UPDATED - BREAKING NEWS: ‘Major’ Explosion in New York City Wounds Over a Dozen ... Make That "At Least 26 People" - 2ND DEVICE FOUND ON 27TH ST. PRESSURE COOKER BOMB

UPDATE - 2nd Device found and is said to be a PRESSURE COOKER BOMB, as was used in the Boston Marathon Bombing. 

This means it is possible, or maybe I should say, likely this is Islamic Jihad.

DeBlasio is saying there is "no connection to Terrorism", which probably means his friends did it. Cuz he's a fucking scumbag Traitor, but I digress:

BREAKING: Fox Reports Second Device in New York City is Likely Pressure Cooker Bomb

Major explosion right around the corner from my apartment in #NYC just happened.#safe #chelsea #explosion #rightnow pic.twitter.com/yr2Tfnqp4U

— Aiden Leslie (@aidenleslie) September 18, 2016

SO LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED TODAY:

1) A MILITARY PARADE WAS BOMBED IN NEW JERSEY

2) CHARLOTTESVILLE WAS BOMBED - APPARENTLY

3) MANHATTAN WAS BOMBED

4) A HERD OF VILE MUSLIMS STAMPEDED THROUGH THE MALL OF AMERICA IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

We can not be sure, of course, but it seems as if, perhaps, THE MUSLIMS ARE RESTLESS.

And, you know what that means: There's only one solution, 

WE NEED MORE MUSLIMS

We see uniformed FBI on the street

— Jasmine Hudson (@Jsmn007) September 18, 2016

At least 14 people injured in blast at 23rd & 6th in Chelsea neighborhood. #NYC #VOAalert

— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) September 18, 2016

From the New York Post:

A dumpster blew up at 8:30 p.m. Saturday night in Chelsea, blowing out the lower windows of a 14-story residence for the blind. 

At least 26 suffered minor injuries from what may have been an explosive device, police sources told The Post. 

The explosion, described by one neighbor as “deafening,” happened outside the Associated Blind Housing facility at 135 W. 23rd Street. The facility provides housing, training and other services for the blind.

HERE'S A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE 2ND "PRESSURE COOKER" BOMB:

CONTINUOUSLY UPDATED --- Massive Explosion in Tianjin, China - Cause Unknown - Size is Approximately 21 Tons of TNT - Hazardous Chemicals?

"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.

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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UPDATE - 

MORE ANGLES:

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.

MORE:

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

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UKMirror: Aftermath in pictures

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.

 

Timeline for Portsmouth NH Bus Standoff

Seacoastonline has what appears to be an up-to-date timeline on the Portsmouth, NH, bus standoff.

Hanover Street cleared; robotic devices sent to inspect bus during bomb scare

By Staff reports
news@seacoastonline.com
May 06, 2010 11:41 AMPORTSMOUTH

Five hours after police were called to the area of the High-Hanover parking garage for a report of a possible bomb aboard a Greyhound bus, police cleared Hanover Street of onlookers and media, while one man remained on the bus and robotic devices were sent in to inspect the scene.

Sixteen other passengers walked away from the bus two hours after the initial call, with their hands in the air, down the middle of Hanover Street, flanked by SWAT team members.

By 5:30 p.m., according to Schwartz, police had deployed at least two robotic devices, one of which contained video equipment, to inspect the bus.

"We certainly would like him to get off the bus," said Portsmouth Police Capt. Mike Schwartz of the man that remained on board at 5 p.m.

At approximately 11:40 a.m. Thursday, police and firefighters responded to the area of the High-Hanover parking garage, where they surrounded a Greyhound bus while watching a subject inside. Shortly afterwards emergency responders began evacuating nearby businesses.

Police Chief Lou Ferland said police had received information that there may be a subject on the bus with a bomb.

According to Schwartz, 17 people were on the bus, the driver was not on board during the response, and there had been phone contact with a passenger on the bus, which had stopped in Portsmouth while en route to Boston, Mass. from Portland, Maine.

As the scene unfolded, city police were joined by other local, state and federal agencies including Exeter and Hampton police, the Seacoast Emergency Response Team (SERT), a K-9 unit from Dover, the N.H. State Police bomb disposal unit, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), immigration and customs officials and the FBI. At approximately 12:30 p.m. an armored vehicle was called in from Rye.

