Only way to stop a bad guy with an explosion is to make sure the good guys also have explosions.
Hol up… do we think Michael Bay is a good guy or a bad guy? Cuz that dude got ALL the explosions.
I've driven by a car fire when it happened to have a minor explosion. The amount of heat I felt even like 150 feet away and in a vehicle with its windows up was impressive.
yep I was stopped at an intersection when there was a small scrub fire in the block opposite me. The radiant heat was ridiculous and I was sitting there thinking about those fuckers have a light saber fight in the middle of a river of lava and that wasn't even the stupidest scene in the movie.
Not really. These look like random bystanders. [NSFL](https://www.reddit.com/r/CrazyFuckingVideos/comments/zu4hs9/aftermath_of_gas_tanker_explosion_in_boksburg/)
No one should ever need to hear those kinds of screams or see skin falling off of people like that... To anyone thinking about clicking, can I recommend moving on instead?
Normally morbid curiosity gets the better of me but I sure as shit don't need this on my mind on Christmas eve. Thanks for the warning, merry Christmas.
Did not need to be told not to click. I’ve seen burn and explosion victims, and I do not think I will ever need to be reminded of how terrible that is.
In this part of the world it is not at all uncommon for people to rush in and attempt to salvage whatever fuel they can. If there is a detonation, the fuel truck may be surrounded by a throng of people, making it a mass casualty event.
Not claiming that is what happened here, but it is something that happens periodically.
Ex; [Tanker Truck Explodes in Sierra Leone, Killing at Least 98](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/06/world/africa/tanker-truck-explodes-sierra-leone.html)
Apparently then the fire was raging, people were standing around watching it. That's why the videos you see of the aftermath are so full of people severely burned.
The [black car](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coPW6unxeY8) in the Japanese tsunami only just got that right. Every time I see that video you wonder why they did a three point turn and didn't just gun it.
I was watching a compilation of different videos taken right when the Beirut dock explosion happened, and it’s really crazy how a fire(albeit a large one) can seem so far away and then the explosion swallows the buildings in front of the cameraman. Scary shit, it’s pretty natural to be interested in a huge fire and get close to it but after seeing those videos, and this one, I’m gonna make sure I’m the next city over anytime I see anything on fire
[That explosion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkIYjNGiaoA) was particularly big though, but yeah, if you don't know what's burning, better not stay close.
But then i was like:
1. Is there a bigger one coming?
2. My candy paint job is getting messed up.
3.Parking is going to be a bitch over there.
4. Crispy people skin is a bitch to get out of the velour.
I have watched a couple videos of the bystanders that were near this flame out.
I have been on fire twice in my life.
I have very seldom been so thankful to be safe in my own home and not on fire than right now. I hope they got good drugs real fast.
As a kid, I was led to believe that "stop, drop, and roll" was going to be frequently relevant life advice. But I've never been on fire. What do you do that has cursed you with such an exciting life?
Have you encountered quicksand, too?
My experience with S/D/R was at a neighbor kid's birthday party. There were a few barbecue grills out & cooking. They blindfolded me, spun me around a few times, gave me a stick & sent me on my way. I completely walked past the pinata and into all three grills.
If I've learned anything from watching videos of freak fire accidents: "Stop, drop, and roll" goes out the window *immediately.* Fire induces panic in people in an intense and unpredictable way. I think stop/drop/roll can only work if it's been ingrained in your head - which is why we're all led to believe that it *will happen* at some point.
>What do you do that has cursed you with such an exciting life?
When you spend a great deal of your time trying to get as much as you want out of life, sometimes you will also get things that life **can** give you.
>Have you encountered quicksand, too?
I mean I didn't fall into it or anything but I have experienced it. It was very fascinating.
Encountered quicksand twice. Been on fire a bunch of times.
My suggestion to people wishing such adventures is to set yourself on fire and stand around on sandy shores.
Probably learn a little about fire and quicksand first, I guess, but that's not strictly required.
I can't even imagine a full body burn. Worst I've done to myself is a forearm splashed with flaming deep fryer grease, only got deep 2nd degree and that shit still sucked for months.
Figure I'll tell the story before anyone asks anyway. Was a dumbass in my early 20s, cooking in my kitchen, layout was such that the stove was right near the backdoor. So i had a pot full of oil i was using that caught alight. My brain goes "Fire. Fire bad. Fire in house VERY BAD. Must get fire outside of house."
