@GopherT

Your points are well taken! --- My incredulity owes to the seemingly ridiculous disparity of the reported vs the anticipatable death toll (as regards the recent event).

There was also some advance notice that an issue was about to happen as the first fire broke out...

A very good point! And, perhaps, the most significant 'saving grace' --- Even so -- I can't imagine the toll remaining below the '1,000 mark' -- and that ignoring sequelae of exposure to airborne toxins...

Best regards
HP

 

Hello,

The death count seems to be risen to 112:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015...QL03920150816?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

Bertus

 

I suspect it is closer to 200, and we still don't have all the numbers. Never will, knowing the
Chinese government.

 

Never will, knowing the
Chinese government.

Or indeed governments in general...

 

How much matter could you get in a trailer,do the math.

 

How much matter could you get in a trailer,do the math.

IIRC "Juggernauts" (aka "Jugs" a.k.a. "Semis" aka "eighteen wheelers" but in any event "semi-apportioned tractor trailer transports") are specified at a maximum trailer weight of 50 (short) tons = 100,000 lbs ~ 45360kg

Hence ~4,08*10^21 J ~ 975,143 Mt TNT equivilent (Rest)

'Tho of what possible use or interest this info is utterly escapes me

Best regards
HP

 

I was just moving to Las Vegas when the Pepcon explosion happened. My travel trailer was 3 miles from ground zero. It tore Henderson up but the most impressive thing I remember is a steel building about two miles from the blast. The steel skin was pressure formed on to the steel frame structure and every frame member was clearly visible from the outside.

Only two people died, the owner who was credited for saving his employees and the marshmallow plant next door and a janitor who stayed to help.

 

...the marshmallow plant next door...

That was convenient!...

 

... Never will, knowing the Chinese government.

They're definitely not known for their truth-loving attitude

 

Here's an update on this whole fiasco:

Whatever the cause, it looks like a pretty good little explosion.

 

Here's an update on this whole fiasco:

Whatever the cause, it looks like a pretty good little explosion.

Look on the bright side, it created a nice swimming and fishing lake for the city.

 

In addition to creating a fishing and swimming lake, it also created a huge toxic dump and the whole place may be off limits for years -if not indefinitely.

I wonder where this one ranks with the explosion at the Union Carbide plant in Bopohl, India?

 

In addition to creating a fishing and swimming lake, it also created a huge toxic dump and the whole place may be off limits for years -if not indefinitely.

This is China, in a few years the place will be paved over with new houses and schools with the toxic waste reclaimed, reprocessed and sold on the market for a tidy profit.

 

Unfortunately, you're right.

China and all the other high population countries are well known for "Disposable People" and fatalities are just part of the cost of doing business.

 

Look on the bright side, it created a nice swimming and fishing lake for the city.

There's a job waiting for you at China Daily - a government newsrag.

 

All the mainstream media outlets in the U.S. are also newsrags and a propaganda organ.

I prefer to call them the "Mouth Piece Media" because they always speak for the government and big business.

 

I wonder where this one ranks with the explosion at the Union Carbide plant in Bopohl, India

IIRC that was more in the nature of a leak (secondary to a ruptured scrubber or some such) -- and, I might add, a perfect (albeit tragic) illustration of the liabilities attendant to high population density...

Best regards
HP

 

This did not come as a surprise.

http://time.com/3999852/china-shuts-websites-tianjin-censorship/

 

It never does.

 

This did not come as a surprise.

http://time.com/3999852/china-shuts-websites-tianjin-censorship/

See post #56