For the news junkies: Massive explosion in China . . .

kazoospec Dork
8/12/15 1:49 p.m.

This is one of those kind of videos. Largest non-nuclear explosion I've ever seen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQwRMGa4jsU

GameboyRMH MegaDork
8/12/15 1:55 p.m.

WHOA

NG refinery blew up I bet you...

Edit: Youtube description says "chemicals"

HappyAndy UberDork
8/12/15 1:56 p.m.

That looks like when the rocket fuel factory in the Nevada desert blew up. Only bigger and in a populated area

GameboyRMH MegaDork
8/12/15 1:58 p.m.

Reminded me of a bigger version of this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_propane_explosion

Which is what I made my guess from.

Appleseed MegaDork
8/12/15 2:16 p.m.

I was going to say cheap Chinese knock off nuke...

yamaha MegaDork
8/12/15 2:29 p.m.

GameboyRMH wrote: WHOA NG refinery blew up I bet you... Edit: Youtube description says "chemicals"

Think bigger, Texas City Explosion

The fire and subsequent explosion seems consistent with an ammonium nitrate(an agricultural fertilizer) explosion. We recently saw what a pathetic little 200 ton blast looked like 2 years ago in West, Texas......

foxtrapper UltimaDork
8/12/15 2:36 p.m.

BBC has been reporting it to be gasoline.

captdownshift SuperDork
8/12/15 3:25 p.m.

In reply to foxtrapper:

light it up, burn it up, flame on, til that jerry-curl is gone

(i've never had dinner with the president, i've never had dinner with the president)

bgkast UberDork
8/12/15 4:19 p.m.

BBG said: An official Chinese seismic agency said the force of the first explosion was equivalent to three tons of TNT, the second was 21 tons.

That's one heck of a firework!

sobe_death HalfDork
8/13/15 9:51 a.m.

I can't find the link now, but I watched a phone video of it yesterday that was pretty close to the fire when the big blast happened. There was a little boom, then the big flash of light and the very last thing you saw in the video was huge pieces of a wall coming at the camera at a very rapid pace. It gave me chills, because I probably just watched the final moments of someone's life

Sad that this was in a populated area, but fortunate it was out in the industrial sector.

rob_lewis SuperDork
8/13/15 10:32 a.m.

sobe_death wrote: I can't find the link now, but I watched a phone video of it yesterday that was pretty close to the fire when the big blast happened. There was a little boom, then the big flash of light and the very last thing you saw in the video was huge pieces of a wall coming at the camera at a very rapid pace. It gave me chills, because I probably just watched the final moments of someone's life Sad that this was in a populated area, but fortunate it was out in the industrial sector.

I think this is the link you're talking about

It's SFW, but scary. It happens quick, but you can reduce the speed to .25 in the lower right hand corner to see the shockwave travel right at the camera.

-Rob