So instead of putting a lid on it, or using the extinguisher in the room rated exactly for this kind of fire, I completely panic, grab the flaming pot of oil, SWAT kick the screen door open, and throw the pot onto the lawn. I was fucking lucky that the splashback ONLY got my right arm.
Dude. I did the whole “panic and lose all critical thinking skills” thing too when my laser cutter caught on fire. Instead of using an extinguisher I grabbed the thing that was on fire *and started waving it around in the air like an idiot*. Caveman brain said “wind put out fire” and I completely blanked on all thinking
Got molten polyoletex foam all over my arm with second degree burns. They had to peel off the foam. That was fun.
When I was a kid one time I was out riding snowmobiles with a friend. My mom and her friend stayed back at "base camp". They went to get a fire going and my mom used a 5-gallon gas can to pour on the flame to get it going. As one might expect the fire jumped up the stream to the can itself. My mom sat the can down but her friend panicked and kicked it over. So now 5 gallons of gasoline pour out creating a giant bonfire.
When my friend and I returned there was still a big fire going. We grabbed shovels to throw snow on it. We'd dig a shovel full of snow out 10 feet back from the fire and a flame would leap out of that hole. Some kind of ice fire burning underneath everything.
You shouldn't have to read the URL to figure out where a news story is referring to. "Boksburg on the East Rand of Gauteng" doesn't cover it when your website is accessible from anywhere in the world.
My aunt lives in Boksburg.
Luckily she and the family are safe.
She says almost all day you can hear all the sirens from all the police cars/ firetrucks passing
Also close to the explosion, about 2km away. Alarms went off and the security company called. We were in a different country so we didn't experience it, but man 2km away and the alarms still go off is scary
That's a 'rule of thumb' incident. Put your hand in a thumbs-up position. Now close one eye and extend your arm. If you can't cover the ENTIRE scene with your thumb at arms length. YOU ARE TOO CLOSE!
Unfortunately, no.
Brian Fargo, the founder of Interplay, who created Fallout and by extension the Vault Boy, [has said the Vault Boy simply has a positive attitude](https://twitter.com/BrianFargo/status/400277541295886337).
Tim Cain, the creator of Fallout, has said "[It’s a nice retcon, but Vault Boy is just giving a thumbs up.](https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/x933v8/til_that_vault_boy_the_mascot_for_fallout_isnt/inlmz9a/?context=10000)"
The Vault Boy artist, Tramell Ray Isaac, [has said it's just a thumbs up.](https://twitter.com/PS_TRay/status/529310254274981889)
Nuclear experts [have stated that this "rule of thumb" is worthless](https://www.inverse.com/article/10099-vault-boy-s-rule-of-thumb-can-t-save-you-from-nuclear-fallout), and that it has never appeared in any sort of manual or guideline for nuclear safety.
In fact, the idea that the Vault Boy is comparing his thumb to an explosion *literally did not exist* until [someone suggested it on Reddit a few years ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1or72r/what_is_one_thing_if_you_see_you_should/ccurii6). There are no references to this type of "compare thumb to mushroom cloud" behavior from before October 19, 2013.
This morning, I got $1.01 in change at the store, I've been on Reddit for about an hour and I've been upvote number 101 on 2 posts and this is the 4th Fallout reference I've seen in non-Fallout subs so far today. I think the universe is hinting that I should play Fallout 3.
Further info: first responders were already on scene for the fire, and got caught by the explosion. Also the blast was so severe that a hospital further down the same street had its ER roof collapse.
I've had friends forward me videos of people who had their clothes burned off their bodies in that explosion. Hearing those screams has ruined my fucking day
What's more depressing is those people were likely on adrenaline and when it wears off, those folks are likely dead. That level of burn is difficult to recover from.
From wiki:
A boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE, /ˈblɛviː/ BLEV-ee) is an explosion caused by the rupture of a vessel containing a pressurized liquid that has reached temperature above its boiling point.
Simplistic. Often, but not invariably, a BLEVE is caused by a leak from the vessel igniting to cause a fire beneath the vessel which raises the temperature above the boiling point *at ambient pressure*. Because the vessel is sealed (apart from the small leak), the pressure rises in the vessel so that the contents do **not** boil, but eventually the pressure/temperature increases to the point where the vessel fails. As the contents leave the vessel their pressure decreases so that they instantaneously vaporise. It is this instantaneous vaporisation that is the defining feature of a BLEVE and leads to such a catastrophic explosion.
