Explosion in Tianjin

kevhed72
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Wow....the video footage on BBC is surreal. Unfortunately the official number of 7 deaths seems way to low based on the video.
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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    Wonder how the Chinese are going to spin this one? Explosive materials that weren't being handled correctly or by safety regulations?
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  • jeremymarcinko
    jeremymarcinko Posts: 3,785
    That's awful. I read the death toll is up to nearly 50 with several hundred injured.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited August 2015
    There are probably a couple of these a day in China. Tianjin is the port city of Beijing and almost as densely populated, It is also an old Treaty Port and an industrial center for the capital. There is, in fact, an old area of the city that is preserved for tourism that is still populated by various European eateries, etc. And a section of the city where the CHINESE go to buy high quality counterfeit copies of Rolexes, Guccis, etc.

    A high speed rail connects it to Beijing and literally turns the city into a suburb access part of Beijing. It is NOT surprising that factory standards and safeguards are problematic. I remember touring a sweat shop years ago and being disturbed by the level of NOISE pollution that was deafening as I watched hundreds of young women sewing furiously with no protection. I turned to my host to voice my disapproval, he nodded politely and did not respond.

    The literature is full of chemical spills, poisoning of local water supplies, increased cancer rates, unbreathable air, village protests that are unheard or shut down! But, hey, lest we think that China is alone, we have a few cases in the U.S. as well just not as many? Darn Gov't regulations!
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,613
    edited August 2015
    The US around the beginning of the 20th century was a tough place to work.
    Workplace deaths were very common. Lost limbs and fingers were routine.
    This is a common deal as countries gear up, and sooner or later the
    rules tighten up. The fire in NYC that killed a lot of young women was the
    event that started workplace safety in the US.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire
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  • Msabot1
    Msabot1 Posts: 2,098
    Not to mention the Texas City blast in 1947....plenty of repercussions from that one too.....
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  • Speedskater
    Speedskater Posts: 495
    I remember as a small child in 1944, Cleveland had a liquid natural gas explosion. It killed 130 people, my uncle included.

    do a search:
    cleveland gas explosion
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,048
    you all know about this one, yes?

    http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/munitions-ship-explodes-in-halifax

    The city of Halifax annually supplies a Christmas tree to Boston as an expression of appreciation for aid that Boston provided in the aftermath of the disaster.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Christmas_Tree


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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    Msabot1 wrote: »
    Not to mention the Texas City blast in 1947....plenty of repercussions from that one too.....
    Very sad day for many in the area, around 500 died, many never recovered, thousands injured. Every year on the anniversary,April 17th, we are reminded to remember those who died.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,482
    Speedskater wrote: »
    I remember as a small child in 1944, Cleveland had a liquid natural gas explosion. It killed 130 people, my uncle included.

    do a search:
    cleveland gas explosion
    I remember one of these when I was a kid that leveled an apartment building. We felt that blast ten miles away.

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  • Msabot1
    Msabot1 Posts: 2,098
    Polkie2009 wrote: »
    Msabot1 wrote: »
    Not to mention the Texas City blast in 1947....plenty of repercussions from that one too.....
    Very sad day for many in the area, around 500 died, many never recovered, thousands injured. Every year on the anniversary,April 17th, we are reminded to remember those who died.

    Yea..all but one of the firefighters died in that blast...One of those freighters that blew ..the anchor was found miles away in a ten foot crater and is now part of the memorial there...That whole town was devastated by those explosions...whole families were destroyed and the hurt remains to this day....
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    you all know about this one, yes?

    http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/munitions-ship-explodes-in-halifax

    The city of Halifax annually supplies a Christmas tree to Boston as an expression of appreciation for aid that Boston provided in the aftermath of the disaster.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Christmas_Tree


    I tried to look up the Youtube video...... :D
    If it's not on Youtube, it didn't happen!
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,048
    There are probably ABC News simulations ;- )
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