The explosion in China and (Beirut)....

[jammindude]

I really thought this should have its own thread.  Not sure if maybe this should get moved to P/R...just so it could open up discussion about what this could mean for the Chinese economy/government.

https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/13/asia/china-tianjin-explosions/index.html

The footage is just mind-blowing....

[jingle.boy]

Mother of God.  I saw something on FB that it was picked up by satellites.  https://www.wired.com/2015/08/chinas-huge-tianjin-explosion-looked-like-space/?mbid=social_fb

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

All this makes you wonder about the safety on other chemical factories. We have one in our city although i'm not sure what kind of chemicals and it's pretty small compared to others but still... not much anyone can do if something would happen.

Saw some footage from that Texas fertelizer explosion. From what I understood certain safety regulations were not followed.

Some new footage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfXmG3GdAig&sns=em

[Calvin6s]

 

[cramx3]

I find it amazing that only ~50 have died.  That blast looks like it could have killed thousands.

[bl5150]

You know what they say about Chinese official "statistics".

Shocking .

[jammindude]

The company executives have been taken into custody...those guys are going to just disappear. I don't think the Chinese government does things like "due process" on this kinda stuff...but I could be just talking out my ass. At the very least, these guys are in VERY deep trouble.

[Calvin6s]

You have to wonder if the neglect isn't just about the moments leading up to the explosion, but the zoning for that much TNT power.

[chknptpie]

The shockwave that hits windows in some of the videos is what gets me. That's intense.

[El Barto]

You have to wonder if the neglect isn't just about the moments leading up to the explosion, but the zoning for that much TNT power.

Indeed. West, Tx, is a no-man's land, for the most part. It's close enough to Waco and the interstate to make it a real place, but it's still fairly small rural community. That's not to say that the people there don't matter, they certainly do, but that's a far cry from putting it someplace densely packed.

And here's some disaster porn from the day that Dallas decided allowing 50,000 tanks of welding gas to be stored on the edge of downtown (and the conjunction of two interstates) wasn't such a grande idea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iam27Mh1zu4

[El Barto]

Some new footage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfXmG3GdAig&sns=em

Uh, you can just lower that bar right back down now. I'll just be on my way.

[Calvin6s]

Some new footage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfXmG3GdAig&sns=em

Uh, you can just lower that bar right back down now. I'll just be on my way.

OMG.  So late for work.  Hurry up and open this gate.  Don't you know how late I am?  I'm gonna lose my job.
<Boom>
Uh oh.  I was supposed to be monitoring that.  Time to fake my own death.  At least they can't blame it on me being late to work.  Here's 5,000 yuan.  I was never here.   (I'm so glad they just devalued our currency.  This stupid gate guard doesn't even know I just paid him peanuts to keep quiet).

[Calvin6s]

And here's some disaster porn from the day that Dallas

Well, now you've added another level.  We talked about the negligence just prior to the accident and the longer history that led up to it.  But this points to present (and soon to be future) negligence in not evacuating properly.

I would think that no matter where the zoning ends up, that disaster should have introduced the idea on how to contain possible projectiles.

The location is actually not that surprising to me.  Industrial is frequently very close to highways.  If you are in Los Angeles and stuck in traffic (redundant?), take the time to look at all the businesses and items extremely close to the freeway.  Some of it is literally in between ramp exchange jungles.  How do people work in that type of environment?

[DebraKadabra]

Just WAY too unreal...

[cramx3]

And here's some disaster porn from the day that Dallas decided allowing 50,000 tanks of welding gas to be stored on the edge of downtown (and the conjunction of two interstates) wasn't such a grande idea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iam27Mh1zu4

This is golden.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Here's that same video but with better quality, a bit longer and without text:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGcP84ouyAo

[Podaar]

Very frightening.

I think I would have stopped filming and beat-feet much sooner.

[jingle.boy]

Very frightening.

I think I would have stopped filming and beat-feet much sooner.

Yeah.... 4 explosions, each one progressively bigger.

[Dublagent66]

Here's that same video but with better quality, a bit longer and without text:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGcP84ouyAo

Wow!  I don't know what's more entertaining, the explosions or the guy taking video. 

[Dr. DTVT]

At least I have something to talk about in class Monday.

[lonestar]

At least I have something to talk about in class Monday.

lol

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

[King Postwhore]

Holy shit.

[Calvin6s]

That's insane.

Not that I'm saying this was cyberwarfare, but this is the type of stuff cyberwarfare could produce.

[orcus116]

And here's some disaster porn from the day that Dallas decided allowing 50,000 tanks of welding gas to be stored on the edge of downtown (and the conjunction of two interstates) wasn't such a grande idea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iam27Mh1zu4

There was something comical about this video when the tanks just started going off. I'm not sure what it was but maybe just the fact that cars and trucks were just driving around while these things landed. It just seems so absurd.

[jingle.boy]

How did those two buildings on the left there survive??

[Calvin6s]

How did those two buildings on the left there survive??

The contractors hired weren't Chinese, so they weren't cheap Chinese crap like the other buildings.

[lonestar]

That's fucking insane.

[BlobVanDam]

How did those two buildings on the left there survive??

Because jet fuel can't melt steel beams.


But seriously, the footage is genuinely terrifying.

[lonestar]

How did those two buildings on the left there survive??

Because jet fuel can't melt steel beams.

There's already a 9/11 conspiricy theory meme floating around about this one... let me see if I can find it...

[Fluffy Lothario]

I preferred the less zoomed shot.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

I think the driver came from the upper right corner between the tall buildings and the highway. That shockwave was insane then.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Wow hadn't seen this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7FXeaahRsg

Chinese police confirm that there was Sodium cyanide stored were the explosions occurred.

[Kotowboy]

His camera work is great - he should work for Michael Bay

[Aythesryche]

His camera work is great - he should work for Michael Bay