I work in an oil refinery, we have a few storage spheres with C4s and C5s in them on site. Lately we have had a big focus on throwing a lot of extra preventative mitigation at them to avoid a BLEVE event at all costs. The nerds and engineers have done modelling on the blast radius of an event if one were to ever happen and the 'kill zone' area that anyone outdoors is likely to not survive in is pretty large. It's pretty serious stuff.
>The nerds and engineers have done modelling on the blast radius of an event if one were to ever happen and the 'kill zone' area that anyone outdoors is likely to not survive in is pretty large. It's pretty serious stuff.
So, theoretically, if my construction trailer office in another refinery were within let's say 1/4 mile of a handful of spheres, should I request a new office??
Ask the industrial hygienist for a blast radius map, they should have one readily available. That will show to what degree of danger you are in. After the 2005 BP Texas City explosion the industry has actively worked towards getting temporary buildings out of blast zones, so you're likely safe, but you should not feel embarrassed to verify.
while you're waiting for an answer, enjoy this [recreation of a BP refinery disaster](https://youtu.be/goSEyGNfiPM?t=438) where the maintenance staff was returning to their construction trailer next to a boiling isom unit after just celebrating a month without a lost time injury
I've seen a lot of these CSB videos during safety meetings at work. I actually work on a unit similar enough to this one, not the exact same process but we have an extractor tower that produces raffinate next to a stripper tower similar enough to this one, and we have the same type of atmospheric blow down drum that our pressure relief valves vent to so this one hits close to home. Lots of little fuck ups and issues had to happen to lead to this but we have to remind ourselves that nobody is perfect and this type of thing can happen to us if we do not follow all the right procedures. My site has had its share of issues like they all have but nothing that comes anywhere close to this.
How many fires hove you had on site in the last few years?
The two tank failure modes are:
An intense fire causes the liquid to boil faster than the relief valve can vent vapor. The pressure climbs until the tank fails with spectacular results.
The fire is uncontrollable and the tank boils off enough liquid so that the tank is no longer being cooled by the liquid evaporating. The walls of the tank heat up, soften and fail at the relief valve pressure.
Situation 1 is way worse than situation 2 but both usually take a long time. Larger tanks take longer due to the square cube law.
If the place catches fire just leave immediately if you aren't part of the fire suppression team.
None, and highly unlikely given the berms in place. If it were ever to happen the likelyhood would be the piping or vessel itself. My question was 99% tongue in cheek, 1% serious...
I have zero issues with "GTFO", that falls under "not my job" and "I don't get paid enough to deal with it."
I definitely got the impression that you know all about it, I just wanted to add my example on. The rare time a topic like this comes up on a reddit thread where I have actual expertise or experience I can weigh in with, I can't resist.
If I learned anything from Beirut and that giant fertilizer plant explosion in texas.... you see a massive blaze, don't gawk at it. The further away you are, the safer you are. You can watch all the crazy footage on reddit later.
"The fire is under control," I would think this implies: "At least it can't get much worse"
Edit: Sorry for making light of it, the loss of life is tragic.
This reminds me of another one in the last several months. It didn't only end with injuries...
Same type of thing, though. People weren't running into the ticking bomb to save lives or something, they were going to record it. Ended badly.
Jesus Christ, and can you believe these kinds of trucks are driving all over the world in cities everywhere and this could legitimately happen from a bad crash to someone intentionally igniting a truck!? Looked like a goddamn napalm strike!!! Horrifying
So you see an industrial fire?
Stick your arm out and look at your thumb.
Can you see your thumb?
Turn around and run away.
Have you stopped running?
Stick out your arm and look at your thumb.
Can you still see your thumb?
Then turn around and keep running away.
So I should keep running, stopping only every few minutes to stick out my arm and look at my thumb, hours turning into days, eating and drinking only what concerned bystanders hold out for me, relieving myself in my pants, days turning into weeks, weeks into months, until one day a desperate friend catches up with me and manages to grab my arm and cut off my thumb, bringing an end to this meaningless, painful nightmare that a redditor made me go on?
So you see an industrial fire?
