"By today's standards the two bombs dropped on a Japan were small -- equivalent to 15,000 tons of TNT in the case of the Hiroshima bomb and 20,000 tons in the case of the Nagasaki bomb." Nuclear energy, often mistakenly called atomic energy, is the most powerful kind of energy known.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS IS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION.
I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
HOWEVER, THE POWER OF THE BLAST IS LARGER THAN BOTH ATOM BOMBS USED ON HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI.
FOX NEWS SAYS, 7 DEAD, 300 HOSPITALIZED
There is, as the BBC's clip of a report from China says, "confusion" as to the cause.
This occurred in Tianjin, a port city to the southeast of Beijing.
This is a city of approximately 15 million people.
I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
HOWEVER, THE POWER OF THE BLAST IS LARGER THAN BOTH ATOM BOMBS USED ON HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI.
FOX NEWS SAYS, 7 DEAD, 300 HOSPITALIZED
There is, as the BBC's clip of a report from China says, "confusion" as to the cause.
This occurred in Tianjin, a port city to the southeast of Beijing.
This is a city of approximately 15 million people.
Video: State media says at least 300 people have been injured in a huge explosion at the port of Tianjin in China https://t.co/DUM96fi7Hp
— Sky News Tonight (@SkyNewsTonight) August 12, 2015
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China's earthquake agency says it registered 2 blasts. The energy of the second was measured at 2.9 on the Richter scale, or 21 tons of TNT.
— Alan Wong (@alanwongw) August 12, 2015
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video taken from another angle reveals there are at least two towers (like a lighthouse) visible (ff 1:09) flashing emergency lights in the foreground relative to the explosions. . .suggesting this is a secure area, not your average shipping port. The blast area is vast and the fires are rapidly spreading in these videos.
YouTube compilation of multiple angles of blasts including heartbreaking video footage of child using cell phone of two unresponsive injured on ground.
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There have been quite a few recent unexplained events in China - Uighurs?
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31 injured in explosion in China university
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Explosion in eastern China kills two, suspected attacker also dead: Xinhua
The report said the blast, late on Monday evening, killed a suspect named as 33-year-old unemployed villager Xie Xingtang. The Xinhua report did not mention a reason for the attack. Photos circulating on Chinese microblog Sina Weibo showed police cordons ...via Reuters · By Michael Perry andAdam Jourdan · 7/21/2015
Explosion at fireworks warehouse in China kills 15
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Plant explosion in China refuels public concern over PX
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Coal mine explosion kills 10 in sothwest China
At least 10 people have been killed and 40 others missing in two separate accidents at coal mines in China, state media reported on Wednesday. Ten people were killed in a gas outburst at a coal mine in southwest … via The Indian Express · 16 hours ago
300 injured in China gas explosion
The state-run Beijing News said on its website that between 300 and 400 people had been admitted to hospitals in the city, east of Beijing. It says the explosion shattered windows and knocked off doors of buildings in the area. The official China Daily ...via KOMO News · 38 minutes ago
Water park dust explosion death toll increases to 11
TAIPEI, A woman died Wednesday of injuries she sustained in a fiery dust explosion at a water park in New Taipei on June 27, bringing the death toll from the incident to 11, according to a local hospital. The woman …via The China Post · 2 hours ago
Explosion Kills Dozens at Eastern China Plant
BEIJING — At least 68 people were killed Saturday morning when a blast tore through a metal products factory in China’s eastern Jiangsu Province, state-run news media reported. According to the national broadcaster CCTV, 187 others were injured in the ...via NYTimes · ByAndrew Jacobs · 8/2/2014
31 injured in explosion in China university
At least 31 people, mostly students, were injured today when a gas explosion ripped through a six storey building in a Chinese university. The explosion took place in a dormitory at China's northwest Lanzhou University in Lanzhou, capital of Gansu Province ...via Deccan Herald 7/20/2015
Explosion in eastern China kills two, suspected attacker also dead: Xinhua
The report said the blast, late on Monday evening, killed a suspect named as 33-year-old unemployed villager Xie Xingtang. The Xinhua report did not mention a reason for the attack. Photos circulating on Chinese microblog Sina Weibo showed police cordons ...via Reuters · By Michael Perry andAdam Jourdan · 7/21/2015
Explosion at fireworks warehouse in China kills 15
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Plant explosion in China refuels public concern over PX
An April 6 explosion at a paraxylene plant in Zhangzhou, Fujian province, is the second safety incident at the highly controversial PX facility in China. Six people were injured in the blast, which, according to local media, started around 7 p.m. local ...via Plastics News · 4/7/2015
Mention of "mushroom cloud" may not be appropriate for this blast ...but another type of cloud is...
