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Multiple buildings have collapsed. There will be many fatalities: https://twitter.com/Huberton/status/1775320722115539349 https://twitter.com/Huberton/status/1

by mrb 3y ago

Multiple buildings have collapsed. There will be many fatalities: https://twitter.com/Huberton/status/1775320722115539349 https://twitter.com/Huberton/status/1775320722115539349 https://twitter.com/dom_lucre/status/1775325642386481216 https://twitter.com/dom_lucre/status/1775325642386481216

voisin 3y ago
Man in that second video they look so calm standing under a massive potential landslide that could sweep them to their death.
- dylan604 3y ago
  That first one with the leaning building...have they not seen footage from 9/11 or any disaster movie about how far the debris field can travel in an uncontrolled building collapse? That's a definite nope from me.
  - komali2 3y ago
    Most of the pictures are a little misleading for distance etc, as well as time. When people are close to the building is before the fire department arrived, and people are trying to get other people out of the building. It sounds like they're relatively situationally aware, warning eachother about live cables, gas, etc. Obviously there's a risk of death but there's also a risk of your old neighbor getting squashed if you don't get her out, so, I guess it's up to each person how they react. Within about 20 minutes the fire department had completed its first evaluation of damage and identified the 3 partially collapsed buildings.
    - dylan604 3y ago
      If you're a lookie-loo with your phone camera out, you're not very concerned about your neighbor. You're shooting disaster porn for the likes
- danparsonson 3y ago
  I've lived here about 18 months and this is honestly the first time I've seen Taiwanese people looking worried about anything ^^ They're a stalwart bunch.
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scbrg 3y ago
The caption to the first video is misleading. That building is in Hualien, not in Taipei. https://maps.app.goo.gl/8cErBHJXBa5ynyVy9 https://maps.app.goo.gl/8cErBHJXBa5ynyVy9

by mrb 3y ago

voisin 3y ago

Man in that second video they look so calm standing under a massive potential landslide that could sweep them to their death.

dylan604 3y ago
That first one with the leaning building...have they not seen footage from 9/11 or any disaster movie about how far the debris field can travel in an uncontrolled building collapse? That's a definite nope from me.
- komali2 3y ago
  Most of the pictures are a little misleading for distance etc, as well as time. When people are close to the building is before the fire department arrived, and people are trying to get other people out of the building. It sounds like they're relatively situationally aware, warning eachother about live cables, gas, etc. Obviously there's a risk of death but there's also a risk of your old neighbor getting squashed if you don't get her out, so, I guess it's up to each person how they react. Within about 20 minutes the fire department had completed its first evaluation of damage and identified the 3 partially collapsed buildings.
  - dylan604 3y ago
    If you're a lookie-loo with your phone camera out, you're not very concerned about your neighbor. You're shooting disaster porn for the likes
danparsonson 3y ago
I've lived here about 18 months and this is honestly the first time I've seen Taiwanese people looking worried about anything ^^ They're a stalwart bunch.

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scbrg 3y ago

The caption to the first video is misleading. That building is in Hualien, not in Taipei. https://maps.app.goo.gl/8cErBHJXBa5ynyVy9 https://maps.app.goo.gl/8cErBHJXBa5ynyVy9