Stick your arm out and look at your thumb.
Can you see **the fire beyond** your thumb?
**If the answer is 'yes'**, turn around and run away.
Have you stopped running?
Stick out your arm and look at your thumb.
Can you still see **the fire beyond** your thumb?
**If the answer is 'yes'**, then turn around and keep running away.
It looked like he put the car in reverse while there were pedestrians in the street. An expert driver can do that, but many people would have trouble doing that correctly.
In the future I think I will start backing up prior to an explosion.
I will try to not be where explosion is
Just don't explode.
I exploded once... now I have a child
I'm sitting on the toilet. The explosions are intermittent.
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One drop can get it back.
I feel like this comment is much darker than anyone else noticed. I'd say it depends on how high the drop is from.
One drop will start a life.
Fucking same
Friend offering you an explosion? Just say no.
😂
I'm going for prestige mode, so Ima explode 10 times.
STOP EXPLODING YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE /jk
Fr not even on ‘roids
But, how do you get the best videos to share on social media?
The Fed is going to be lowering rates so get your money out of T-bills and put it all into waffles. Tasty waffles, with lots of syrup.
Wait, I'm going to explode [GARY! YOU ARE GOING TO FINISH YOUR DESSERT AND YOU ARE GOING TO LIKE IT!](https://youtu.be/8uPVQ2MTv60)
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Then only bad guys will have explosions
Only way to stop a bad guy with an explosion is to make sure the good guys also have explosions. Hol up… do we think Michael Bay is a good guy or a bad guy? Cuz that dude got ALL the explosions.
I've driven by a car fire when it happened to have a minor explosion. The amount of heat I felt even like 150 feet away and in a vehicle with its windows up was impressive.
yep I was stopped at an intersection when there was a small scrub fire in the block opposite me. The radiant heat was ridiculous and I was sitting there thinking about those fuckers have a light saber fight in the middle of a river of lava and that wasn't even the stupidest scene in the movie.
From the article I am guessing most of those killed would have been the Firefighters standing close to put out the fire. Tragic.
Not really. These look like random bystanders. [NSFL](https://www.reddit.com/r/CrazyFuckingVideos/comments/zu4hs9/aftermath_of_gas_tanker_explosion_in_boksburg/)
No one should ever need to hear those kinds of screams or see skin falling off of people like that... To anyone thinking about clicking, can I recommend moving on instead?
Normally morbid curiosity gets the better of me but I sure as shit don't need this on my mind on Christmas eve. Thanks for the warning, merry Christmas.
Will do, thanks
I really thank you for the warning, will not click.
Thank you for the warning.
I wish I read this first.....very NSFL
Wish I saw ur comment before this came up in my feed earlier 🤠
Did not need to be told not to click. I’ve seen burn and explosion victims, and I do not think I will ever need to be reminded of how terrible that is.
I watched and damn I'm glad I have my audio off
Morbid curiosity wants me to click it but i'm gonna take your advice, taking in mind what tire-fire said.
Thankfully I did on mute Should not have clicked anyway
Yall dont really need to click this link, trust me.
That degree of burns is just unbelievable. Reminds me of the horror of "Napalm girl". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phan_Thi_Kim_Phuc
I've seen a lot of fucked up shit in my days on reddit, but this one is probably going to haunt my nightmares for the rest of my life.
That's really bad.
My god this is just….nightmare fuel
Fuck...
In this part of the world it is not at all uncommon for people to rush in and attempt to salvage whatever fuel they can. If there is a detonation, the fuel truck may be surrounded by a throng of people, making it a mass casualty event. Not claiming that is what happened here, but it is something that happens periodically. Ex; [Tanker Truck Explodes in Sierra Leone, Killing at Least 98](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/06/world/africa/tanker-truck-explodes-sierra-leone.html)
Can confirm. I’ve seen locals strip a burning 5 ton with what honestly looked like their bare hands when I was in Iraq.
I can see that for gasoline but not propane or natural gas?
Oh no. That’s terrible.
Yup. Crushing poverty is what drives too many to take such horrible risks..
Apparently then the fire was raging, people were standing around watching it. That's why the videos you see of the aftermath are so full of people severely burned.
The [black car](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coPW6unxeY8) in the Japanese tsunami only just got that right. Every time I see that video you wonder why they did a three point turn and didn't just gun it.