They have high tech research facilities in Tianjin Helix Nebula (CERN collaboration)
UPDATE
Early reports from our activist contacts in China are saying:
The explosion scene is at the Dongjiang bonded Harbor area near the seventh gate of a hazardous chemicals, warehouse.
People need to close all Windows and doors nearby, is likely to have secondary damage in the form of toxic gasses.
via CNN video at YouTube
UPDATE
The blast was so powerful it blew out windows up to six miles away.
There appear to have been at least two explosions, the first wth a 2.3 degree magnitude and the following with a 2.9 degree magnitude, according to reports from the China Earthquake Networks Centre and reported by CCTV. That second blast was "equivalent to 21 tons of TNT", or about 19,000 kilograms, according to CCTV.
It is the third massive blast in recent months in eastern China.
Earlier this month, a powerful explosion ripped through a factory in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, killing at least 68 people and injuring more than 187 others.It is the third massive blast in recent months in eastern China.
Earlier this month, a powerful explosion ripped through a factory in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, killing at least 68 people and injuring more than 187 others.
While an explosion hit part of an oil storage facility at Dragon Aromatics, an independent petrochemical producer, in April.
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The images of the neighboring areas are dark but imply a lot of high rise dwellings surround the area. Pray for all the families who are dealing with the aftermath of missing loved ones, injury, death and homelessness.
video taken from another angle reveals there are at least two towers (like a lighthouse) visible (ff 1:09) flashing emergency lights in the foreground relative to the explosions. . .suggesting this is a secure area, not your average shipping port. The blast area is vast and the fires are rapidly spreading in these videos.
Also mentioned in another post about this horrific explosion...there have been quite a few recent unexplained events in China - Uighurs?
Coal mine explosion kills 10 in sothwest China
At least 10 people have been killed and 40 others missing in two separate accidents at coal mines in China, state media reported on Wednesday. Ten people were killed in a gas outburst at a coal mine in southwest … via The Indian Express · 16 hours ago
300 injured in China gas explosion
The state-run Beijing News said on its website that between 300 and 400 people had been admitted to hospitals in the city, east of Beijing. It says the explosion shattered windows and knocked off doors of buildings in the area. The official China Daily ...via KOMO News · 38 minutes ago
Water park dust explosion death toll increases to 11
TAIPEI, A woman died Wednesday of injuries she sustained in a fiery dust explosion at a water park in New Taipei on June 27, bringing the death toll from the incident to 11, according to a local hospital. The woman …via The China Post · 2 hours ago
Explosion Kills Dozens at Eastern China Plant
BEIJING — At least 68 people were killed Saturday morning when a blast tore through a metal products factory in China’s eastern Jiangsu Province, state-run news media reported. According to the national broadcaster CCTV, 187 others were injured in the ...via NYTimes · ByAndrew Jacobs · 8/2/2014
31 injured in explosion in China university
At least 31 people, mostly students, were injured today when a gas explosion ripped through a six storey building in a Chinese university. The explosion took place in a dormitory at China's northwest Lanzhou University in Lanzhou, capital of Gansu Province ...via Deccan Herald 7/20/2015
Explosion in eastern China kills two, suspected attacker also dead: Xinhua
The report said the blast, late on Monday evening, killed a suspect named as 33-year-old unemployed villager Xie Xingtang. The Xinhua report did not mention a reason for the attack. Photos circulating on Chinese microblog Sina Weibo showed police cordons ...via Reuters · By Michael Perry andAdam Jourdan · 7/21/2015
Explosion at fireworks warehouse in China kills 15
BEIJING (AP) — A warehouse containing fireworks exploded in northern China, killing 15 people, a local authority said Monday. The explosion Sunday morning happened in Ningjin county in Hebei province, which borders Beijing, and also left two other people ...via bigstory.ap.org · 7/12/2015
Plant explosion in China refuels public concern over PX
An April 6 explosion at a paraxylene plant in Zhangzhou, Fujian province, is the second safety incident at the highly controversial PX facility in China. Six people were injured in the blast, which, according to local media, started around 7 p.m. local ...via Plastics News · 4/7/2015
I believe your perspective on size is off. You (reports) say this was 21 tons of TNT. Nagasaki was 20,000 tons of TNT (1,000 times greater). So not even close.
