Brk: Massive explosion in China. Cause currently unclear.

[T.Lex]

I wonder if they think it was sabotage and want to lock the place down.

I also wonder if they'll say it was sabotage to lock the place down.

 

[KittySlayer]

Reports are coming in it was a petrochemical storage plant.

No OSHA in China, I assume.....

If China only had leaders with the wisdom of California legislators. Then they could store their petro in California Compliant containers.

 

[HoughMade]

Who here is a big fan of the "replacement" spouts for old gas cans....not for newer ones, certainly.

EZ- Pour Replacement Spout Kit 10050 by Ez-pour for $9.99 in Fuel Transfer - Lube Equipment - Air Compressors - Automotive : Rural King

 

[printcraft]

[video]http://video.weibo.com/show?fid=1034%3Adc65aafd8a97629626a8b7c27c9d38ff[/video]

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Chinese media: At least 13 people dead in Tianjin explosion; 11 seriously injured, 248 hospitalized

 

[miguel]

Damn. Isn't that the main port that iPods, iPhones and iPads come through?

????

Mrs: Miguel: "I wonder what they're saying?"

Miguel: "What the **** do you think they are saying? Holy ****!"

 

[pudly]

Surveillance video from the moment of the explosion:

 

[T.Lex]

Wow. Printcraft's video shows at least 2 big explosions. I mean. The "first" one was big. Then the second one was just... incredibly big.

Don't forget folks, it's the blast wave.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Surveillance video from the moment of the explosion:

I'd be surprised if he wasn't one of the dead, or many burned.

 

[T.Lex]

I'd be surprised if he wasn't one of the dead, or many burned.

Or unaccounted for. I gotta believe that footage was being recorded remotely. Ain't much of him left.

 

[Bennettjh]

Wow. That's terrible.

Watching thread for updates.

 

[femurphy77]

Rumor has it that they were trying to reverse engineer IMPD's highly successful boner drone!

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Who here is a big fan of the "replacement" spouts for old gas cans....not for newer ones, certainly.

EZ- Pour Replacement Spout Kit 10050 by Ez-pour for $9.99 in Fuel Transfer - Lube Equipment - Air Compressors - Automotive : Rural King

Try this at your own risk.

I did this to my old glug-glug style gas cans--specifically, I put the valve stems in for vents as shown....and it works perfectly. I can empty a can probably twice as fast as before.

http://youtu.be/0lcnwdIYEfI

 

[chezuki]

??? Am I missing the joke?

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Aftermath

 

[terrehautian]

Someone isn't getting a new beetle anytime soon.

 

[actaeon277]

Remember, it's not the Shockwave that kills you.






Well, sometimes it is.

 

[mk2ja]

View of the explosion from space via Google Earth. Note that it loads slowly. Probably getting slammed right now. Looks like it is at their port.

- Google Maps

This looks super interesting.

I have no idea how to make it work.

What am I looking at here?

 

[pudly]

It should run automagically. It shows a time-lapse, overhead view of the city with an infrared overlay. After a while, you will see a spot at the port turn orange (hot).

 

[mk2ja]

Who here is a big fan of the "replacement" spouts for old gas cans....not for newer ones, certainly.

EZ- Pour Replacement Spout Kit 10050 by Ez-pour for $9.99 in Fuel Transfer - Lube Equipment - Air Compressors - Automotive : Rural King

Oh my goodness. Why I never thought to look for new spouts, I have no idea. I'm so getting these. Thanks!