Have you been lighting your farts again Ed?
QuoteHundreds hospitalized after massive explosion in Chinese city of Tianjin (http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/massive-explosion-reported-in-chinese-city-of-tianjin)
Flammable goods at a container terminal in northern China's Tianjin municipality exploded at about 11:30 p.m. local time on Wednesday (11:30 a.m. ET), shattering windows and causing injuries, according to state media reports. The blast was powerful enough that the shockwave knocked people over several kilometres away.
The number of casualties from the blast in the city's Binhai New Area is unknown, China Central Television reported on its news app, citing the local fire department. Injured people have been hospitalized, it said. One report put the number injured higher than 300. The Daily Mirror reported the injury toll at more than 1,000.
Although there are no confirmed reports of deaths so far, some of the graphic images coming out of the city imply that the death count will be far higher than zero.
The Tianjin fire department got a call at 10:50 p.m. regarding a fire in stacked hazardous chemicals in the Rui Hai International Logistics facility, the Ministry of Public Security's fire section said on its Weibo microblog account. The explosion happened at about 11:30 p.m. local time.
Two firemen are missing and four are injured, the ministry said. Transportation facilities and residential buildings are damaged, it said.
The fire that caused the explosion is now under control, the Chinese Xinhau news service reports.
"At the time of the explosion the ground was shaking fiercely, nearby cars and buildings were shaking, a few buildings' glass all broke and everyone started to run," Ms Yang, an eyewitness, was reported telling the local media by the BBC. "Now all the residents are gathered in the street."
The China Earthquake Networks Center said on its Weibo microblog account that it recorded two explosions, with the second one larger. Local residents said windows and fish tanks were shattered, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
Flames lit the sky and dust was blown "dozens of meters" into the air, Xinhua said.
Tianjin is a major port city near Beijing, and is being developed into "China's answer to Manhattan" with plans to make it a major financial centre. 7.5 million people live in the city.
More to come
But it wasn't radioactive so it wasn't that serious really.
Quote from: Baron von Schtinkenbutt on August 12, 2015, 02:44:56 PM
Tianjin is a major port city near Beijing, and is being developed into "China's answer to Manhattan" with plans to make it a major financial centre. 7.5 million people live in the city.
What is Shanghai then?
Is Manhattan a question?
A challenge.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 12, 2015, 05:39:05 PM
Quote from: Baron von Schtinkenbutt on August 12, 2015, 02:44:56 PM
Tianjin is a major port city near Beijing, and is being developed into "China's answer to Manhattan" with plans to make it a major financial centre. 7.5 million people live in the city.
What is Shanghai then?
Tianjin is different from other major Chinese cities because it is one of the four municipalities that are under direct central rule, the other three being Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing. It doesn't belong to the provincial system. The party head of these direct rule cities are by custom politburo members. Beijing is landlocked, so Tianjin serves as the capital's ocean access. I've been to Tianijn, and it is only 30 minutes by highspeed rail from Beijing. So in this sense Tianjin has some claim to be on equal footing as Shanghai.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33u1RNjAxxM#t=76
On the other hand, Shanghai is a richer, larger, all-around better city than Tianjin. I'd say Tianjin is China's Boston: a large port and decently wealthy city, but not as big as they think they are.
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on August 12, 2015, 10:05:22 PM
On the other hand, Shanghai is a richer, larger, all-around better city than Tianjin. I'd say Tianjin is China's Boston: a large port and decently wealthy city, but not as big as they think they are.
I don't think anybody disputes that. Of course Shanghai is in many ways more international and more developed than Tianjin. But Tianjin's real strength is its link and proximity with Beijing. If you compare the Beijing-Tianjin metropolis with Shanghai, things are a little different.
There are signs that this is a much bigger disaster than first thought. I've read reports that at least 40 have died in the nearby Beijing hospitals.
