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Massive Explosion in China's Tinajin
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Posted on 08/12/2015 11:03:18 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta

Footage circulating online appears to show a massive explosion in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin, the cause of which is not yet known. The explosion reportedly occurred at the Tianjin Binhai New Development Zone at about 23:30 (15:30 GMT). Pictures and video footage shared on social media suggest a number of people were wounded by the blast. Several nearby tower blocks are without power, according to the Chine

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bang; boom; china; chinaexplosion; explosion; huskwedpooch; sumtingwong; tianjin
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To: mass55th

No, Institute for High Energy Physics in Protvino, near Moscow

a collaborator with CERN

“Lets see what happens if we plug this in ....”


41 posted on 08/12/2015 11:30:33 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: FreeAtlanta

Petrol storage station.


42 posted on 08/12/2015 11:35:14 AM PDT by Chad_the_Impaler
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To: jimpick


43 posted on 08/12/2015 11:35:14 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: FreeAtlanta

For those interested, the BBC is reporting that a petrol (gasoline) storage tank may nave caught on fire and then exploded. Sadly, the casualty toll will be quite high given what we’ve seen on video in past from above-ground gasoline tank explosions. :-(


44 posted on 08/12/2015 11:36:29 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: NormsRevenge

Interesting. Hopefully this explosion wasn’t near any passenger terminals.


45 posted on 08/12/2015 11:36:34 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

There are actually a lot of fireworks factories in China. I doubt this was one but there are many in China.


46 posted on 08/12/2015 11:37:49 AM PDT by cdga5for4
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To: NormsRevenge; All

Best video I’ve seen, so far. From fairly close. Pretty clear what happened, if not how.

Fire caused a first explosion, which then caused the HUGE explosion seconds later. That explosion causes several secondaries to the left of the main explosion.


47 posted on 08/12/2015 11:38:57 AM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: AppyPappy

The thing about blowing up a Chinese city is an hour later you feel like blowing up a Chinese city again.


48 posted on 08/12/2015 11:39:09 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan ('Zionists crept into my home and stole my shoe' - Headline)
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To: tcrlaf; All

OOPS...
Vid link:
https://youtu.be/a1aHADL2a24


49 posted on 08/12/2015 11:39:31 AM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: BenLurkin

Fortunately, the cruise terminal is pretty remote. As this place fills out tho... How many years do Chinese steel pipes last?

We’ll find out soon enuf.


50 posted on 08/12/2015 11:39:41 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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To: silverleaf
“Lets see what happens if we plug this in ....”

Doh!!

51 posted on 08/12/2015 11:39:49 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

Another phone video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHQPX2TJPQc

It appears a fire caught people’s attention, so they started videoing. Then a small explosion followed a second or two later by a much larger explosion.


52 posted on 08/12/2015 11:42:36 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: tcrlaf; All

WOW....

You can see the blast wave from the explosion in Tianjin showing up as a ring on Himawari-8 weather satellite visible imagery loop.

https://twitter.com/Derrick_Snyder/status/631527914249457664


53 posted on 08/12/2015 11:44:54 AM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: FreeAtlanta

I’ve been in Tianjin.

They have a large coal gasification plant there, with an enormous gasholder. That’s a huge metal container, perhaps 75-100 meters high and nearly as large in diameter.

They are used to store gas and regulate its pressure as it is sent through pipelines to users.

That is perhaps what exploded.


54 posted on 08/12/2015 11:45:37 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: silverleaf

Links?


55 posted on 08/12/2015 11:45:54 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (The world map will be quite different come 20 January 2017.)
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To: FreeAtlanta

The problem with China is you can never tell if it’s due to terrorist attack or just another example of poor workmanship and lack of safety standards.


56 posted on 08/12/2015 11:46:04 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: tcrlaf

Wow, thanks for sharing that one. It shows more than I’ve seen in others.


57 posted on 08/12/2015 11:46:10 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: tcrlaf

That second explosion does look like fireworks.


58 posted on 08/12/2015 11:46:16 AM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: silverleaf

The Russian explosion appears massive and right in the middle of a river. Had to be an underground pipe system.


59 posted on 08/12/2015 11:49:13 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: FreeAtlanta

Some of the videos would seem to be a B.L.E.V.E. (boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion)


60 posted on 08/12/2015 11:49:22 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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