# \#disasters

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## [The 1947 Texas City Port Explosion](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-1947-texas-city-port-explosion/1860)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [16 August 2022 14:56 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-1947-texas-city-port-explosion/1860 "2022-08-16T14:56:32Z")

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I had either not previously heard or forgotten about the second explosion, which some witnesses said was even more powerful than the first, but only claimed two lives because the area of the port where it …

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## [Moonfall—What If the Moon Were to Spiral In to Earth?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/moonfall-what-if-the-moon-were-to-spiral-in-to-earth/870)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [11 February 2022 13:19 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/moonfall-what-if-the-moon-were-to-spiral-in-to-earth/870 "2022-02-11T13:19:16Z")

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## [What Caused the Tenerife Airport Disaster?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/what-caused-the-tenerife-airport-disaster/583)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
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**Last updated:** [17 December 2021 05:10 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/what-caused-the-tenerife-airport-disaster/583 "2021-12-17T05:10:29Z")

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The 1977 collision of two Boeing 747s on the runway at the Los Rodeos Airport on Tenerife in the Canary Islands remains the worst disaster in the history of commercial passenger aviation, with 583 fatalitie…