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36 fire fighters missing? :(
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0QI05620150813?irpc=932
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on August 12, 2015, 10:05:22 PM
On the other hand, Shanghai is a richer, larger, all-around better city than Tianjin. I'd say Tianjin is China's Boston: a large port and decently wealthy city, but not as big as they think they are.
What is America's Shanghai?
Quote from: Monoriu on August 12, 2015, 10:15:51 PM
I don't think anybody disputes that. Of course Shanghai is in many ways more international and more developed than Tianjin. But Tianjin's real strength is its link and proximity with Beijing. If you compare the Beijing-Tianjin metropolis with Shanghai, things are a little different.
The two cities are nearly a hundred miles apart. Even if there's development all along that route, they can't be considered a single metropolis.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 12, 2015, 11:18:19 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on August 12, 2015, 10:15:51 PM
I don't think anybody disputes that. Of course Shanghai is in many ways more international and more developed than Tianjin. But Tianjin's real strength is its link and proximity with Beijing. If you compare the Beijing-Tianjin metropolis with Shanghai, things are a little different.
The two cities are nearly a hundred miles apart. Even if there's development all along that route, they can't be considered a single metropolis.
Like I said, I've travelled between the two cities by rail. It only takes 30 minutes. Very often I need more time than that to go from one part of Hong Kong to another.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 12, 2015, 11:18:19 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on August 12, 2015, 10:15:51 PM
I don't think anybody disputes that. Of course Shanghai is in many ways more international and more developed than Tianjin. But Tianjin's real strength is its link and proximity with Beijing. If you compare the Beijing-Tianjin metropolis with Shanghai, things are a little different.
The two cities are nearly a hundred miles apart. Even if there's development all along that route, they can't be considered a single metropolis.
Sino-Megacity One
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That looks like a war zone. :(
Possible disturbing images of injuries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSsy6_w7LBs
Summary video showing the explosion from multiple different angles, as well as the damage to some of the nearby residences.
Somebody used a drone to videotape the aftermath.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwDyJhydrFc
They have basically stopped sending firefighters in, as it is highly unlikely that there are survivors, the risk to the firefighters is too high, and they have already lost far too many men. Official figures are that at least 11 firefighters have died from secondary explosions, and like 8 fire trucks need to be written off. They'll just let the fire burn out by itself.
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Quote from: Monoriu on August 13, 2015, 02:20:22 AM
Possible disturbing images of injuries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSsy6_w7LBs
Summary video showing the explosion from multiple different angles, as well as the damage to some of the nearby residences.
Holy Shit
That can't just be equivalent to 21 tons of tnt can it? Not if windows were broken and people were knocked over 2km away.
A bit surprised that Chinese firefighters are considered soldiers.
May contain disturbing images.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBPPmTe2a-w
Jesus Christ, that's horrendous :( It's like a small nuke going off.
Quote from: PRC on August 12, 2015, 11:08:57 PM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on August 12, 2015, 10:05:22 PM
On the other hand, Shanghai is a richer, larger, all-around better city than Tianjin. I'd say Tianjin is China's Boston: a large port and decently wealthy city, but not as big as they think they are.
What is America's Shanghai?
New York. Large, cosmopolitan financial center.
Quote from: Monoriu on August 13, 2015, 03:44:12 AM
photos
Thanks for the pics. That really sucks. :(
Definitely fortunate that it happened so late, and not during the middle of the workday.
CNN showed the video of the dude walking to the glass doors to check out what was happening when the wall blew in on him. Looked like a well done movie scene.
I don't know, looking at these videos of explosions and injuries, I get a sudden urge to buy shares in Dow Chemical and/or Dupont. I think they are important.
