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Someone correct me if I'm wrong, doesn't diesel fuel have to be added to ammonium nitrate for it to explode? Might have been some diesel stored in there somewhere (which would be crazy).

no actually ammonia nitrate can explode all on its own, this explosion has a lot of mitigating factors, the bags were bulk ( 1-2k lbs per) and they were stacked together in a damp warehouse....this allowed pressure and moisture to cause these bags of granular AN to clump and harden....so once it caught on fire a part of it reached threshold and exploded, since the AN was clumped up and hardened the explosion was able to propagate through the rest of the AN more efficiently, so instead of a slower release of energy it all went off at once.....the perfect storm of conditions really....there was actually some fireworks in one end of the warehouse and these apparently were set on fire by welders, this caused a fire that eventually caused the explosion.
 
I do wish more Southern States would invest in roads like North Carolina does.. South Carolina roads are the worst overall.
North Carolina over invests in its roads . They are 4 laneing roads in rural counties with declining populations. Too fat of a budget so they have to spend their money or they get cut ... no surprise at the projects .
 
North Carolina over invests in its roads . They are 4 laneing roads in rural counties with declining populations. Too fat of a budget so they have to spend their money or they get cut ... no surprise at the projects .
As someone who drives a lot for my job in non-covid times, more lanes the better even in rural areas at least for passing.
 
North Carolina over invests in its roads . They are 4 laneing roads in rural counties with declining populations. Too fat of a budget so they have to spend their money or they get cut ... no surprise at the projects .
Interesting. They must be spending all the money outside of Charlotte. Commute from union county one lane roads into Charlotte are a ---- show.
 
Interesting. They must be spending all the money outside of Charlotte. Commute from union county one lane roads into Charlotte are a poop show.
Two reasons , way Charlotte grew was far more chaotic than Raleigh . Plus Raleigh is the capital , and down east politicians have a lot of sway here because of history/ proximity to Raleigh . Most our notable governors are down easters!

N.C. aggressively paved dirt roads past century ! Sucks because I love dirt roads . Halifax county where @metwannabe lives is filled with miles long public dirt roads! I lost control of my non 4 wheel drive car multiple times as I sped down them and jerked my steering wildly as I fish tailed and drifted ! One road in particular had steep embankments and sharp curves , oh man it was so good ! One curve I lost control , best way to describe how I regained it was I gently pressed brakes ( plus I’m great at not panicking ) and rode the jerks and drifts the car made, it was night too! Dangerous reckless I know but I couldn’t resist . I’m relatively experienced at this now . Don’t do this at home kids . I’m the reincarnation of Dale Earnhardt Sr.
 
When are they going to finish construction on 85 in upstate. It's been going on since 1996

I'm so glad they finally finished working on I-85 north of Charlotte up through Kannapolis, finally, after working on it for what must've been 10+ years!

I do wish more Southern States would invest in roads like North Carolina does.. South Carolina roads are the worst overall.

At least you guys have really cheap gas, but I guess you kind of get what you pay for. It's pretty noticeable when you cross over the state line into South Carolina, though. The roads instantly get a lot worse. ?
 
It's funny you guys are talking about the highways in NC being built in less-populated counties, because it's spurring an extreme Real Estate boom in North Carolina. There are currently multiple deals to purchase thousands upon thousands of acres from Wilmington to Fayetteville to Jacksonville, as well as Greenville and New Bern. Tons of construction projects. Doghouses to the SE and E side of Wake County are selling for +100K, and new owners are knocking structures down in Raleigh, Durham, Cary, and Chapel to build homes that'll be worth 1,000,000 in a few months. Numerous houses are selling each day without people even looking at the house, and they're buying those properties at a price the listing. In the last 48 hours, hundreds of homes and doghouses have been sold. The latest sale price for people that closed quickly at the very end of July and beginning of August in Wake County has creeped over $400,000, exceeding prices throughout the last month by $80,000-100,000. It's crazy. Just take a look at this doghouse that was sold for $425,000. https://www.redfin.com/NC/Raleigh/2710-Wayland-Dr-27608/home/41115484