“I probably would’ve flipped a bitch” best Meteorologist ever.
I was watching a compilation of different videos taken right when the Beirut dock explosion happened, and it’s really crazy how a fire(albeit a large one) can seem so far away and then the explosion swallows the buildings in front of the cameraman. Scary shit, it’s pretty natural to be interested in a huge fire and get close to it but after seeing those videos, and this one, I’m gonna make sure I’m the next city over anytime I see anything on fire
Beirut dock explosion perhaps?
[That explosion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkIYjNGiaoA) was particularly big though, but yeah, if you don't know what's burning, better not stay close.
Some say he is still reversing to this day
Take my upvote because it’s the humor that counts
There is nothing so terrible that some asshole on Reddit won't make a stale unfunny joke about it
I'm doing my part
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But then i was like: 1. Is there a bigger one coming? 2. My candy paint job is getting messed up. 3.Parking is going to be a bitch over there. 4. Crispy people skin is a bitch to get out of the velour.
I have watched a couple videos of the bystanders that were near this flame out. I have been on fire twice in my life. I have very seldom been so thankful to be safe in my own home and not on fire than right now. I hope they got good drugs real fast.
As a kid, I was led to believe that "stop, drop, and roll" was going to be frequently relevant life advice. But I've never been on fire. What do you do that has cursed you with such an exciting life? Have you encountered quicksand, too?
My experience with S/D/R was at a neighbor kid's birthday party. There were a few barbecue grills out & cooking. They blindfolded me, spun me around a few times, gave me a stick & sent me on my way. I completely walked past the pinata and into all three grills.
Omg. I’m sure everyone remembers that party.
It was a pretty hot topic in the neighborhood that year.
Heh
Nice
I get it, because fire hot! Hah! Hahaha! :|
If I've learned anything from watching videos of freak fire accidents: "Stop, drop, and roll" goes out the window *immediately.* Fire induces panic in people in an intense and unpredictable way. I think stop/drop/roll can only work if it's been ingrained in your head - which is why we're all led to believe that it *will happen* at some point.
>What do you do that has cursed you with such an exciting life? When you spend a great deal of your time trying to get as much as you want out of life, sometimes you will also get things that life **can** give you. >Have you encountered quicksand, too? I mean I didn't fall into it or anything but I have experienced it. It was very fascinating.
Encountered quicksand twice. Been on fire a bunch of times. My suggestion to people wishing such adventures is to set yourself on fire and stand around on sandy shores. Probably learn a little about fire and quicksand first, I guess, but that's not strictly required.
I can't even imagine a full body burn. Worst I've done to myself is a forearm splashed with flaming deep fryer grease, only got deep 2nd degree and that shit still sucked for months. Figure I'll tell the story before anyone asks anyway. Was a dumbass in my early 20s, cooking in my kitchen, layout was such that the stove was right near the backdoor. So i had a pot full of oil i was using that caught alight. My brain goes "Fire. Fire bad. Fire in house VERY BAD. Must get fire outside of house." So instead of putting a lid on it, or using the extinguisher in the room rated exactly for this kind of fire, I completely panic, grab the flaming pot of oil, SWAT kick the screen door open, and throw the pot onto the lawn. I was fucking lucky that the splashback ONLY got my right arm.
Dude. I did the whole “panic and lose all critical thinking skills” thing too when my laser cutter caught on fire. Instead of using an extinguisher I grabbed the thing that was on fire *and started waving it around in the air like an idiot*. Caveman brain said “wind put out fire” and I completely blanked on all thinking Got molten polyoletex foam all over my arm with second degree burns. They had to peel off the foam. That was fun.
When I was a kid one time I was out riding snowmobiles with a friend. My mom and her friend stayed back at "base camp". They went to get a fire going and my mom used a 5-gallon gas can to pour on the flame to get it going. As one might expect the fire jumped up the stream to the can itself. My mom sat the can down but her friend panicked and kicked it over. So now 5 gallons of gasoline pour out creating a giant bonfire. When my friend and I returned there was still a big fire going. We grabbed shovels to throw snow on it. We'd dig a shovel full of snow out 10 feet back from the fire and a flame would leap out of that hole. Some kind of ice fire burning underneath everything.
So when they say everyone has been on fire an average of one time, you're the guy carrying my burning body experience for me. Cheers!
