10 Man Made Disasters That Shocked The World
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- 10 Man Made Disasters That Shocked The World
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Man made disasters come with an astounding cost, not only in terms of human life and environmental damage, but also in economic and social impacts. Through examining these events, we can learn valuable lessons about the importance of responsible decision making, accountability, and the need for rigorous safety protocols in high-risk industries. Join us as we delve into the past to build a better future.
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The Korean mall owner not only had an extra floor added on to support columns that couldn't hold the weight.....he also had three extremely large and heavy air conditioning units put on the roof. One of the units was moved and ran over the top of a support column causing it too crack.
He was also so greedy when signs of danger appeared early and allowed for evacuation of everybody he refused. His reason? It was busy time at the mall and it might cause a reduction in sales. Even his own daughter in law,who worked at the mall, was not told of the danger and died.
He didn't include Chernobyl itself, because he knew it would outdo them by a large margin. All these are absolutely horrifying, but they can't even come close to the absolute mayhem of Chernobyl. The only thing that would come close if not outshine it was Bhopal.
Chernobyl holds the “worst man made disaster” for a reason…. So much done wrong and hidden. 😢
At least Chernobyl is contained. Fukushima is still ongoing…
@@videomediamtl997 Yea, there is a big difference between the two. Chernobyl is inland. Fukushima is on the coastline. Plus the amount of radiation being released from Fukushima is actually not very high, compared to Chernobyl. Also keep in mind that the radiation for the surrounding area isn't at deadly levels either, as you have teams that are slowly doing the clean up.
The area's around it were still evacuated of course out of caution, but it isn't like the area around Chernobyl which is currently uninhabitable. With Fukushima, the saving grace for them was - despite their failure to follow proper blueprints during construction - they did use the proper reactors which is why the meltdown wasn't as bad as it could've been. Their biggest issue right now is that, as of December 2022, the tanks that they were using to fill with radioactive water are now FULL which means they are needing to use tanker trucks which means those trucks are now transporting contaminated water through towns and cities (the tankers are lead lined, but still) there are not very many places you can send water that is radioactive to be treated (for example, here in the US, there are only two places that treat that kind of water. The problem with those types of treatment plants is that they take about as long to build as a nuclear power plant, IE: ten to fifteen years) Japan doesn't have any of these treatment plants, its why they just dump the radioactive water into the ocean. So guess where they are sending that contaminated water? Yea, here to the US to be treated, despite the two plants that we have already being as max capacity due to our own reactors.
Hell, I think when India is done with their nuclear power plant, its collapse will be far worse than Chernobyl. Why? Because those *IDIOTS* are building it on a freaking fault line.
@@Suisfonia it's also a country with a higher population than the other two, which means the death toll and number of people with medical issues after can easily be higher than both Fukushima and Chernobyl combined
I was thinking the same thing, but about Beirut. Sure, it wasnt THAT bad but that explosion was HUGE
My friend works in a sugar factory here in my town. She's one of the cleaners who vacuum away that extra sugar dust. They do have a ventilation system to remove it mechanically, but they wanna be extra sure to keep the dust minimum because they actually had a small explosion/fire back in 2002.
Sweeeeeeeet.🙂
Smart company she works for to be extra sure.
Flour dust can do the same thing.
when my mom was a little kid, mid 1960s, we had a crop grain explosion at our local elevator COOP setup that killed a man. insane stuff
About the Ohio train derailment, my grandma told me that a family friend of ours tried to warn Norfolk Southern that a disaster was coming if they didn’t do anything about it. They kept on ignoring him and forced him to quit or retire from the company on the fear that he would expose the company’s corruption. Companies should listen to their employees over health and safety concerns.
After the disaster, did they try to contact and say "You were right all along, we're sorry"? I really hope they did 😢
You guys should’ve put the train incident in Lac Mégantic in Canada in the province of Québec. It destroyed an entire downtown and killed so many people.
theres also that ship collision back in ww1 that destroyed that Canadian town and killed alot of people
@@kineticdeath Yeah but i seem to remember they actually mentioned it in one of their videos.
I remember that. It happened so quickly, it was devastating.
Ooh that train crash was unbelievable..just shocking the destruction that took place..I saw a documentary about it watched it wiv my jaw hanging open the entire time
It says TEN, not an exhaustive list of all manmade disasters, nor necessarily the 10 worst. Just 10.
Underworld outdid themselves with this one. The fact-filled, fast-paced disaster synopses were done with expertise, excellent visual accompaniment, and as always, the best narration out there. The mind-boggling consequences of human negligence grips hard on our consciousnesses.
This is random but I love the way you write!
100% agreed 👍
My mom worked as a nurse at one of the hospitals in Savannah when the sugar factory combusted. She was called in and I went with her in a pair of her scrubs. I only moved patients but the entire er smelled like a bbq. It took me a long time to be able to eat sweet bbq again.
It was terrible. Sugar burns are unique and those men suffered greatly.