While it's not as if Charlotte isn't growing at an impressive rate, but it just isn't as impressive as the boom on eastern side. Durhams looks poised to become an economic power player in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. Everything E and SE of Greensboro is gong to be bulking up on massive transportation infrastructure spending that seeks to connect high speed railroads and expressways from Wilmington, Jacksonville, Greenville, Fayetteville, Rock Mount and Greensboro to the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel, Research triangle. It also seeks to connect I95 to Raleigh, build a larger second loop around the city, and connect it to more coastal towns via the Wilson-Goldsboro Freeway. The development of infrastructure on the east coast is part of a strategy to build a major port city with manufactory facilities just inland. NC has spent capital to make infrastructure improvements in hopes of building trade ports in Wilmington and Morehead for Raleigh to transport goods, which is evidenced by the planned and newly constructed highway networks to both cities. I-87 is also going to connect Raleigh to the seaport in Norfolk. They even tried to extend a natural gas pipeline through Elizabethtown. I think in the near future, Rocky Mount and Fayetteville might actually be popping cities for travelers to pass along on their trip down I95, and all roads from the Northeast to Charlotte and Atlanta will go through Raleigh.
 
I'm so glad they finally finished working on I-85 north of Charlotte up through Kannapolis, finally, after working on it for what must've been 10+ years!



At least you guys have really cheap gas, but I guess you kind of get what you pay for. It's pretty noticeable when you cross over the state line into South Carolina, though. The roads instantly get a lot worse. ?
If they make them toll roads its amazing how quickly they can finish. I think it took them less than two years to complete the PeachPass lanes going up 75N.
 
It's funny you guys are talking about the highways in NC being built in less-populated counties, because it's spurring an extreme Real Estate boom in North Carolina. There are currently multiple deals to purchase thousands upon thousands of acres from Wilmington to Fayetteville to Jacksonville, as well as Greenville and New Bern. Tons of construction projects. Doghouses to the SE and E side of Wake County are selling for +100K, and new owners are knocking structures down in Raleigh, Durham, Cary, and Chapel to build homes that'll be worth 1,000,000 in a few months. Numerous houses are selling each day without people even looking at the house, and they're buying those properties at a price the listing. In the last 48 hours, hundreds of homes and doghouses have been sold. The latest sale price for people that closed quickly at the very end of July and beginning of August in Wake County has creeped over $400,000, exceeding prices throughout the last month by $80,000-100,000. It's crazy. Just take a look at this doghouse that was sold for $425,000. https://www.redfin.com/NC/Raleigh/2710-Wayland-Dr-27608/home/41115484

While it's not as if Charlotte isn't growing at an impressive rate, but it just isn't as impressive as the boom on eastern side. Durhams looks poised to become an economic power player in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. Everything E and SE of Greensboro is gong to be bulking up on massive transportation infrastructure spending that seeks to connect high speed railroads and expressways from Wilmington, Jacksonville, Greenville, Fayetteville, Rock Mount and Greensboro to the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel, Research triangle. It also seeks to connect I95 to Raleigh, build a larger second loop around the city, and connect it to more coastal towns via the Wilson-Goldsboro Freeway. The development of infrastructure on the east coast is part of a strategy to build a major port city with manufactory facilities just inland. NC has spent capital to make infrastructure improvements in hopes of building trade ports in Wilmington and Morehead for Raleigh to transport goods, which is evidenced by the planned and newly constructed highway networks to both cities. I-87 is also going to connect Raleigh to the seaport in Norfolk. They even tried to extend a natural gas pipeline through Elizabethtown. I think in the near future, Rocky Mount and Fayetteville might actually be popping cities for travelers to pass along on their trip down I95, and all roads from the Northeast to Charlotte and Atlanta will go through Raleigh.
Urban fanatic much because everything you just said is a little over the top. Truth is a bit more watered down than that. I promise you no one is moving to rocky mount anytime soon. New Bern is too cut off until recently to ever be anything than a retirement hub and actually recorded a population decline , Jacksonville is a military town with a declining population also, No industry to speak of. our ports are not the biggest or most capable on the east coast and there is no high speed rail. Fayetteville is another military town with high crime and no industry . Not too mention the rate the state has been growing at as well as growth in terms of absolute numbers has slowed in comparison to the 2000s.


