Pete Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 notice black plume of smoke heading towards korea- nasa photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 More pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Best commentary by far (NSFW language): http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0e5_1439474009 Holy farging hell!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-33908168 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-33908168 we are not going to hear the real story. The death toll and the toxic fumes will be grossly underreported. It is like dealing with TASS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 we are not going to hear the real story. The death toll and the toxic fumes will be grossly underreported. It is like dealing with TASS inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency are apparently on the scene -- something China of course won't confirm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 "It not chemical explosion, it urban renewal project" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilsner Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 we are not going to hear the real story. The death toll and the toxic fumes will be grossly underreported. It is like dealing with TASS You're most likely right Pete. China isn't known for revealing the full story on anything controversial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamrock Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 (edited) From disaster we can see that greatness in humanity that's universal; Emergency responders, volunteer medicos. Amazing folk. Edited August 14, 2015 by Shamrock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency are apparently on the scene -- something China of course won't confirm. Probably not. Could be some radiological sources there (medical imaging devices or such), but not likely in quantities the IAEA would be concerned with. Unless they were storing nuclear fuel rods or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous Guy Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Probably not. Could be some radiological sources there (medical imaging devices or such), but not likely in quantities the IAEA would be concerned with. Unless they were storing nuclear fuel rods or something. Uh...we are talking about China here...they were probably in those shipping containers destined for the "countryside". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJasper Probincrux III Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 holy crap...is that 1KM radius residential at all or mostly business, it seems to have happened at night... In the video at the top you can see high rise residential buildings to the left of the fire, at the end of the video you see all of those high rise buildings on fire. that is unreal... And that guy is clearly Canadian...his girlfriend is annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 In the video at the top you can see high rise residential buildings to the left of the fire, at the end of the video you see all of those high rise buildings on fire. And that guy is clearly Canadian...his girlfriend is annoying. At the beginning they seem almost giddy about the explosion, but when the first HUGE explosion happens you can definitely hear the terror in their voices. It is chilling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 This is fascinating on so many different levels. For one, as I suspected, this chemical leak is a whole lot worse then China's government has been saying. They were insisiting the air was fine and didn't pose a threat, Now there is a 3km evacuation. It is interesting the chinese media criticizing the government. That never happens. It is interesting to speculate if a goverment official was involved with Ruihai International Logistics. After the blast, a blogger posted what chemicals that company dealt with, but the boad members were removed from the sight. Then the sight went offlline. And China says when the blast went off, so did the whole websight. It is interesting there is a supercomputer a few blocks away from the port. One of the fastest in the world. It is interesting that China devalued their currency 2 days in a row(6% the second day) before the blast. It is interesting the chinese bloggers posting videos, and then having the chinese authorities deleting them. But at that point they were already reposted all over the world. It is interesting the piss poor media coverage. Then again, China put all foreign reporters 6km away and has been closed lip. The 2008 Sichuan earthquake (killed 80,000) the authorities tried to suppress info. It is interesting, what happens to that massive black, chemical cloud heading for Korea. What are the enviromental consequences for the planet? It is interesting there is a sexual revoloution going on in China. The genie is out of the bottle. I always thought the GnR album title "Chinese Democracy" was brilliant. Just by throwing that phrase out there helps keep that ball rolling. May you live in interesting times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clippers of Nfl Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 This is fascinating on so many different levels. For one, as I suspected, this chemical leak is a whole lot worse then China's government has been saying. They were insisiting the air was fine and didn't pose a threat, Now there is a 3km evacuation. It is interesting the chinese media criticizing the government. That never happens. It is interesting to speculate if a goverment official was involved with Ruihai International Logistics. After the blast, a blogger posted what chemicals that company dealt with, but the boad members were removed from the sight. Then the sight went offlline. And China says when the blast went off, so did the whole websight. It is interesting there is a supercomputer a few blocks away from the port. One of the fastest in the world. It is interesting that China devalued their currency 2 days in a row(6% the second day) before the blast. It is interesting the chinese bloggers posting videos, and then having the chinese authorities deleting them. But at that point they were already reposted all over the world. It is interesting the piss poor media coverage. Then again, China put all foreign reporters 6km away and has been closed lip. The 2008 Sichuan earthquake (killed 80,000) the authorities tried to suppress info. It is interesting, what happens to that massive black, chemical cloud heading for Korea. What are the enviromental consequences for the planet? It is interesting there is a sexual revoloution going on in China. The genie is out of the bottle. I always thought the GnR album title "Chinese Democracy" was brilliant. Just by throwing that phrase out there helps keep that ball rolling. May you live in interesting times. Did someone say sex? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 People's Daily,China @PDChina 2h2 hours ago China has suspended or permanently closed 50 websites for spreading rumors after #TianjinBlast, CAC said on Saturday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/world/asia/china-tianjin-blasts-chemical-containment.html?hpw&rref=world&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 (edited) China will put someone on trial for storing so much chemicals in one place. Edited August 16, 2015 by mead107 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 (edited) http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/af116316-44bd-11e5-af2f-4d6e0e5eda22.html Adding to the speculation, Tianjin’s online corporate registry database was inaccessible for four days after the blasts. When access resumed on Monday, a search for Ruihai Logistics yielded a curious gap. The company was registered in 2012 but its current legal owners only bought their shares in 2013. The historic list of changes that should have reflected the previous owners did not appear. The records reveal that many Ruihai executives are former employees of Sinochem, the giant state-owned chemicals, fertiliser and iron ore trader that owns the largest hazardous warehouse operation in Tianjin. The individuals named in the corporate records were just “ants”, carrying crumbs on behalf of others, Caijing concluded. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/08/17/chinese-paper-promises-there-will-be-no-tianjin-blast-cover-up-why-nobody-believes-them/ BEIJING — Trust nothing. That’s pretty much the mood in Tianjin almost five days after amassive, chemical-fueled explosion rocked the city, turning swathes of the port into an apocalyptic hellscape, and killing more than 100 people, including scores of firefighters sent to fight the flames. From the outset, the government has insisted that everything is under control, that the levels of toxic chemicals in the air and water are normal — despite the fact that there were hundreds of tons of highly toxic sodium cyanide on site. On Sunday, China’s premier, Li Keqiang, showed up to tour the scene, posing for pictures without a mask of any sort, and calling for “transparency” in the investigation. But the visit, and the call, came rather late. And few, it seems, are buying it. Today is supposed to storm in Tianjin. So China is shutting our media out. I would like to see our media report what happened to that large black, chemical cloud. Instead they are covering Kylie Jenners new bunny Edited August 17, 2015 by Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted August 17, 2015 Author Share Posted August 17, 2015 http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/af116316-44bd-11e5-af2f-4d6e0e5eda22.html Adding to the speculation, Tianjin’s online corporate registry database was inaccessible for four days after the blasts. When access resumed on Monday, a search for Ruihai Logistics yielded a curious gap. The company was registered in 2012 but its current legal owners only bought their shares in 2013. The historic list of changes that should have reflected the previous owners did not appear. The records reveal that many Ruihai executives are former employees of Sinochem, the giant state-owned chemicals, fertiliser and iron ore trader that owns the largest hazardous warehouse operation in Tianjin. The individuals named in the corporate records were just “ants”, carrying crumbs on behalf of others, Caijing concluded. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/08/17/chinese-paper-promises-there-will-be-no-tianjin-blast-cover-up-why-nobody-believes-them/ Today is supposed to storm in Tianjin. So China is shutting our media out. I would like to see our media report what happened to that large black, chemical cloud. Instead they are covering Kylie Jenners new bunny What media? There is no media left in America. It's all corporate talking points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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