We were in Conyers when the chlorine factory experienced the same thing a few years before the sugar factory. The entire town smelled like a pool. They had to repaint a lot of things to fix the damage. She was called in for that one too but I was younger and didn't go with her that time.
Terrible memories.
Oh my god 😢😱
3:08 "when you mess with the world oil supply the United States will likely get involved." That gave me a good laugh.
In Kuwait, to this day, we are still suffering from the effects of that crazy war. Respiratory diseases, skin diseases, and cancer have increased
im surprised the Beirut explosion didnt make it, I mean that practically reformed the entire harbour among everything else
its in a different video
The same risk you have with sugar dust exist in every bakery with flour. Flour explosions are a common risk.
Killed over 500 and injured over 900 and only got 10 years?!? That's wild
It's a slap in the face to those who lost love ones. Shameful.
Prior to the collapse of Sampoong Department store, a bridge collapsed, which was also a man made disaster. They cut corners and failed to add adequate amount of support in the parts supporting the bridge. Collapsed, a bus and 2 cars fell off. most people on the bus died.
If you got money you can basically do whatever you want, welcome to earth.
Thats patetic
They also were forced to pay up nearly their entire net worth to the victims of the disaster as compensation. But at least it was some justice, that they got prison time and lost their fortune.
If a bearing is creating sparks, it hasn't seen proper maintenance for a long time. As an industrial maintenance mechanic, I would know. Wow!
And yet they blame it on Trump, lol.
It’s very very sad that all of these are human made with a sprinkling of greed. It really doesn’t matter how much money you have your still going to end up dead, but these humans don’t care what other life form they take out. SHAMEFUL 😢
Bruh, imagine your house burns down, and you decided to make The Sims.
The first thing about that UK explosion is that it’s that a similar thing happened here in Puerto Rico. In CAPECO, there was an explosion, the cause was that one of the tanks overflow and formed a vapor cloud, which ignited a fire and then a massive explosion rocked the area. This happened back in Oct 23rd 2009, and I still remember it.
I remember watching that Oakland firestorm from a second story balcony. We could see hot water heaters exploding and cars trying to get down the hillsides. There were so many firetrucks, but the entire hillside and all the houses were in flames. The fire moved very quickly. It was a bit frightening and quite sad to watch.
I too watched the Oakland Fire in 1991 from the top of a hill in Noe Valley. In 1991 I was living with college friends in the Mission. It started raining ash and we all wodnered what the hell was going on so we scootered over to the top of a big hill and from that vantage point watched the fire. Awful.
@@anthonydavid5121 You could see it from SF? I was in Alameda.
@@lindalewis5066 In the hills and higher elevations, yes, we could see the fire. I lived in the Mission back then, flat, no elevation. Couldn't see it but couldsmell it and see it raining ash.
@@anthonydavid5121 I remember when Mt. St. Helens blew and it rained ash as far south as Union City, where I lived at the time.
No mention of Bhopal, or the 2020 Beirut explosion?
Yeah IDK I think he's just dumb
or 9/11 or Hiroshima
I was perusing and looking for the Beirut explosion. That was an OMG ! moment. And again, greed and incompetence, was to blame .
They've all been covered millions of times, it was nice to see other disasters mentioned.
@@heusie18 a fair point.
Love your channel, watch it almost daily.
Was the 2020 Beirut explosion not considered man-made?
All of these fires have me gasping for air. I truly hope humanity learns and does better for the Planet and itself. 😕
Sadly, humanity has never learned its lessons, and is now doomed to be extinct sooner than anticipated.
@@ChadSimplicio
human race is indeed doomed because most of them took the so called v@x... a b!o weapon!
Lemme tell y'all, my husband, our friends, and I went to an escape room in East Palestine, OH, in December 2022. When we got there in the evening, there was a long train ZOOMING through the downtown rail line through the town. It had to be going at least 90 mph, if not over 100. We were saying to ourselves that it's only a matter of time that it would happen. Oh, and apparently there is a book that was written before the disaster that almost predicted the whole incident as well.
Lobbiers from Norfolk Southern successfully lobbied to get laxer break regulations for trains transporting chemicals, oil, and other hazardous materials.
Did you ever escape!?
Another great video that really held my interest from start to finish. And the time really went fast.
Corporate greed is allowed by corrupt politicians 😡
I remember watching the Oakland firestorm on the TV in our office, across the bay in Santa Clara. As the stories came out, it was appalling how complacent the "officials" were to this danger... and the people who purchased these homes.
This episode is very sad & unbelievable but very well resached & told to marks to all the team involved, just go's to show there's far to many company's that are very Greedy and only think of there profits
Paradise California should of been on here. Thank you PG&E.
Definitely should fall under man-made disasters. That whole fire season was pretty much PG&E's fault.
I am sure that most of those responsible for these disasters are not in jail, complements of their politicians...........etc ?