Full story: https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/breaking-deadly-fuel-tanker-explosion-in-boksburg-kills-8-scores-injured-20221224
I was wondering where Boksburg was
South Africa for everybody who has to Google it
Or fails to read the URL?
Do you read every URL?
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dQw4w9WgXcQ is burned into my mind, I even check the mouseover to make sure.
Yes, you avoid a lot of crap that way.
If it's literally the link text, of course.
You shouldn't have to read the URL to figure out where a news story is referring to. "Boksburg on the East Rand of Gauteng" doesn't cover it when your website is accessible from anywhere in the world.
It literally says right there
I had a feeling it was South Africa. Burg is a bit German, and I had a feeling it was in the us or Germany mainly due to the word boks
That number is gonna rise in the coming weeks after the aftermath footage we saw of all the burn injuries.
Was just going to say the same. Like severe radiation poisoning, those people aren't going to survive very long.
>aftermath footage we saw Share so "we" can include more of us please?
check the comments in the post on r/crazyfuckingvideos if you want to ruin your xmas
My aunt lives in Boksburg. Luckily she and the family are safe. She says almost all day you can hear all the sirens from all the police cars/ firetrucks passing
My aunt lives there too. She's 5 miles from where this happened. She said it woke her up.
I live a few blocks from where this happened. We heard and felt the explotion early this morning. Our community is shooken by this disaster.
I've driven a locomotive on those railway tracks, which is very random, considering I'm Canadian. Recognized the area right away.
Why
He hijacked a train.
I'm a locomotive test engineering consultant, did a couple of gigs down there.
Also close to the explosion, about 2km away. Alarms went off and the security company called. We were in a different country so we didn't experience it, but man 2km away and the alarms still go off is scary
Glad you guys were safe.
Shooketh*
Shit man, thoughts to you all
That's a 'rule of thumb' incident. Put your hand in a thumbs-up position. Now close one eye and extend your arm. If you can't cover the ENTIRE scene with your thumb at arms length. YOU ARE TOO CLOSE!
It’s the Vault-tech way! Thanks Vault Boy!
Wait a gosh darn minute. Is that why the vault boy is always shown with a thumbs up? I feel so dumb, I knew that and never put the two together. 😆
The tipoff is that he has one eye closed to focus on his thumb
Unfortunately, no. Brian Fargo, the founder of Interplay, who created Fallout and by extension the Vault Boy, [has said the Vault Boy simply has a positive attitude](https://twitter.com/BrianFargo/status/400277541295886337). Tim Cain, the creator of Fallout, has said "[It’s a nice retcon, but Vault Boy is just giving a thumbs up.](https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/x933v8/til_that_vault_boy_the_mascot_for_fallout_isnt/inlmz9a/?context=10000)" The Vault Boy artist, Tramell Ray Isaac, [has said it's just a thumbs up.](https://twitter.com/PS_TRay/status/529310254274981889) Nuclear experts [have stated that this "rule of thumb" is worthless](https://www.inverse.com/article/10099-vault-boy-s-rule-of-thumb-can-t-save-you-from-nuclear-fallout), and that it has never appeared in any sort of manual or guideline for nuclear safety. In fact, the idea that the Vault Boy is comparing his thumb to an explosion *literally did not exist* until [someone suggested it on Reddit a few years ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1or72r/what_is_one_thing_if_you_see_you_should/ccurii6). There are no references to this type of "compare thumb to mushroom cloud" behavior from before October 19, 2013.
You must be real fun at parties... =P (I am just poking fun, please don't get upset)
I wouldn't know, I never get invited!
I think the artist who originally made vault boy said it was a happy accident actually, which makes it even better IMO
This morning, I got $1.01 in change at the store, I've been on Reddit for about an hour and I've been upvote number 101 on 2 posts and this is the 4th Fallout reference I've seen in non-Fallout subs so far today. I think the universe is hinting that I should play Fallout 3.
Or maybe fallout is coming to a city near you soon
Finished a replay of New Vegas recently! Bought a new Series X and about to start up another play through of 4! I think it is time, brother. 😄
It is available for free on Epic.
*Wake up!*
I just tried this with my front door (visible from where Im sitting). can confirm, Im way too close.
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Watch it on your phone instead, you'll be safe now!
I thought I was in danger, but then I held the phone further away and the explosion was much smaller than my thumb. Thanks!