But still more than bad enough.
YouTube compilation of multiple angles of blasts including heartbreaking video footage of child using cell phone of two unresponsive injured on ground.
Too much Whiskey and wimmin' I guess.
UKMirror: Aftermath in pictures
I understand that ;-)
still photo of area illustrates the number of high rise residences in blast zone.
Horrific video footage of flaming ruins ...here
Mention of "mushroom cloud" may not be appropriate for this blast ...but another type of cloud is...
They have high tech research facilities in Tianjin Helix Nebula (CERN collaboration)
Xinhuanet report
TIANJIN, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Two firefighters were "out of contact" and another four injured as of 3:00 a.m. Thursday after an explosion ripped through a warehouse in north China's Tianjin City, according to police authority.
According to the Sina Weibo post of the firefighting bureau under the Ministry of Public Security, The Tianjin firebrigade sent 12 teams after receiving fire report from Ruihai warehouse at the Binhai New Area at 10:50 p.m. Wednesday, which stores dangerous and chemical goods. An explosion occurred at the site at 11:30 p.m. The brigade then sent another nine teams and 35 fire engines as reinforecement.
The shockwaves were felt kilometers away, with some residents claiming their window glass and fish tanks shattered. People in neighborhoods nearby said flames lit up the sky and the blasts with big bang sent smoke and dust dozens of meters into the sky.
Lu Yun, head of the nearby Taida Hospital, said they have received more than 50 wounded people, and more are coming. The injuries were mainly from broken glass or stones. Some of the injuries are serious.
The rescue operation is still going on.
Xinhuanet: photo of shattered windows of a nearby building
Early reports from our activist contacts in China are saying:
The explosion scene is at the Dongjiang bonded Harbor area near the seventh gate of a hazardous chemicals, warehouse.
People need to close all Windows and doors nearby, is likely to have secondary damage in the form of toxic gasses.
via CNN video at YouTube
video illustrates the development of this new area
Tianjin, China, Blast Affects Port Handling Coal, Metal Ore, Oil via Bloomberg
"The port, located about 160 kilometers southeast of Beijing in Tianjin municipality, has a container terminal and is near China National Offshore Oil Corp.’s Tianjin FLNG, China’s first floating liquefied natural-gas terminal. The LNG plant has a capacity of 1.059 trillion cubic feet a year, according to Bloomberg data."..."PetroChina Co.’s 359,000 barrel-a-day Dagang refinery, the country’s fifth largest, is in the southern part of Tianjin municipality, according to Bloomberg data. Calls to the company weren’t immediately returned"
AFP/Yahoo: 17 dead, 400 hurt as huge blasts hits China's Tianjin
"An AFP reporter at the scene saw shattered glass up to three kilometres (two miles) from the blast site, after a shipment of explosives detonated in an industrial zone raining debris on the city.
Plumes of smoke still billowed over buildings six hours after the explosion, which occurred around 11:30 pm (1530 GMT) local time.
"The fireball was huge, maybe as much as 100 metres tall," said 27-year-old Huang Shiting, whose house is close to the port area of the city where the explosion took place." . . ."Much of the area surrounding the explosion is made up of construction sites for residential and office buildings. Worker dormitories, built of flimsy sheets of thin metal, were torn apart by the blast."
UPI adds:
"China's Xinhua news agency reported the explosion was caused by flammables and explosives at a container terminal. The agency said the blast set off a number of other explosions at buildings nearby.
The explosion was centered at a warehouse for a logistics company called Tianjin Dongjiang Port Rui Hai International Logistics, CNN reported.
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said nearby tower blocks were without power, the BBC reported.
