’s kind. *Let’s stop donating dynamite to others, especially the elderly*

@willissudweeks1050 2 ай бұрын

Why would that guy even bring dynamite into his house anyways hahaha being a chemist he should know!

@ImprovmanZero 2 ай бұрын

Chemists are mad scientists

@CB-ke7eq 2 ай бұрын

Some scientists certainly seem to fit the "mad" label lol.

@noneyun9943 2 ай бұрын

But it was safer to detonate the subdivision? This is insane

@CB-ke7eq 2 ай бұрын

@@noneyun9943There was crystallized nitroglycerin leaking from sticks of dynamite, you're not moving that stuff without it moving you. In many pieces.

@dougaltolan3017 2 ай бұрын

Dynamite is totally safe if you know, what you are doing. A chemist would have no problem keeping it safe. The tragedy is that with Alzheimers, you don't realise what you have forgotten.

@beloveddaughter8585 2 ай бұрын

So detonating the house therefore blowing it all over the surrounding homes sounds like a really good idea?

@pegasus5287 2 ай бұрын

I wondered why they didnt just remove it

@colincampbell767 Ай бұрын

I wouldn't describe as a good idea. I would describe it as the 'least bad option.' What do you think they are going to do with unstable dynamite?

@eileenmcdonald1599 Ай бұрын

Because it could have gone off killing someone. Old dynamite becomes very unstable

@beloveddaughter8585 Ай бұрын

And now Mercury, the 2nd most toxic metal known to man, is spread ALL OVER the entire suburb poisoning everybody, and now impossible to clean up.

@pamelamohn5931 Ай бұрын

@@colincampbell767That was sarcasm.

@Enjoythepour Ай бұрын

How sad for her. She didn’t know, and to lose her husband in January. Bless her.

@erikadowdy2382 Ай бұрын

WHAT A MESS! So Dangerous

@mora103 2 ай бұрын

Hope this poor lady had home owners insurance and she gets help. She just lost her husband then she had her home blown up right after cleaning it. Talk about bad luck, then her first action is to apologize to her neighbors 😢

@colincampbell767 Ай бұрын

I doubt that the insurance is going to pay. They insured a home under the assumption that it would be used as a home and not as an unregulated laboratory.

@serenadingstarz 13 күн бұрын

'sorry for the inconvenience' is not a proper apology. this lady doesn't deserve anything.

@mora103 13 күн бұрын

@@serenadingstarz She wasn't even the one who stored the Dynamite, she didn't even know about it. It was her late husband, and was his responsibility not hers. It doesn't cost anything to be a considerate person. Vain people don't half to have ugly attitudes and personalities 🤷 just saying

@serenadingstarz 13 күн бұрын

@@mora103 i have a very, very hard time believing she had no idea that her mad scientist husband had liquid mercury, radioactive materials, and dynamite in their small, residential home. even if i did believe it, it's still negligence on her part for allowing him to have an amateur chemistry lab in, again, their RESIDENTIAL HOME, with zero safety precautions.

@mora103 13 күн бұрын

@@serenadingstarz well that's one opinion. I personally don't tell my old lady about every project I have going on 🤷

@fastst1 2 ай бұрын

Guess they didn't want to desensitize it with a diesel fuel bath.

@colincampbell767 Ай бұрын

Not worth the risk to the person who would have to do it. And all it would take is one crystal that didn't get saturated . . .

@fastst1 Ай бұрын

@@colincampbell767 I'll certainly defer to the tech on site 100% they're the one tickling the dragon.

@johnbeton4058 2 ай бұрын

I hope the city will help this lady.

@bcbock Ай бұрын

I hope not. Her inaction endangered all of her neighbors. Imagine how you’d feel if your neighbors did this very stupid and selfish thing. She was part owner of the property. She had some say about not storing dangerous things there, but she chose to go along with it.

@robertskelton2576 2 ай бұрын

Now with demolition and toxic clean up that the city will charge her in the millions she needs to skip town. At her age that house was most likely thing of value she owns.

