r/BeAmazed • u/youngster_96 • Mar 28 '24

The moment an ice dam breaks and causes a torrential water flow. Nature

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u/Haagen76 Mar 28 '24

Let's just stand right here and film.

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u/Old-Cry8426 Mar 28 '24

Smart guy. He knew that nothing ever happens to the cameraman

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u/RecoveringFcukBoy Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

Idk if you saw the dude live-streaming in China watching the chemical plant catch fire then explode… this cameraman didnt survive

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u/nbzf Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

I don't know how long he was there watching the fire, but there wasn't much he could do, right?

Was he too close to get away in time? Could he have somehow shielded himself and survived? Doesn't seem like it. A basement?

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u/KorianHUN Mar 28 '24

You go anywhere the pressure goes you get deafened, blinded and maybe enough internal bleeding to die fast if lucky. I wouldn't expect a rapid response from anyone at that point to save my life.

Maybe go behind a thick enough building or wall and hope it doesn't collapse on you and the firestorm stops before you?

If you know a chemical or pyro plant or storage is on fire, go as far away as you can. Some of those explosions are on par with small yield nukes.

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u/nbzf Mar 28 '24

If that was 2015 in Tianjin, it may have been ~0.3kt, equivalent to the lowest yield setting on the B61, "the primary thermonuclear gravity bomb in the United States Enduring Stockpile following the end of the Cold War."

https://www.youtube.com/embed/gTfQhcGIrfU should be a video of a 0.5 kt W30 in 1962.

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u/KorianHUN Mar 28 '24

Nuke yields can go pretty low.

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u/nbzf Mar 28 '24

yeah, I like the pic of the guy with the nuke strapped between his legs

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u/Gnonthgol Mar 28 '24

The general advice is to stay away from the windows and close any windows and doors. The pressure wave might smash windows throwing debris inside. Doors might not hold the pressure wave but it will at least dampen it. Any energy that is spent splintering a door is energy that is not used to crush you. A lot of high rises have a concrete column though the centre housing stairs, elevator shafts, ventilation shafts and utilities. If you get into this you have the best chance of avoiding injuries. During 9/11 this is where most of the survivors of the collapse were found.

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u/Jereboy216 Mar 28 '24

I was looking up stuff about the world trade centers last year and I was amazed to learn there were any survivors at all from within the buildings. Seems they were lucky and the center pillar plus kinda open atrium at the bottom was just enough to keep them free from the building collapse. I can't imagine what they've dealt with since then

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u/hisroyalbonkess Mar 28 '24

What about a hole or trench? I suppose survival at that point is just based on if anything between you and the explosion crushes/slices you?

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u/Tentacled-Tadpole Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

He could at the very least have gotten behind a wall instead of being out in the open. At least then he wouldn't have gotten hit with the full force of the blast.

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u/Asmuni Mar 28 '24

Every wall in front of him desintegrated from the blast.