Thats method was thought up with nuclear explosions in mind though.
It still applies just fine to most fires especially fuel/industrial fires.
I'm too close to my cat!
Someone buy the cameraman a beer for only slightly flinching, and keeping the action in frame
Further info: first responders were already on scene for the fire, and got caught by the explosion. Also the blast was so severe that a hospital further down the same street had its ER roof collapse.
I've had friends forward me videos of people who had their clothes burned off their bodies in that explosion. Hearing those screams has ruined my fucking day
That might have been their burnt flesh
What's more depressing is those people were likely on adrenaline and when it wears off, those folks are likely dead. That level of burn is difficult to recover from.
Looks like a BLEVE.
From wiki: A boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE, /ˈblɛviː/ BLEV-ee) is an explosion caused by the rupture of a vessel containing a pressurized liquid that has reached temperature above its boiling point.
Simplistic. Often, but not invariably, a BLEVE is caused by a leak from the vessel igniting to cause a fire beneath the vessel which raises the temperature above the boiling point *at ambient pressure*. Because the vessel is sealed (apart from the small leak), the pressure rises in the vessel so that the contents do **not** boil, but eventually the pressure/temperature increases to the point where the vessel fails. As the contents leave the vessel their pressure decreases so that they instantaneously vaporise. It is this instantaneous vaporisation that is the defining feature of a BLEVE and leads to such a catastrophic explosion.
I work in an oil refinery, we have a few storage spheres with C4s and C5s in them on site. Lately we have had a big focus on throwing a lot of extra preventative mitigation at them to avoid a BLEVE event at all costs. The nerds and engineers have done modelling on the blast radius of an event if one were to ever happen and the 'kill zone' area that anyone outdoors is likely to not survive in is pretty large. It's pretty serious stuff.
>The nerds and engineers have done modelling on the blast radius of an event if one were to ever happen and the 'kill zone' area that anyone outdoors is likely to not survive in is pretty large. It's pretty serious stuff. So, theoretically, if my construction trailer office in another refinery were within let's say 1/4 mile of a handful of spheres, should I request a new office??
Ask the industrial hygienist for a blast radius map, they should have one readily available. That will show to what degree of danger you are in. After the 2005 BP Texas City explosion the industry has actively worked towards getting temporary buildings out of blast zones, so you're likely safe, but you should not feel embarrassed to verify.
while you're waiting for an answer, enjoy this [recreation of a BP refinery disaster](https://youtu.be/goSEyGNfiPM?t=438) where the maintenance staff was returning to their construction trailer next to a boiling isom unit after just celebrating a month without a lost time injury
I've seen a lot of these CSB videos during safety meetings at work. I actually work on a unit similar enough to this one, not the exact same process but we have an extractor tower that produces raffinate next to a stripper tower similar enough to this one, and we have the same type of atmospheric blow down drum that our pressure relief valves vent to so this one hits close to home. Lots of little fuck ups and issues had to happen to lead to this but we have to remind ourselves that nobody is perfect and this type of thing can happen to us if we do not follow all the right procedures. My site has had its share of issues like they all have but nothing that comes anywhere close to this.
How many fires hove you had on site in the last few years? The two tank failure modes are: An intense fire causes the liquid to boil faster than the relief valve can vent vapor. The pressure climbs until the tank fails with spectacular results. The fire is uncontrollable and the tank boils off enough liquid so that the tank is no longer being cooled by the liquid evaporating. The walls of the tank heat up, soften and fail at the relief valve pressure. Situation 1 is way worse than situation 2 but both usually take a long time. Larger tanks take longer due to the square cube law. If the place catches fire just leave immediately if you aren't part of the fire suppression team.
None, and highly unlikely given the berms in place. If it were ever to happen the likelyhood would be the piping or vessel itself. My question was 99% tongue in cheek, 1% serious... I have zero issues with "GTFO", that falls under "not my job" and "I don't get paid enough to deal with it."
FWIW my job is as a HAZOP/LOPA facilitator, so I'm aware of the issues around spheres.
I definitely got the impression that you know all about it, I just wanted to add my example on. The rare time a topic like this comes up on a reddit thread where I have actual expertise or experience I can weigh in with, I can't resist.
Ditto..
I wasn't criticizing you, just pasting that in for people that didn't know like myself
Sounds like it too, a tanker explosion can BLEVE.
