Other reports are saying only 7 dead. A far cry from 70k.
There is a total media blackout in the area. And it is rumors based on the size of the area affected and the population. Hopefully people were evacuated before.
Latest from CCTV reporting: 13 dead in #Tianjin, 11 critically injured, 248 in hospital. Two smaller blasts trapped several rescuers.
Hard to get a body count when everything is on fire...
Death counts will probably be supressed for awhile. If death count goes above a certain count apparently heads will roll for someone at the local politburo office.
There's been reports 2,000 people work at this facility. Not sure if that means 2,000 were in the building at the time or if that's just how many work there.
Dunno about 2000 at the facility, but on Reddit, it was mentioned that city's population density is 2000 per KM2.
Not surprising in the sense that disasters are bound to happen eventually when moving dangerous chemicals around?
It surprises me. Just like Lac Megantic was a surprise. If it wasn't a surprising thing, I'm sure somebody would have done something to stop it before it happened.
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Not surprising in the sense that disasters are bound to happen eventually when moving dangerous chemicals around?
It surprises me. Just like Lac Megantic was a surprise. If it wasn't a surprising thing, I'm sure somebody would have done something to stop it before it happened.
I think what CC means is that China does not have tough regulations or regulatory bodies that ensure safety like we are used to in the west.
Dunno about 2000 at the facility, but on Reddit, it was mentioned that city's population density is 2000 per KM2.
Calgary's density is about 1700/km2 so reasonably close to Tianjin's overall density, but that can be misleading. New York City has an overall density of 1800/km2 but that's spread over 11,000 square km. Manhattan, obviously has much much higher, so areas of Tianjin will vary widely around that 2000 mark.
Current death tolls are now 50 dead, at least 18 fire fighters and police missing and over 700 injured with 71 in critical condition. At least 7000 people displaced from their homes.
Current death tolls are now 50 dead, at least 18 fire fighters and police missing and over 700 injured with 71 in critical condition. At least 7000 people displaced from their homes.
Reportedly the blast was estimated to be the equivalent of 21+ tons of TnT.
There was the one view showing towers that got me thinking: What would that be like driving on the fourth avenue flyover if the greyhound station exploded?
No lions were killed though, so America doesn't care.
Maybe you should revisit the Cecil thread and poll the respondents on their Nationality.
This explosion is the news story in the US right now.
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