China explosions aftermath: Photos from inside the blast zone show the devastation in Tianjin

[sunshaker]

 

The National Earthquake Bureau reported two major blasts before midnight on Wednesday 12 August, the first with an equivalent of 3 tons of TNT, and the second with the equivalent of 21 tons. The blasts were so large that they were seen by satellites in space, and the US Geological Survey registered them as seismic events.

The blasts, originating at a warehouse for hazardous material, turned buildings in the immediate vicinity into charred, skeletal shells while shattering windows up to several kilometres away. The explosions took place in a mostly industrial economic development zone, with some apartment buildings in the vicinity. Buildings of a half-dozen other logistics companies were destroyed in the blasts, and more than 1,000 new cars were left charred in a nearby parking lot.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/china-explosions-aftermath-photos-inside-blast-zone-show-devastation-tianjin-1515295

 

There was a thread recently "how to destroy the world", I think we are already making a good start.

 

[DrP]

Tragic.

 

 

You won't destroy the world like that though... there were less than 100 lives lost in that explosion and the earth barely felt it... just a small seismic reading.

[sunshaker]

Tragic.

 

 

You won't destroy the world like that though... there were less than 100 lives lost in that explosion and the earth barely felt it... just a small seismic reading.

Very tragic,

but it is just one of many tragic events that happen all the time,

I always wonder about the "effect of hazardous materials" that are released into atmosphere(long term effects), all these events are beginning to add up. oil spills/nuclear melt downs/toxic waste spills the list go on.

 

Is safety sometimes neglected for profits?

I wonder how many of these events go on in a typical week?

Just noticed this event in russia moscow,

 

http://beforeitsnews.com/middle-east/2015/08/nuclear-war-in-my-neighborhood-gigantic-plume-of-black-smoke-causes-panic-in-moscow-video-2507324.html

 

 

 

The Emergencies Ministry said that an analysis of air samples taken in the area in the fire’s aftermath showed that permissible exposure limits to pollutants hadn’t been exceeded, and the byproducts from the combustion pose no threat to the population.

The earth can only dilute these pollutants so far before we must reach a tipping point?

 

Today

 

13 August 2015 at 2:31pm

Chemical spill at Hale Bank - people urged to stay indoors

Emergency services are at the scene of a potential chemical spill at Hale Bank near Widnes.

Fire crews were callled to Pickerings Road around 11am.

People living close by are advised to stay indoors and keep their windows and doors closed.

Drivers in the area should keep windows closed and to switch off air conditioning and ventilation systems.

 

 

 

3 million gallons of toxic wastewater spreading toward Lake Powell, state of emergency declared

The Navajo Nation and Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper declared a state of emergency on Monday, August 10, after EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) officially confirmed that 11 356 235 liters (3 million gallons) of toxic mining sludge from a mine in southwest

Edited August 13, 2015 by sunshaker

[Bruno da Silva]

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/china-explosions-aftermath-photos-inside-blast-zone-show-devastation-tianjin-1515295

china-explosion-tianjin.jpg

 

There was a thread recently "how to destroy the world", I think we are already making a good start.

 

 

No, that's clearly not a good start. This event doesn't change anything,

Edited August 13, 2015 by Bruno da Silva

[Delbert]

Apparently they've found sodium cyanide about; and yet the other day there was a news item on BBC TV featuring a reporter walking about and around all those burnt-out cars. But now apparently a two-mile evacuation radius has been created! Who did the risk assessment for a BBC TV reporter to mingle about those cars?