Police urged people to stay away from the downtown area.

At 1 p.m. Schwartz said police had been talking with passengers on the bus but have not asked or directed anyone to remain there, and that police were not calling the scene a hostage situation. "The call (from a passenger) to us was a concern based on an observation," said the captain. "We're making the situation as safe as possible."

At approximately 1:30 p.m. passengers exited the bus with their hands up, and one man remained on the bus and appeared to be handcuffed.

SERT members gathered the passengers, who appeared to be in handcuffs, in the High-Hanover parking garage before police transported them to the Portsmouth station for interviews by local police and the FBI, according to Schwartz.

By 2:40 p.m., according to Schwartz, police had attempted to establish phone communication with the man who remained on the bus, and stressed that police were not naming anybody a suspect at that time.

At approximately 3:10 p.m., emergency officials were preparing to inspect the bus with a motorized robotic device which, according to Schwartz, did not necessarily indicate the presence of a bomb, but contained video capabilities which could be used for inspection.

Approximately 20 responders were seen exiting a large N.H. Department of Safety vehicle and boarded another bus which drove away from the scene.

State and city officials on scene included N.H. Senior Assistant Attorney General Jane Young, Portsmouth Mayor Tom Ferrini, and Father Angelo Pappas, the Portsmouth Fire Dept. chaplain.

Portsmouth High School sophomore Robert Swan said he received a text message about the incident, and that within ten minutes word of the event was all over the school. Swan said all after-school programs were canceled as a precaution, and that many students' facebook pages indicated they had joined onlookers downtown to see what was happening.

N.H. Governor John Lynch, at the Emergency Operations Center in Concord, said in a brief statement that the situation remains fluid and could go on for some time.

Restrictions were put on air travel in the area, which kept television helicopters from flying overhead at closer than 3,000 feet.

According to Schwartz, police had not recovered any type of device from the bus.

As indicated in the blue highlighted paragraph, even with this detailed coverage the facts are confused -- did the passengers have their hands in the air, wear handcuffs, or both, or neither. But it seems significant that the governor thinks this situation "could go on for some time".

Portsmouth Neighborhood Evacuated Man On Greyhound Bus Has "Device"

Part of downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has been evacuated because of a report of a device found on a Greyhound bus making a stop between Bangor and NYC. So far I've seen 4 different reports on this, all 4 with different details. Here's what FOX has so far:


New Hampshire Police Investigate Bomb Threat on Bus
Associated Press

DEVELOPING: Police and fire officials are blocking streets in Portsmouth, N.H., around a Greyhound bus after a man reportedly threatened he had a bomb.

The state police explosives disposal unit has responded to the threat Thursday. Police evacuated residents and buildings in the area, including a Hilton hotel where an alarm sounded. A parking garage also has been closed.

The bus had left Bangor, Maine, and was en route to New York City. It was unclear whether the bus was occupied.

CNN has a bit more information on their news site:

Police said the area around Hanover, High and Market streets was closed.

News 9 reported that 17 passengers were still on the bus, but the bus driver had left the bus. There have been reports of a possible hostage situation, but Portsmouth Capt. Mike Schwartz said he wasn't sure why the passengers hadn't left the bus.

A SWAT team was also at the scene, and several businesses in the area were evacuated. The FAA also instituted a 3-mile no-fly zone around the area.

The Associated Press reported that the state explosives disposal unit and FBI were also at the scene.

Despite the heavy law enforcement presence in the area, police were set well back from the vehicle. Yellow caution tape blocked off the streets.

Gov. John Lynch's office said he went to the Emergency Operations Center in Concord and has been advised of the situation.

More Details...

Sources told WBZ's Karen Anderson that a man on the bus was talking on a cell phone in what sounded like Arabic and English.

A woman apparently heard him say something about "a bomb is on the bus."

The woman told the bus driver, who then pretended there was a mechanical problem with the bus and pulled over in Portsmouth. The driver then called police.

Police have closed streets and evacuated businesses, including a Hilton hotel in the busy downtown area.

Two SWAT teams and the FBI are also on the scene.

This could be serious -- or the guy could have been saying "There's a bum on the bus" and was misheard. (It's happened before.) I am hoping this does not turn out to be a hostage situation.

UPDATED: Apparently the passengers are now off the bus. This WMUR site seems to have the most up-to-date coverage.