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This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at 2015/08/12 20:28:54
n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. By the juice of the brew my thoughts aquire speed, my mind becomes strained, the strain becomes a warning. It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion.
LordofHats wrote: First I was like "that's it?" Then I was like "holy gak that's it!"
The second blast reminded me of the way explosions are depicted in movies. It was quite surreal.
n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. By the juice of the brew my thoughts aquire speed, my mind becomes strained, the strain becomes a warning. It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion.
Can't open but saw a pic on something else. That looks bad.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Frazzled wrote: Can't open but saw a pic on something else. That looks bad.
You can't open...YouTube?
Or are you work-blocked?
Anyway - that is a scary sight!
Hopefully casualties are low, but as noted already, I can't imagine they will be.
Work blocked.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Woah, that's enormous blast, casualties are going to be higher than reported, this is China and intal estimates are always lower sadly.
Sgt. Vanden - OOC Hey, that was your doing. I didn't choose to fly in the "Dongerprise'.
"May the odds be ever in your favour"
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I have no clue how Dakka's moderation work. I expect it involves throwing a lot of d100 and looking at many random tables.
FudgeDumper - It could be that you are just so uncomfortable with the idea of your chapters primarch having his way with a docile tyranid spore cyst, that you must deny they have any feelings at all.
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Damn, thats intense.
What the hell blew up? I'm not really buying "industrial accident". This is a bit big for that.
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Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
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Unless they had very shoddy packaging I really doubt it was an accident. And no way was this fireworks. way too big for that, unless China has a strategic firework reserve or something.
Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
What the hell blew up? I'm not really buying "industrial accident". This is a bit big for that.
BBC is stating that a shipment of explosives blew up. Fireworks maybe?
There is no way that is fireworks.
If anything its possibly industrial mining explosives. (though im pretty sure that requires specific mixing and other fun sciency things)
or possibly just Natural gas or fuel
Tin foil time it could of been something more ominous like military grade stuff.
Dark Apostle 666 wrote: I first thought fireworks, but with the size of that blast, maybe it was mining explosives? That or military stuff, ordnance, maybe?
I hear that chemicals in general can have some 'fun' results when stored/handled in numerous & massively moronic methods.
The report from the CTV News website mentioned that area residents have complained about strong chemical odours... And it's not like China is really known for their safety records on just about, you know, everything.
Natural gas burns different than that- a lot cleaner.
Fertilizer shipment would do it.
I think its the Chinese dealing with a Cloverfield outbreak myself.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Mining explosives crossed my mind too. Are those shipped through commercial ports? Was this a commercial port?
Regarding fireworks, this is an interesting video of a fireworks factory cooking off. The explosion from China doesn't have the sparkler-type secondary explosions seen in this video so it likely wasn't fireworks that blew up.
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It probably was mining or military grade explosives. Which of course begs the question of how they got set off?
Most of this kind of explosive require multiple things to occur to cause an explosion. C4 is very very tough to get to explode without special blasting caps. Same with most mining explosives.
So either this was sabotage OR someone was really stupid(like transporting blasting caps with the explosives stupid)
Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
Grey Templar wrote: It probably was mining or military grade explosives. Which of course begs the question of how they got set off?
Most of this kind of explosive require multiple things to occur to cause an explosion. C4 is very very tough to get to explode without special blasting caps. Same with most mining explosives.
So either this was sabotage OR someone was really stupid(like transporting blasting caps with the explosives stupid)
Doesn't really matter though what the real cause of it is, since the Chinese government will just lie their arses off about the cause(s)...
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Neither option would be flattering.
If they say it was an accident, it just says they have shoddy safety procedures.
If they say it was sabotage, it means they have poor security.
There isn't much to be gained by lying unless something else is in play.
Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
If they say it was an accident, it just says they have shoddy safety procedures.
If they say it was sabotage, it means they have poor security.
There isn't much to be gained by lying unless something else is in play.
You do realise we're talking about the country that has repeatedly tried to deny that they've been ground zero for two of the largest pandemic events of the past decade? (SARS & Avian Flu)
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