i was grabbing lunch at a convenience store in front of a quarry one day and wasn't thinking about blasting at the time just standing in line waiting for food when all of a sudden it felt like a school bus ran into the building and the whole thing shook, the lights were swaying and everything, i was completely confused then the cashier just looks at me, smiles, and says... "that was a good one" that's when i realized they just blasted the mountain side out probably 200 yards down the hill... it was the craziest feeling but i thought it was awesome at the same time and have been into this stuff ever since lol
As a student worked at a quarry running a rock drill and placing explosives. It was a real rush setting off the charges. I still have my blasters handbook.
Crazy how much destructive power we have now. People from the past probably struggled with mountains and cliffs now we can just remove the whole damn thing 😅
At 4:14 that shot would be the best way explain what the blast did from mount st Helens back in the 80s just on a hole lot bigger scale....you see the body of water in the shot when they set it off the blast pushes every bit of that water up the other side an way up in the air...that what the mountain did when it went off except it was spirit lake that went way up the other side..there no video of the actual event but this video an this one shot is the best way to explain it 👍👍👍👍👍 great video 👍👍👍
Would someone who knows answer a question for me?what happens when 1 or more charges don't explode? What is the procedure for recovery of those charges? Will a dozer or some other heavy excavator set the charges off if it comes in contact with them? This is interesting stuff and I would like to know the answer. Please.
