GTP_Daverytimes
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Holy shit, smart fucking guy to get out of the way of the second shockwave otherwise he would probably be dead.
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Massive explosion in Tianjin, China (Update: at least 44 dead, 500+ injured)
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Holy shit, smart fucking guy to get out of the way of the second shockwave otherwise he would probably be dead.
The Chosen One
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Wow!
I thought the first half of the video was the second blast, but actually it was the first explosion... just wow...
I think they knew, but they had to try to put out the fire.
Another video.That second explosive...
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTMwODU2OTM1Ng==.html
And some disturbing pics, NSFL
Terrifying, I'll never live near a chemical factory
RoadHazard
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We'll have to see what the numbers end up at in the end, but all in all it seems like they probably got off rather easy? In relative terms, of course. A blast like this in a more densely populated area, or during the day (seems like most people working there were probably not there when this happened?), would likely have caused thousands and thousands of deaths.
Sutton Dagger
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BlazingDarkness
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Those pictures.. I feel sick
Uh, yeah. Word of advice: spoiler tagged images only work on computer browsers. They're completely unspoiled and visible on mobile. Keep that stuff in links.
Well, if the ''rumours'' that they have lax or just had bad security measures about those things, they would not want to lose face because they didn't enforce them on companies to save money in the long run.
Pride is one of the worst ''sin''.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgurTdK0PTA
video with time synced footages. It takes a moment before the big explosion, but the third one is huge.
video with time synced footages. It takes a moment before the big explosion, but the third one is huge.
Jim_Cacher
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I am Chinese. At least 95% of the weibo I read are about this explosion. There is no way the government can cover up all information. It is also confirmed that by Xinhua that the explosion happened in a warehouse storing Dangerous Goods. I hope those smoke would not be harmful to people, though very unlikely.
In all fairness you probably don't want to publicly publish the address of every liquid hydrogen bulk tank in the nation of Texas. Same with Amonia, Chlorine, and Nitric Oxide.
Between DHS, OSHA, EPA, and FDA there is plenty of oversight already.
Natural gas, fertilizer, petroleum, and chemical plants are placard to alert everyone about the reactive and explosive products on site.
Issue is moot because if you live near a dangerous plant or storage facility you will know. It's not like they are camouflaged. If you can't tell the difference between an IKEA and and an oil refinery you probably can't read a published report that lists what is near your neighborhood.
www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/...irm-targeted-by-suspected-islamists-in-france
superseohyun
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To be honest, even if they somehow dont, we would still assume they do. So...might as well just do it. though it would be pretty meaningless unless they can cover the death from hundreds to tens.
Not sure what to make of this: http://i.imgur.com/jvLkz10.jpg
It's 4chan so I assume it's fake, but still. A media cover-up world make more sense if it was a deliberate action by somebody.
It's 4chan so I assume it's fake, but still. A media cover-up world make more sense if it was a deliberate action by somebody.
Um... I sincerely hope that is not true!
I suspect that the feeling that this is being "suppressed" is probably mostly caused by the combination of the Chinese firewall, the language barrier and the news media separation resulting in us not getting the wall-to-wall cover we're used to when things like this happen in the West.
The early lowballing on casualties is normal. You only announce them when they are confirmed. Confused and incomplete information of what exploded and possible pollution from it is normal too, local authorities are likely overwhelmed. Unless they pose an imminent hazard they're going to ignore things like that while they deal with more pressing concerns.
This doesn't mean that China won't attempt to downplay the incident and cover up health concerns anyway but I'm not seeing any proof of it yet.
The early lowballing on casualties is normal. You only announce them when they are confirmed. Confused and incomplete information of what exploded and possible pollution from it is normal too, local authorities are likely overwhelmed. Unless they pose an imminent hazard they're going to ignore things like that while they deal with more pressing concerns.
This doesn't mean that China won't attempt to downplay the incident and cover up health concerns anyway but I'm not seeing any proof of it yet.
Hasphat'sAnts
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Don't be dumb. They can't cover this up. All they can do is under-report number of casualties/injuries.
The optimist in me says anything can be shopped, and this will prove to be bullshit just like numerous other things on the dark abyss of the Internet that is 4chan.
Has 4chan ever delivered? I think you're being a realist if anything. They're trolls, all of them.
They are already at it. Local news channel is already covering up. The explosion news was talked last with no videos or images.
uh, 4chan consistently delivers
bluelightningduo
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You must not follow the news.
DrForester
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I wish the news stations would stop playing the video of the guy standing by the door as it blows in on him.
backflip10019
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heh, it's like 9/11 with the towers collapsing..over and over and over again.
They cannot cover it up. Weibo is all over it, and it's just the local news station that reacts slowly which was already criticized on the net.
Not on something like this they haven't. If that image is real it's basically proof that it wasn't just an attack but that the guy behind it both posted it on 4chan in his last minutes alive. And the reference to "jobs" suggests that it both wasn't his first time and that it was a conspiracy.
Sorry, but that's a little too perfect.
not always, but they do from time to time. It's these places where the lunatics go, the same lunatics that would do something like this (if true). Enough depressed and suicidal people hang out there.
That's one way of interpreting it. Could also be somebody working in an office there and about to lose his job (again). Hard to tell what it means.
The better question is, what's more likely... that someone posted to 4chan before blowing up a giant chemical refinery in a large Chinese city? Or that human error caused an accidental chain reaction of explosions?
4chan occasionally "delivers" but mostly they just try to make people think they deliver.
superseohyun
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Yes, sadly, it has delivered in the past, but not anything this devastating.
A murder in Washington state and a knife attack spree somewhere in Asia (Japan, I think) come to mind.
They've done more fakes of this kind than not. This is probably another of those fakes.
wasn't there a mall shooting too?
What kind of voyeur hunts for that stuff to post?
Could be, hope so. Somehow these things always feel worse when it is not an accident.
When it comes to large industrial facilities, always bet on human error for the cause of some mishap. There are so many different failure modes that it's a wonder any of our petrochemical factories aren't blowing up right now.
yes, but human error is something else then intentional destruction.
helloresolven
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A dashcam video of the explosion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfXmG3GdAig
The moment it starts backing up slowly. Christ, I cannot imagine what the driver was thinking.
The moment it starts backing up slowly. Christ, I cannot imagine what the driver was thinking.
Totally, I'd feel different about it too if it were intentional, but what I'm saying is always bet on human stupidity first.
David Incorporated Esq.
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Exactly. Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
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