Another angle of the explosions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGcP84ouyAo
It goes from "Holy shit" to "HOLY SHIT" to "OKAY WE'RE LEAVING RIGHT NOW"
85 dead including 21 fire fighters. :(
Family claim 25 short contract fire fighters are missing. Also new fires have erupted and the evacuation zone has epanded to 3km.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/tianjin-china-explosion-area-evacuated-over-sodium-cyanide-fears-n410371
Looks like a whole bunch of cops died as well.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/15/tianjin-blasts-police-order-mass-evacuations-amid-further-explosions
QuoteEarlier on Saturday anger over a lack of timely and accurate information about the blast spilled over at a press conference where the relatives of contract fire-fighters demanded to be heard.
According to an AP reporter at the media conference, media were locked inside as visibly upset relatives of the missing firefighters tried to force entry to the locked media conference room, yelling for more information about their lost loved ones.
"Why aren't the names of the contract fire-fighters on the public list of missing, but the regular fire-fighters are," one woman demanded to know according to another weibo post from the Southern People's Weekly.
"No one with family in the number-five team has received anything" the woman said, complaining about the paucity of information.
"They're only 18, 19 years old. The oldest is only 20 years old. They're only children. They're only youths!" the woman said.
In an apparent attempt to calm the woman, a police representative at the media conference said the deaths of police officers had also not been reported. "Not a single police officer death has been reported," the police officer said. "Everyone from our our whole police station is gone."
Rumour is that the first wave of responders consisted of 120 firefighters and armed police. Only four of them got out alive. That's only the first wave.
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A big hole has appeared.
That picture reminds me of Sim City, all those neat blocks and then the disaster area. :hmm:
People now speculate that one of the materials stored on the site is cyanide. About 700-1,000 tons of cyanide has entered the ocean, the drainage system, and is travelling by air to nearby places.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 15, 2015, 05:26:15 AM
That picture reminds me of Sim City, all those neat blocks
What a dreadful answer to Manhattan.
Quote from: Monoriu on August 15, 2015, 05:31:11 AM
People now speculate that one of the materials stored on the site is cyanide. About 700-1,000 tons of cyanide has entered the ocean, the drainage system, and is travelling by air to nearby places.
The Guardian says cyanide was confirmed.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on August 15, 2015, 06:13:03 AM
Quote from: Monoriu on August 15, 2015, 05:31:11 AM
People now speculate that one of the materials stored on the site is cyanide. About 700-1,000 tons of cyanide has entered the ocean, the drainage system, and is travelling by air to nearby places.
The Guardian says cyanide was confirmed.
Multiple outlets were reporting that the company was transporting sodium cyanide, amongst other chemicals. It's one possible cause of the explosion, actually. Sodium cyanide reacts with water to form hydrogen cyanide. Hydrogen cyanide is highly flammable. The firefighters could have caused a fuel-air explosion inside one of the warehouses by trying to fight the fire with water.
114 dead, 70 missing (mostly firefighters ).
27 times the accepted limit of sodium cyanide in waste water.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/17/tianjin-explosions-fears-over-pollution-as-chinese-media-lambasts-officials
Tianjin is famous for its pears :ph34r:
Quote from: Monoriu on August 17, 2015, 07:09:22 AM
Tianjin is famous for its pears :ph34r:
I'm not sure if I see the connection. :unsure:
Quote from: jimmy olsen on August 17, 2015, 08:34:19 AM
Quote from: Monoriu on August 17, 2015, 07:09:22 AM
Tianjin is famous for its pears :ph34r:
I'm not sure if I see the connection. :unsure:
Next time you see pears from Tianjin for sale, maybe you should remember that they come from an area where about 700 tons of cyanide went into the ecosystem ;)
I don't think I've ever seen Tianjin pears for sale around here, so I'll be fine.
Quote from: celedhring on August 17, 2015, 09:24:00 AM
I don't think I've ever seen Tianjin pears for sale around here, so I'll be fine.
Are you sure? What about the restaurants that you frequent? You never know the source of their food :ph34r:
Quote from: Monoriu on August 17, 2015, 09:41:56 AM
Quote from: celedhring on August 17, 2015, 09:24:00 AM
I don't think I've ever seen Tianjin pears for sale around here, so I'll be fine.