@DM-eo6zw 2 ай бұрын

Professor? Dynamite? Common Sense?

@TEM14411 2 ай бұрын

Thank you. There was a lack of consideration for the safety of others in all this. I can accept not malicious but irresponsible and unethical, absolutely.

@colincampbell767 Ай бұрын

Alzheimer's and hazardous chemicals are what got my attention.

@loverainthunder Ай бұрын

Wacky Professor types don't have common sense.

@bcbock Ай бұрын

@@colincampbell767 Radiation caught my ear.

@Pr0toPoTaT0 Ай бұрын

This is such a sad story. Older people always fascinate me and im sure he wqs no exception!

@danasmith858 2 ай бұрын

Can you still claim homeowners insurance if you hauled the dynamite there??

@lianegiago5443 2 ай бұрын

If the dynamite was in the home, I feel it should be included. If my oven explodes or a pipe burst in my home - insurance would still cover damages regardless of the fact I bought the oven and updated the plumbing.

@LoriL010 2 ай бұрын

@@lianegiago5443 Ummm...that's a little different scenario.

@LoriL010 2 ай бұрын

That's a very good question. And, my guess would be no, especially if he didn't have a federal license to transport and store it.

@Fred-mp1vf 2 ай бұрын

Of course not! You'd be arrested.

@HiThisIsMine 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely not. This lady isn’t getting a penny from the insurance. You can’t claim things if negligence is found to be the cause. Super sad too. All she has now is the value of the land which will very likely be wiped out by cleanup costs, the cost of damage to neighbors property, the cost associated with bringing in the bomb crew (effectively charging her to blow up the house) as well as fire department charges, fines from the city and possibly even state.

@ChaiLatte13 2 ай бұрын

This is unreal. I can't believe they blew her house up.

@colincampbell767 Ай бұрын

Would you have gone in there to clear out the unstable dynamite that could explode if you have it a dirty look?

@TurquoiseInk 2 ай бұрын

They don't need apologies, they need restitutiion. Don't store dangerous chemicals in the house. I have compassion for her, but the main issue is residential homes shouldn't be a place for doing "experiments" with dangerous substances like mercury, dynamite and whatever else was there. There is a reason professionals use labs for chemicals. Get a hobby that doesn't put you, your famiky or your neighbors in peril. 💀

@lindamulhall1055 Ай бұрын

I may be wrong but I do believe they said he had dementia. Who knows when it started.

@amunago080 Ай бұрын

They were in the house for over 50 years, it's likely that he didn't have neighbors to blow up at the time.

@PhecdaPlato 2 ай бұрын

Wow. That’s one person out of….. oh gosh how many elderly have things like this. Or just people in general. Wow.

@Deletedcommentfactory Ай бұрын

I would blame whoever decided to blow up her house rather than just removing the stuff. They should be apologizing, not her.

@dougse-bike9770 Ай бұрын

And you would be blaming the wrong person. It's 2024 you are obviously connected to the internet so research what happens to dynamite as it ages.

@clydedenby1436 2 ай бұрын

What is The U?

@ciannamessinger 2 ай бұрын

University of Utah

@terrypussypower Ай бұрын

Take a guess!

@AyakoTachi 2 ай бұрын

yikes

@CathyLane-zi6zl Ай бұрын

Why did they have to blow up her house?? Would be nice to have more information on that from the news station...incomplete reporting

@davidbryant3532 Ай бұрын

You simply did not pay attention...that's the problem with our society....no one listens. You are a part of the problem

@lynashmcmash4427 2 ай бұрын

Why were they searching her house in the first place? (Although they clearly had good reason in the end)

@CricketsBay 2 ай бұрын

She found spilled mercury and called Hazmat for help. They came to clean it up and found the rest.

@amechealle5918 2 ай бұрын

Who brings all this home and puts his family’s lives at risk. Collecting for decades! Is she homeless now until she moves to her daughters home? What are some of those chemicals bleached into the soil and water and everything putting the neighbors at risk? This is insane.

