It's just about what you'd expect....
I’m not sure a small nuclear device wouldn’t have done much more damage than that explosion. The death toll is still under 50, but I can’t imagine it won’t be in the thousands. Unless people were able to evacuate from the early fires and explosions.
"State media said senior management of the company had been detained, and that President Xi Jinping demanded severe punishment for anyone found responsible for the explosions.***In a sign of sensitivity over the hazardous materials stored at the warehouse, state broadcaster CCTV went into a live broadcast of a news conference in Tianjin when the head of the municipality’s Environmental Protection Bureau chief, Wen Wurui, was speaking. He said there had been no apparent impact on air monitoring stations, but that water samples were still being examined.
However, when a reporter asked him whether the chemicals at the warehouse had been stored far enough away from residences in the area and Wen seemed at a loss for a response, the broadcaster suddenly cut away from the news conference, only to return to it again later."...
"As is customary during disasters, Chinese authorities tried to keep a tight control over information. Police kept journalists and bystanders away with a cordon about 1 or 2 kilometres from the site. On China’s popular microblogging platform of Weibo, some users complained that their posts about the blasts were deleted, and the number of searchable posts on the disaster fluctuated, in a sign that authorities were manipulating or placing limits on the number of posts.
The website of the logistics company became inaccessible Thursday."
***Norsecorp live map confirms China's hackers remain in the dark. [see post ***241 here]
I just got to see video of this on this morning’s news. First thing I thought of is what’s with all the high rise buildings in that city. That many “people” work there?
There was a CNN reporter on scene but he said he was being harassed by government authorities.
This reminds me of the Texas City disaster of 1947.
Huge explosions and fires with 100 of deaths/casualties in a port city in both cases.
Placemaker
Almost reads like hello cats... Someone set us up the bomb.
Aybabtu
Sorry to make light of the horrific situation.
Other scenes include a huge parking lot full of a thousand or more Renault cars, all of which have had their glass blown out, all of their plastic melted, and all of their paint burned white.
Another scene taken from an inside security camera in a high rise shows a man inside the building, with four large glass doors in front of him, as all four doors are blown in with great force.
Indeed. Though in this country the audio would go something like this:
A: Oh my god. Will you look at that? Something’s (profanity) burning over there.
B: Huh?
A. Dude, something is really, really (profanity) burning.
B. (Profanity)
A. (Profanity)
B. Oh my god!
A. Oh my god , oh my god, oh my god.
A & B. (Profanity) (Profanity) (inaudible) (profanity)
B. (profanity)
A. Oh my god.
A whole lot of Chinese fireworks exploded.