Are you sure? What about the restaurants that you frequent? You never know the source of their food :ph34r:
We tend to avoid eating food from China as a matter of course.
Quote from: Razgovory on August 17, 2015, 02:57:59 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on August 17, 2015, 09:41:56 AM
Quote from: celedhring on August 17, 2015, 09:24:00 AM
I don't think I've ever seen Tianjin pears for sale around here, so I'll be fine.
Are you sure? What about the restaurants that you frequent? You never know the source of their food :ph34r:
We tend to avoid eating food from China as a matter of course.
Indeed. We have to take any cuisine and add far more fat/grease/sugar/cheese to it, in order to make it palatable.
But, to our credit, we do prefer to leave out the heavy metals and toxic fillers.
Oh wait.... :hmm:
But at least it tastes good. :)
Just to be safe, I'll continue not eating pears.
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These are Tianjin pears. Mainlanders call them "ya" pears, or duck pears. The story is that the pears look like duck eggs. I have no idea what they are talking about.
They look more like Peeps.
Tianjin pears are crispy in texture. A very good Chinese dessert is to stew a Tianjin pear with almond, peeled fruit skin that has been aged for 10+ years, and sugar. This is really good if done right :mmm:
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I just learned that the main use of cyanide is gold mining, and that China has overtaken South Africa as the largest gold producer in the world.
Elbows? :huh:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/19/world/asia/china-identifies-executives-of-company-linked-to-tianjin-explosions.html?_r=0
Quote...the Chinese government has repeatedly insisted that effective measures are being taken to ensure that the air in Tianjin remains safe. But when rain fell on Tuesday, the city's streets began to foam, and people reported burning sensations on their lips and elbows.
An environmental monitoring official denied that those phenomena had anything to do with the explosions, Chinese news outlets reported....
Looking at these pictures again, I think they won't be out of place in Fallout 4.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-34029202
QuoteChina explosion: Fires at Shandong chemical plant
An explosion has been reported at a chemical plant in China's eastern province of Shandong.
Large flames could be seen from the site after the blast in the city of Zibo. Nine people are reported injured.
The People's Daily said a warehouse at the Runxing chemical plant exploded. There is a residential area about 1km from the plant.
Earlier this month blasts involving chemicals in the northern city of Tianjin killed at least 121 people.
Hundreds were injured there and 54 remain missing.
The proximity of industrial and chemical plants to residential areas has become hugely controversial.
Saturday's blast took place near the city of Zibo, the South China Morning Post reported, quoting a villager who said that he saw a huge fireball and then heard two explosions.
The paper said that the fire had been brought under control by late on Saturday night.
It is not yet clear if homes in the area have been damaged.
Adiponitrile
The explosion triggered a fire and a dozen fire engines were at the scene, Xinhua news agency reports.
Howard Zhang of BBC Chinese says that the blasts at Shandong and Tianjin have taken on a political significance and threaten to overshadow China's celebrations of the 70th anniversary of its victory over Japan in World War Two.
The Beijing Times reported that the Runxing plant contained adiponitrile - a chemical which is reported to be used for the production of nylon and can be harmful to skin.
Windows shattered at the scene of the blast, state media reported, and its vibration could be felt 2km from the site.
The operators of the Tianjin site are being investigated for allowing dangerous chemicals to be stored too close to homes.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on August 19, 2015, 06:19:53 AM
Elbows? :huh:
The skin on the elbow is quite sensitive, and would also be exposed in summer attire.
Another day, another factory exploding in China.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/china-explosion-rips-chemical-factory-221359769.html#OIFSTHu
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Left: the hole left by the explosion a month ago. Right: the hole on 11 September :ph34r:
Reminds me of the eye of Sauron.
Does it lead to Hell?
Quote from: Jaron on September 13, 2015, 09:57:36 PM
Does it lead to Hell?
They're connected to each other, so yes.