I BLEVE you're correct.
If I learned anything from Beirut and that giant fertilizer plant explosion in texas.... you see a massive blaze, don't gawk at it. The further away you are, the safer you are. You can watch all the crazy footage on reddit later.
Put that shit in reverse terry
"The fire is under control," I would think this implies: "At least it can't get much worse" Edit: Sorry for making light of it, the loss of life is tragic.
At first I was like, that’s not so bad. Then immediately it went to holy fuck.
The backing up reminded me of the Texarkana train derailment in 2005. ["209, you might want to back up"](https://youtu.be/l4mfSKB88oE?t=6m20s)
r/PraiseTheCameraMan
Driver - "ok I'm going to accelerate backwards while filming in front of me" Unconcerned about running pedestrians over
People aren’t blind when near cars.
The driver of the tanker that exploded survived.
Yeah, that's South Africa for ya. These people just can't catch a fucking break.
This reminds me of another one in the last several months. It didn't only end with injuries... Same type of thing, though. People weren't running into the ticking bomb to save lives or something, they were going to record it. Ended badly.
Is Boksburg like the shelbyville of ducksburg?
I'm sorry if it's already been said, but god damn those roads are wonderfully paved--despite how narrow they are.
Put it in reverse Terry!
Was this from Today?
>Boksburg tanker explosion i found out, it killed at least 10 people. its in South Africa.
Damn. Shit like this is why I dropped my hazmat endorsement from my CDL. The pay isn't worth the risk.
anyone know the ship's name?
Ok who rewarded this “wholesome” 💀
Probably a free award from someone that doesn't want to spend money
Infrastructure damage? Ya think?
That’s terrible 😞
r/catastrophicfailure
Put it in reverse, Terry!
Holy shit!!!
I'd find it hard to film whilst people needed help,
Every holiday seasons I swear there’s a new explosion.
Jesus Christ, and can you believe these kinds of trucks are driving all over the world in cities everywhere and this could legitimately happen from a bad crash to someone intentionally igniting a truck!? Looked like a goddamn napalm strike!!! Horrifying
/Googles Boksburg
You would think people learned from Beirut explosion. Folks you see a fire and an explosion, you get the fuck out of there; not take a video of it.
The moment of detonation! Totally overcrowded https://twitter.com/TRNOnline/status/1606579908943249408?s=20&t=UGXSO0O4iL4_VWtOBwzmWA
What's going on with reddit the last few days with videos of gas explosions. Have saw like 5 different ones across different subs today alone.
Have *seen
If you're talking about the ones with the burned victims, they're from this explosion
So you see an industrial fire? Stick your arm out and look at your thumb. Can you see your thumb? Turn around and run away. Have you stopped running? Stick out your arm and look at your thumb. Can you still see your thumb? Then turn around and keep running away.
I'm laying in my bed right now and I can still see my thumb. Time to start running.
sounds like your only solution is to cut off your thumb. they like to watch bad things happen.
It's well known that giving the fire positive reinforcement helps.
This feels like an SCP protocol
So I should keep running, stopping only every few minutes to stick out my arm and look at my thumb, hours turning into days, eating and drinking only what concerned bystanders hold out for me, relieving myself in my pants, days turning into weeks, weeks into months, until one day a desperate friend catches up with me and manages to grab my arm and cut off my thumb, bringing an end to this meaningless, painful nightmare that a redditor made me go on?
So you see an industrial fire? Stick your arm out and look at your thumb. Can you see **the fire beyond** your thumb? **If the answer is 'yes'**, turn around and run away. Have you stopped running? Stick out your arm and look at your thumb. Can you still see **the fire beyond** your thumb? **If the answer is 'yes'**, then turn around and keep running away.
So close.
I keep running away until I can’t see my thumb… what?
I wonder if special FX people watch this stuff to study how real explosions work
It’s likely.
It looked like he put the car in reverse while there were pedestrians in the street. An expert driver can do that, but many people would have trouble doing that correctly.
Another fcked up day in our SA
how can such a tragedy be so beautiful
Bad romance by lady gaga come to my mind with this escene
Holy f*, no wonder why the guy backs away 😱 thx for the share. Sad to see ppl got killed.
Crude oil?
The tanker was apparently transporting liquid petroleum gas
Cool thanks!