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Chinese city of Tianjin reported an explosion at the dock at the Tianjin Binhai New Development Zone around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday local time. Man, what the

Chinese city of Tianjin reported an explosion at the dock at the Tianjin Binhai New Development Zone around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday local time. Man, what the hell was on that boat? Seems like maybe it a B.L.E.V.E. (boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion).

vonmoltke 11y ago
Current official cause is an explosives shipment: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1849118/blast-explosives-shipment-rocks-chinese-city-tianjin http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1849118/blast...
fraserharris 11y ago
My dad was the first mate on deep-sea freighters operating between Oakland and SE Asia. Once they transported munitions from the Concord Naval Weapons Station, located at the mouth of the Sacremento River, to a US ally in Asia. Their route through San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Strait all the way out to blue waters was cleared of all ships an hour prior to their departure. Transporting munitions is a very dangerous activity.
- khuey 11y ago
  Did they clear the Golden Gate Bridge?
mannykannot 11y ago
Pure uninformed speculation on my part, but an LNG terminal was opened in November 2013. http://www.platts.com/latest-news/natural-gas/singapore/chinas-cnooc-receives-first-lng-cargo-at-tianjin-27666510 http://www.platts.com/latest-news/natural-gas/singapore/chin... 'The Tianjin floating, storage and regasification unit is China's first such facility.'
BerislavLopac 11y ago
Reminds me of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion
- huxley 11y ago
  I live near part of what was the epicentre of the Halifax Explosion. Best estimates are that it was the equivalent of a 2.9 kiloton nuclear explosion, it's rivalled by the Texas City Disaster (1947) [1], but about four times as many people (~2000) died in Halifax. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_disaster

vonmoltke 11y ago

Current official cause is an explosives shipment: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1849118/blast-explosives-shipment-rocks-chinese-city-tianjin http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1849118/blast...

fraserharris 11y ago

My dad was the first mate on deep-sea freighters operating between Oakland and SE Asia. Once they transported munitions from the Concord Naval Weapons Station, located at the mouth of the Sacremento River, to a US ally in Asia. Their route through San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Strait all the way out to blue waters was cleared of all ships an hour prior to their departure. Transporting munitions is a very dangerous activity.

khuey 11y ago
Did they clear the Golden Gate Bridge?

mannykannot 11y ago

Pure uninformed speculation on my part, but an LNG terminal was opened in November 2013. http://www.platts.com/latest-news/natural-gas/singapore/chinas-cnooc-receives-first-lng-cargo-at-tianjin-27666510 http://www.platts.com/latest-news/natural-gas/singapore/chin... 'The Tianjin floating, storage and regasification unit is China's first such facility.'

BerislavLopac 11y ago

Reminds me of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion

huxley 11y ago
I live near part of what was the epicentre of the Halifax Explosion. Best estimates are that it was the equivalent of a 2.9 kiloton nuclear explosion, it's rivalled by the Texas City Disaster (1947) [1], but about four times as many people (~2000) died in Halifax. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_disaster