Posted on 08/15/2015 7:35:31 PM PDT by Kartographer
Journalist He Xiaoxin of The Beijing News (新京报) traveled to report from the scene of the massive explosion in a chemical warehouse at the Tianjin port, in which 104 people have been reported killed so far. Dramatic photos and videos of the explosion traveled quickly around the world via the Internet. But in this photo essay, He provides an up-close, personal look at the devastation. Propaganda officials have since banned media from reporting on the explosion or posting stories that did not originate from Xinhua:
(Excerpt) Read more at chinadigitaltimes.net ...
Thank you for that really great ping. Well worth the read!
But that is what the article at rense.com is implying. That of the two ships at the dock, the Quinault Victory was loaded with a U-235 bomb intended for use against Japan in 1944. Records show that the destination was Tinian, the same island that the Hiroshima bomb was sent to a year later in 1945. Read all the text to the end for corroborating information.
2. From your link: "According to the US Department of Energy Oak Ridge records, 74 kilograms of U-235 was available by December 1943, 93 kg by December 1944 and 289 kg by December 1945."
I see two problems with this: 1. If they already had 74 kg by the end of 1943, it does not make sense that they only produced another 19 kg in the following year. 2. According to Wikipedia, there were only 50 kg available by July 1945 and it was all used in the Hiroshima bomb.
You surely can't believe Wikipedia versus recently declassified documents stating facts. Regardless of how much U-235 was produced, they actually had enough by July 1944 to make 6 minimum yield nuclear bombs, as 15.5kg was the minimum required for one bomb. The actual Hiroshima bomb was of a much higher yield, I believe about 60kg was used (according to government documents, 289kg available in late 1945).
Whether or not it is believed to be a nuclear blast at Port Chicago in 1944, you have to wonder about the blast yield being far in excess of the ordnance stored in the ships and dock. Or that it formed a crater on the seabed far larger than that of the ordnance but matching the characteristics of a nuclear underwater blast. Or that the cruiser Indianapolis shipped out of Port Chicago in 1945 under similar circustances to the Quinault Victory in 1944. Both loaded with two mysterious boxcars and nothing else, destined for Tinian. However, the Indianapolis made it to Tinian (but was sunk just after delivery), and the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. I don't know what to believe, but the evidence is very suspicious.
Huge Fire Sale this weekend. Come on down.
Bhopal was fumes no?
Not an explosion per se like this
And a much higher death count with 5000 dead initially and maybe 30000 total in time and half million injured by the methyl
Union carbide is not a name you hear much anymore is it
Pesticides
I can still remember the body piles on TV....children
Awful
Having worked with munitions for years, I have always been fascinated by the seemingly random "saves." There are always things that just don't add up, but then again, this whole story makes not sense.
This reporter is quite brave facing both the state and the dangers of the situation. Amazing photos--makes you wonder what was lost in the ones the police deleted.
I’m not sure how many casualties the government is claiming, but, iirc, most humans can’t live through a pressure wave over 5 psi. Those who do will suffer some damage. Those vehicles are compressed to the structural members in the doors, etc.
Just a guess but that crater looks to be some 400 ft. across, judging from the length of what appear to be shipping containers to the upper right of it in the pile of debris.
Where did the Indianapolis pick up the bombs it delivered?
If you check out the images in the linked article, you will see that some of the rims are partially melted. The puddles could be either.
Based on the pic in #2 I think the first explosion dispersed a lot of unexploded material into the air which then detonated. The cars being crushed like that suggests a strong downward shock wave.
All moon roofs are broken out.
The tops on those cares were bent down by shockwave.
The top three cars, numbers 2 and 3 have clear evidence of doors with shockwave damage.
Those roofs, are all bent down in the middle. Falling debris would not have hit each one in the dead center middle
This is clearly shock-wave damage, but I couldn’t help but think how much it looked like vandalism too. Only in some ways.
That was a well-written article.
Interesting photo of all of the burned out cars. Except three right in the middle of a row - Yellow, blue and white I think they were. Beat up - but not burned. Weird.
Similar to the Great Texas City Explosion from the SS Grandcamp circa 1947.
Seems amazing the thousands injured, aren’t being reported.
Thanks, nully. Excellent reporting.
I haven't read the article...just the list of chemicals above. Both calcium carbide and sodium cyanide are highly reactive as reducing agents (the opposite of oxidizers), and thus great "fuel" to go with the oxidizers.
If the firemen sprayed water on dispersed (from the small explosions) calcium carbide, that is exactly what you would get.....carbide plus water gives off acetylene gas. Mixed with air, the acetylene would make a very strong "fuel-air" mix.
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