Explosion in Tianjin China

[doc ace]

Guys, I've been looking through the forum for a link to this. If you have one started let me know, I'll merge into your thread.

If anyone can help me imbed this video from Ebaumsworld, please advise!

Prayers for the people of this city.

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/84695768/

Edit: please turn down the volume at work, or around children/elderly. NSFW

 

[general mills]

That is a large explosion. Did I hear right, that woman said it was a gas station? Seems like a rather large explosion for a gas station. I'm assuming that killed some people?

 

[john17427]

Tianjin is a port city. I read the explosion was in an area of the port where they handled hazardous chemicals.

 

[5star]

Wow! Holy s*** is right! That's huge!

 

[rcm192]

The part at the end where they catch the real oh **** feeling and run. That was pretty big for an explosion.

 

[buttanic]

I was working the night shift across the river from the Norco Shell refinery and happened to be looking in that direction when the cat cracker exploded, it was big but this one in China looks 20 times bigger.

 

[doc ace]

There are pictures of the aftermath on various sites. It is just mind blowing how large those explosions were.

 

[Request Dust Off]

It makes me think of the Texas City disaster and the explosion a while back at a water park.

Not that water park was of the magnitude, but it was in China. At first I was "how does a water park explode?'

The Texas City deal had a lot of similarity.

 

[oleheat]

"I think we are dangerous here."


Think?

 

[MTregre]

Anyone here have any experience with CAMEO and MARPLOT?

 

[general mills]

I got to say, I'm also a little curious what was going on in that hotel room. Sounds like they may have been having a good time before the explosion.

 

[sandman7925]

Anyone notice the huge crane and and buildings that were small compared to the fire ball. If I'd been in that hotel room I would've lit a smoke poured a drink and thought I'd enjoy the last few moments of life.

 

[cajun 22]

There's a link somewhere that shows photos of this from space.

 

[Metryshooter]

To put things into perspective, the estimated explosive yield was 21000 tons of TNT. The same explosive power as the "Fat Man" bomb dropped on Hiroshima (minus the radioactive fallout). Wow.

 

[doc ace]

Anyone notice the huge crane and and buildings that were small compared to the fire ball. If I'd been in that hotel room I would've lit a smoke poured a drink and thought I'd enjoy the last few moments of life.

It honestly looked like a very very real EOTW situation! Amazing how long it took for chaos to set in and the pucker factor to take control.

 

[SpeedRacer]

I'm absolutely amazed the death toll is only in the double digits.

 

[doc ace]

I'm absolutely amazed the death toll is only in the double digits.

I shared the same sentiments, I figured surely in the hundreds if not more.

 

[Hattrick 22]

I'm absolutely amazed the death toll is only in the double digits.

They couldn't have found all the bodies already I could only imagine how little if any of some remains were found.. That video was crazy

 

[Neil09]

Woww

 

[sandman7925]

They couldn't have found all the bodies already I could only imagine how little if any of some remains were found.. That video was crazy

Yeah. Allot still missing they say. Hard to identify ashes.