The emerging business district includes a new airport completed in 2012 and is home to 219 Fortune 500 companies, according to China Daily."
via UKGuardian
"The explosion was in the warehouse of a private company named as Ruihai logistics. A company website says it was established in 2011, has a license for handling hazardous materials and handles around 1 million tonnes of cargo a year.
The government has not yet commented on what caused the blast, but if it is a safety lapse in the handling of dangerous shipments, it would be the latest in a long line of grim accidents.
Poor safety standards and widespread corruption contribute to hundreds of deaths in China’s poorly regulated private mines each year, and in other industrial accidents. An explosion at a fireworks warehouse in July killed 15 people, and last year dozens died in a blast at a car parts factory in Shanghai."
Mashable provides lots of images culled from social media...including a photo illustrating how windows were blown out as far as 6 miles from blast.
There appear to have been at least two explosions, the first wth a 2.3 degree magnitude and the following with a 2.9 degree magnitude, according to reports from the China Earthquake Networks Centre and reported by CCTV. That second blast was "equivalent to 21 tons of TNT", or about 19,000 kilograms, according to CCTV.
It is the third massive blast in recent months in eastern China.
Earlier this month, a powerful explosion ripped through a factory in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, killing at least 68 people and injuring more than 187 others.It is the third massive blast in recent months in eastern China.
Earlier this month, a powerful explosion ripped through a factory in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, killing at least 68 people and injuring more than 187 others.
While an explosion hit part of an oil storage facility at Dragon Aromatics, an independent petrochemical producer, in April.
Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/huge-explosion-rocks-northeastern-chinese-city-of-tianjin-20150812-gixxhm.html#ixzz3ieXonAlI
Hope this accident and the others are not man-made disasters. Because if they are, somebody is using a country with well known lack of security to practice activities they can perfect and then also implement in countries where failure is not am option.
We know, we have been told, that there are thousands of sleeper cells in the US. Would China be any more difficult to infiltrate? These companies may have hired terrorists who study the scene, take pictures of trucks, buildings, etc. and then they can execute a thoroughly planned terrorist attack.
May be wrong, but how is it possible to have that many terrible accidents in such a short time?
How open would be China to open up about such a level of terrorism? Could it be they know better but don´t want to do something that would spook them? Wishful thinking?
China.org update So
The Beijing fire department sent two UAVs and eight firefighters to Tianjin for the blast rescue at 3:53 a.m. Thursday.
According to the official Weibo of the Beijing fire department, eight firefighters arrived at Tianjin Binhai New Area at around 6:50 a.m. this morning.
They drew a 360 degree panorama of the scene of the accident with the help of the drones, which will provide detailed support for the rescue.
Second blast as powerful as 46 Tomahawks combined
Two blasts rocked Tianjin Binhai New Area on Wednesday night. The first blast was equivalent to 3 tons of TNT while the second one was equivalent to 21 tons. In other words, the two blasts could be compared to seven and 46 U.S. Tomahawk cruise missiles combined, respectively.Firefighting suspended at Tianjin blast site
Firefighting efforts at the site of the blast in Tianjin have been suspended, because the number of hazardous chemicals at the explosion site is unknown, CCTV reported.
Tianhe-1 supercomputer stopped due to safety concerns
Scientists have stopped the Tianhe-1 supercomputer due to safety concerns after the Tianjin warehouse blasts.
The Tianhe-1 supercomputer is located at the National Supercomputer Center in the Binhai New Area of Tianjin Municipality.
The warehouse blasts on Wednesday night broke some parts of the outer wall and glass of the center’s building.
According to scientists at the supercomputer center, Tianhe-1 has not been affected by the blasts, but out of safety considerations, they temporarily shut down the computer.
Executives of company responsible for blasts in police custody
Company executives of Richsea International Logistics, whose warehouse caused the two blasts in Tianjin, have been taken into police custody, pending further inquiries.
BBC images reveal utter devastation...horrific scorched earth images.
Official numbers of dead, missing , injured must number in the hundreds if not thousands.
more incredible raw footage of blast, up close and personal
raw video footage of aftermath Ends with image of vacated truck with turn signal still blinking under bridge, the boxcar twisted from truck.
Any explosion large enough would create what we call a mushroom cloud
Any economy undergowing rapid growth will have safety stds too lax to keep up with needs.
THe Homestead strike, and Shirtwaist fire here rings a bell
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