@Fred-mp1vf 2 ай бұрын

Just Imagine if there was a fire!

@vlsice2024 2 ай бұрын

I wonder what this homeowner thought after she called the cops to try to safely dispose of the dynamite and when she heard this is the solution they came up with what to blow up her house

@colincampbell767 Ай бұрын

She called about a mercury spill. When the hazmat crews got there, they saw all of the other hazardous chemicals and radioactive materials. While clearing out the hazmat they discovered the unstable dynamite and evacuated the building. There is no 'safe' way to move unstable dynamite.

@user-jx7rc4gl6u Ай бұрын

Why did she tolerate him having this stuff in and around her home? He hasnt ALWAYS had dementia. It took powerful willful closing of her eyes and mind to allow him to do this FOR YEARS. I feel she is also culpable.

@ralbert7885 Ай бұрын

Awesome story

@atmos1x 2 ай бұрын

Funny it should fall tp the city and not the homes insurance or owner. As sad as it is her and they gathered an ampunt of chemicals alone that should have never been in a residential area like that, let alone tnt from multiple decades ago.

@jmackinjersey1 20 күн бұрын

There are other ways to remove old dynamite rather than ruining the house and the houses/property around it.

@rawbacon Ай бұрын

"We're The Government And We're Here To Help"

@ClarityDetermination Ай бұрын

Wow.

@muddysludge7117 2 ай бұрын

What's he building in there?

@cody967 22 күн бұрын

So she is out of a house too. At that age, What a terrible situation

@GIONATION5 Ай бұрын

She needs to sue for gross negligence on the city how they handled this massive lawsuit is pending. Just wait.

@MattH-wg7ou Ай бұрын

"Im from the gvmt and I'm here to help!" 💥

@Fgcbear15 Ай бұрын

Who did the hazard assessment? Tetra Tech? Sho made the call to detonate the dynamite?

@Hakuna_Frittata Ай бұрын

Acids, bases, solvents... Are they going to raid my refrigerator and under-sink cabinet next?

@JakesOnline Ай бұрын

Don't we have robots that can move the dynamite to a containment truck?

@doogandoggin2571 Ай бұрын

Poor lady. Imagine the call to the insurance company.

@stephenbinion6348 Ай бұрын

Once dynamite sweats it becomes too unstable to move.

@tessietesoro7407 Ай бұрын

OMGOSH, poor widow , she has nowhere to live ? Hopefully, the government can help her

@jeffhays1968 2 ай бұрын

Old dynamite is unstable but as I understand it it can be immersed in diesel fuel instead of blown up but I am also sure the hazmat crews know that. It was the fire marshal that made the call no doubt. These folks from the 50's did a lot of sketchy stuff in homes and garages that nobody today would ever do ( we hope)

@jessicabixler1658 2 ай бұрын

How much was there and pouring diesel into a basement that may not be in any way sealed....

@jeffhays1968 2 ай бұрын

@@jessicabixler1658 We assume it's a plastic tub of some sort, I doubt just pouring it on is even a thing. Nitro is basically an oil so I guess the theory is it will dissolve in kero or diesel.

@colincampbell767 Ай бұрын

You have to pick it up in order to do that. And picking it up can cause it to detonate.

@DS-lt7fw Ай бұрын

@@jeffhays1968 it had been in the house for 50 years so I would expect it to be in a wood crate or metal box.

@MatecaCorp Ай бұрын

It’s a shame that things had to end the way they did. Unfortunately there’s nothing else that can be done when dealing with such unstable stuff. Old dynamite like that can go off just from sneezing at it. Hopefully she can get back on her feet.

@mxhart1976 26 күн бұрын

OK if the EPA has time to move so much before the detonation, neighbors had time to make their preparations

@coffeechocolate7364 Ай бұрын

Oh my, poor woman. Good of her to think of her neighbors and apologize. Hoarding gone wrong

@maryparis576 2 ай бұрын

How did she not know it was there

@stinew358 Ай бұрын

My dad is a tinkerer and has a garage full of "stuff". My mom doesn't know what he has or why it's there. Thankfully he doesn't do chemistry

@DS-lt7fw Ай бұрын

How? She's not a chemist. Though she probably knew, but she didn't know how to properly handle and dispose of it because the chemist in the family is no longer in his right mind.

