The Oklahoma City Hazards

The Oklahoma City bombing was a technological hazard. It was a truck bombing event where a vehicle had been improvised to hold an explosive device before it was denoted. The vehicle was then put close to the Alfred Murrah Federal Building where it went off (Haddow, Bullock & Coppola, 2017). It was a government complex, located in downtown Oklahoma City in the United States. The domestic terrorism hazard resulted in the death of more than a hundred and sixty-eight people, with more than 680 individuals being injured. The loss of property was massive since the blast destroyed the federal building as well as more than 324 buildings that were surrounding it. The effect was felt within a 16-block radius; 86 cars in the range were also damaged. It was estimated that the effect resulted in about 652 million dollars worth of property that was damage. The hazard took place through bombing. The Ryder truck which had been prepared to carry the mixture of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, diesel fuel, and nitromethane was packed at the north side of the federal building. The security cameras had recorded the truck being packed, the fuse being lit for two minutes and the keys being dropped a few blocks away by the driver. The secondary disaster that took place in association with the bombing left hundreds of people homeless, and various offices were closed in Oklahoma City (Jenkins, 2018). The warning that was made was only after the terrorist acts concerning the effects of domestic terrorism and how it could be stopped. The interesting fact about the bombing is that it is the deadliest domestic terrorism act that took place in the United States. The explosion took a period of ninety minutes, thus the massive impact. 

References  

Haddow, G., Bullock, J., & Coppola, D. P. (2017). Introduction to emergency management. Butterworth-Heinemann. 

Jenkins, J. P. (2018, July 10). Oklahoma City bombing. Retrieved November 23, 2018, from https://www.britannica.com/event/Oklahoma-City-bombing