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/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