@Dsdcain 2 ай бұрын

There's some questions I'dblove to have answers to. Like why did they hurry up and remove acids and bases, and well the mercury but left the old unstable dynomite.

@CEOkiller Ай бұрын

Dynamite sweats nitroglycerin…

@jerryrigsit5400 Ай бұрын

I don't understand why they didn't use a blast box... so sad they chose to destroy this lady's home. It does seem she's wanting to move on though.

@TEM14411 2 ай бұрын

The inconvenience??????

@AtomicSpeck Ай бұрын

Inconvenience?

@kikh4691 Ай бұрын

But what about all the mercury if he was building his own mercury thermometers did they find all that or did they just blow it up into the air and contaminate the whole area?

@HR-rt9nh 2 ай бұрын

she is screwed ! big time... not only has she lost everything they will send her a multi million dollar hazmat clean up bill.

@vlsice2024 2 ай бұрын

Well, apparently, they had enough time to clear out some of the hazard material why she get some of her neighbors to try to help her clear out some of her personal stuff why they were trying to clear out all the hazardous stuff

@vintagetubeamplifiers Ай бұрын

Think about how many Vietnam era hand grenades are in basements and garages.

@bgat911 17 күн бұрын

Concerned for the neighbors? It's her fault!!! The city, and the home owner need to pay for the damage and cost for relocation for the neighbors... this is exactly why you shouldn't be allowed to have all those chemicals and especially old dynamite in your home..

@boogieknee3781 Ай бұрын

Ouch. I am reminded here of the "nuclear boy scout" incident.

@janetjohnson7279 Ай бұрын

😱😱

@seph4667 2 ай бұрын

Ladies, never date a chemist.

@maryparis576 2 ай бұрын

Just, JUST A MERCURY SPILL.

@angelasepi657 2 ай бұрын

Blown all over the neighborhood

@colincampbell767 Ай бұрын

@@angelasepi657 Would you have gone to move that dynamite - knowing that the act of you touching it in order to pick it off could detonate it?

@carlosquintana6930 Ай бұрын

I’m sure the city is going to send this lady a whole bunch of fine $$$$$$ that is what this city care money 💴

@BobDobbs681 2 ай бұрын

"a retired chemist from the U" What is the U?

@TEM14411 2 ай бұрын

There is something else going on in all this. Anyone who would hoard all that and have no regard for the community was involved in deep state or high level government activity.

@iricandescence 2 ай бұрын

The University of Utah

@judelarkin2883 2 ай бұрын

Lol. Quite a collector.

@darlamccoy810 20 күн бұрын

Why did the detonate it!? Just remove it. This is FISHY!!???

@Cooscoop 2 ай бұрын

There was probably an h20 motor in the garage.

@tamonettX500 2 ай бұрын

LOL!

@vicpetrishak7705 Ай бұрын

Did they blow all the chemicals and explosives after calling the Norfolk Southern Railroad Company response team as they did in East Palestine , Ohio during a derailment ?

@ImprovmanZero 2 ай бұрын

He had fisile material? This guy was eccentric

@KitYeeScott 2 ай бұрын

So many things might be considered radioactive today that were common in the past: Old style Colman lantern mantles, old instruments, old lenses, even some plates etc. really need to know what he had to understand the threat level.

@Fred-mp1vf 2 ай бұрын

"Eccentric" is too nice a word. He was a careless, irresponsible idiot.

@ShainAndrews 2 ай бұрын

Nobody said fissile (spelled correctly... because of education), except for you.

@ImprovmanZero 2 ай бұрын

@@ShainAndrews Thanks I forgot how to spell it.

@ffjsb 2 ай бұрын

I think you misspelled STUPID...