Although what’s your source on the thousands upon thousands of acres being purchased ?
 
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Urban fanatic much because everything you just said is a little over the top. Truth is a bit more watered down than that. I promise you no one is moving to rocky mount anytime soon. New Bern is too cut off until recently to ever be anything than a retirement hub and actually recorded a population decline , Jacksonville is a military town with a declining population also, No industry to speak of. our ports are not the biggest or most capable on the east coast and there is no high speed rail. Fayetteville is another military town with high crime and no industry . Not too mention the rate the state has been growing at as well as growth in terms of absolute numbers has slowed in comparison to the 2000s.


Although what’s your source on the thousands upon thousands of acres being purchased ?
It'll be interesting to see how the CSX terminal in RM affects port traffic at ORF and ILM as well as population in that area. With ILM investing in neo Panamax cranes and widening the port there is a good chance that more of the larger Asia to US container lanes will start calling on the port stealing traffic primarily from CHS since most companies don't want to pay the drayage from CHS to RTP when you can get it from ILM. Regardless there will always be a marginal ceiling on east coast ports with the majority of inbound container traffic arriving from Asia and the much quicker transit within the inland part of the US being LGB/Tacoma/La/Oak then rail versus waiting for the sailing all the way to the east coast then rain back west.
 
Urban fanatic much because everything you just said is a little over the top. Truth is a bit more watered down than that. I promise you no one is moving to rocky mount anytime soon. New Bern is too cut off until recently to ever be anything than a retirement hub and actually recorded a population decline , Jacksonville is a military town with a declining population also, No industry to speak of. our ports are not the biggest or most capable on the east coast and there is no high speed rail. Fayetteville is another military town with high crime and no industry . Not too mention the rate the state has been growing at as well as growth in terms of absolute numbers has slowed in comparison to the 2000s.
Urban fanatic much because everything you just said is a little over the top. Truth is a bit more watered down than that. I promise you no one is moving to rocky mount anytime soon. New Bern is too cut off until recently to ever be anything than a retirement hub and actually recorded a population decline , Jacksonville is a military town with a declining population also, No industry to speak of. our ports are not the biggest or most capable on the east coast and there is no high speed rail. Fayetteville is another military town with high crime and no industry . Not too mention the rate the state has been growing at as well as growth in terms of absolute numbers has slowed in comparison to the 2000s.


Although what’s your source on the thousands upon thousands of acres being purchased ?

I’m just finding large plots of land on the property that have been purchased by Developers in the last couple months, and many articles regarding city council votes on rezoning for recently purchased lots. It’s actually very time consuming. Just check out all these purchases from Johnston County that worth hundreds of millions. https://www.johnstonnc.com/rod2/pdf/Radio.pdf
https://portcitydaily.com/local-new...me-300-acre-falls-mist-garden-in-rocky-point/
https://www.wwaytv3.com/2020/07/28/developer-proposes-192-unit-apartment-complex-off-market-street/

I was also looking at the records on lexis nexis to see when plots were purchased, subdivided and sold, and then you can find a bunch of recently sold plots on Redfin of 1-50 Acres that are right next to each other. You can find a couple a few good ones on the site I posted below, but it takes time before new construction or proposals are advertised for sale.

This Guy hasn't even started Building. Just closed a week ago. Hurry up bud on that 127 Acres bud. Just keep pressing the down key and you'll find a bunch of newly constructed real estates that's been subdivided from recently purchased plot.

106 Acres to the S

8 Acres way North of Raleigh. The one next to it is 30 acres.

If you want to see some really crazy transactions. Make an account and sign in. Then you can get the information for the East Coast projects. The government is literally subsidizing developers to build with funds, loans and land grants. They are building at least two peers, and they are finally connecting this area to the rest of the world. They're also building a medical industry in the east. The NC government is building infrastructure in those areas in the same manner that they did with central areas of the states. The East Coast is not populated cause it was never developed. There was nothing in that area. Now there will be.
 
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