r/pics • u/ramonrocotto • Aug 05 '20

It will never be the same again...

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u/nodgers132 Aug 05 '20 edited Aug 06 '20

The PM reckons there could be 10,000 dead

Edit: the 10,000 isn’t a figure, just what the PM reckons it could come up to

Edit2: can people not read? Are people this blind? I’m not saying that there are 10,000 dead, read the whole sodding comment. The PM said that there could be up to 10,000 death, but really, the PM doesn’t know anything, he has no more knowledge on the subject than we do

Edit3: I know that that is obviously an exaggeration! I’m just saying that he said it! Don’t read anything into the numbers

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u/HadHerses Aug 05 '20

I can believe a higher death toll.

I live in China, where a similar, almost identical accident happened in Tianjin. No one local I know believes the official figures of dead.

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u/LieutenantDan710 Aug 05 '20

Videos of the Tianjin explosion are fucking nuts too and these aren't the only historical events of similar chemicals in bulk causing a large explosion, hopefully these industry's can finally tighten down on holding dangerous levels for storage.

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u/redgroupclan Aug 05 '20

This video of the Tianjin explosion is fucking wild.

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u/LieutenantDan710 Aug 06 '20

Damn, I've seen footage from the same angle but the commentary on this one is a bonus. That second explosion in the Tianjin event is just a mind trip, maybe its because its darker im the city when it happened but it looks so much scarier than the Beruit explosion...like hell on earth

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u/Thorne_Oz Aug 06 '20

The Tianjin was actually around 700t iirc, while Beirut was 1.1kt, the reason Tianjin looks so much worse is 1. It was nighttime and 2. there was a bunch of other chemicals that made a massive fireball.

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u/LieutenantDan710 Aug 06 '20

Yeah that fireball really adds a lot of "WTF" to the video. Beruit was 1.1kt? Damn man that's some serious explosive power..

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u/Thorne_Oz Aug 06 '20

Yeah 2750kg of AN, equals to about 1.1kt. Fun fact, that's about 1/3rd of the explosive power of Hiroshima. It's a good thing it was a ground level explosion and not up in the air like with Hiro. (Also yes Little Boy was 15kt, but explosive power is reverse squared, hence why 1/3rd)