On Monday, November 3, 2014 9:36:42 AM UTC-8, snidely wrote:
On Monday, November 3, 2014 2:57:04 AM UTC-8, Jeff Findley wrote:

This sort of thing grates on my nerves. An "explosion" is a very
specific thing (in layman's terms, "boom!"). Breaking apart by means of
aerodynamic forces is not an "explosion". Reporters need to get this
sort of thing right.

Well, the initial reports were being made from a less-than-ideal vantage point, so there's lots of opportunity to be confused.


Also, at least 1 timeline has something like burn started, went out at 2
seconds, and then had a hard start. Presumably that would provide mechanical
shocks, which might have been a factor.

/dps