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@@culturebreath369 therefore
Oh WOW!!!! Didnt expect my little area to be in this video much less be #2. Part of Amerens large expenses in this was cleaning all the large boulders out that washed into Johnsons shut ins state park. I think the park was closed for a couple of years because of this as well. I remember when they had the new turbines shipped from across the country. The were so large they required a special rig that had a driver in front and back. Also they had to shut highways down because they was so wide. Ameren offered tours of the new dam for a few years after it reopened. It was an amazing stie to see from the top of the new dam the path the water took. The new dam itself is impressive.
The catastrophic Fireworks( 2000) accident in Enschede ( Netherlands) was one of the worst man made accidents in Europe after WW2.
I learned a lot about the Sampoong Department Store Collapse, Chernobyl, and Fukushima on Seconds from Disaster. I tell ya...when it was the Sampoong Department Store collapse, I never yelled at the TV so much because of all the damn negligence. In the episode, the building's manager and the architect had begged the building's owner to close down the department store because there was a lot of loud noise coming from the fifth floor (like banging) because there had been a huge crack surrounding one of the pillars in the restaurant...and that's why they had closed the fifth floor that day. They also turned off the AC, which was a hot day btw and a lot of employees were having trouble dealing with the heat inside. However, the building's owner didn't want to because money was apparently more important than people's lives as he wanted people to continue to shop.
With Chernobyl, I felt that was better preventable than Fukushima imo. The reason why is that the disaster of Chernobyl happened during a safety test of all damn things. They wanted to know if the plant's generators can kick on and start generating power if there was something that caused a power outage (like what happened with Fukushima when the initial earthquake happened before the tsunami hit). They did this test at night rather than during the day because less people use energy at night than during the day. Problem is the night crew was a junior crew and no one from the senior crew was there when this happened. Because there was no communication between the head operator in the control room and the person controlling the water (I think it was the one controlling the water), that's when things got real. Unfortunately, imo though, I felt like the question they were trying to answer during the safety test at Chernobyl was answered when Fukushima happened. Yes, the tsunami made things worse at Fukushima...but if I remember correctly, they were struggling to stabilize the plant before the tsunami hit.
In Fukushima, the earthquake detectors shut the reactors down but they still required the coolant water to be circulated since the reactors were still very hot. The tsunami knocked out the emergency generators providing the power to the coolant pumps. As workers tried to re-establish power, three reactors had partial meltdowns releasing radioactive material into the water inundating the plant. The whole area had to be evacuated.
@@jpbaley2016 Worse yet about Fukushima, was how it wasn't built properly to begin with. The *original* blueprints for the power plant had the emergency generators above ground and isolated within a water proof bunker, with the exhaust pipes located on the opposite side of the cooling towers facing away from the ocean, so as not to be affected by the crashing of a Tsunami. Instead, the builders abandoned those plans and went with something *cheaper* and more easier to build.
They were warned by multiple groups, including the architectural group here in the US that originally *made* those blueprints, that it was a recipe for disaster but they didn't listen. Well, now they reap the consequences. People love to claim that nuclear power is dangerous, the thing is? Its only dangerous if you don't respect it and don't build with it in mind. There's a reason why US Nuclear power plants became one of the safest in the world (because, contrary to most other things in our country, those are actually built to be safe. Now, if only did that with the rest of our freaking infrastructure)
Seconds From Disaster was an awesome show!
@0:55 "fifty BILLION gallons"? I checked: The Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal had a capacity of about 60 million Imperial gallons (273 million liters) of fuel. MILLION, not BILLION.
If the Fukashema nuclear plant had been built on the west coast of Japan, it would still be running today!
Sure, but it would also present a perfect target for Russian/ Chinese missle strikes.
And if my mum were my father, I'd call her dad. You're not making much of a point here buddy. The country is on the Pacific rim of fire, and regularly experiences earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions.
Solar and wind are much safer forms of renewable energy.
The Oregon 'Almeda' wild fire of 8 Sep 2022 belongs here. It destroyed 3,000 acres and 2,600 homes in the towns of Ashland, Talent, and Phoenix. A small grass fire was driven through the towns by freak high winds; homes exploded and were totally consumed in minutes. The destruction was devastating, and the most significant loss was though low income neighborhoods. The towns pulled together, and reconstruction has been given top priority. However, loss of trees and nature habitat was horrible, and those areas are slow to recover. Miles of dead, burnt trees still stand in a long stretch between Ashland and Phoenix.
...and no mention of the Bhopal disaster in India. For shame!
Wow, this give a whole new creepy meaning to the Oakland Fire scenario from Sim City.
The Australian bushfires are some of the worst in the world, and sadly many are started by people not caring about the real cost of their "fun".
I was watching the San Francisco 49ers vs. the Detroit Lions at Candlestick Park on TV on a sweltering hot Sunday afternoon - at the same time when the Oakland Hills fire happened, I had noticed that the broadcast feed from KPIX-5 was breaking up throughout the first half, and then I saw what happened. If it wasn’t hot enough as it was, it’s unbearably hot 🥵
Poor Mother Earth, she provides all of mankind with everything it needs to support oneself, yet, mankind continuously insists upon destroying her ecosystem. To quote an old margarine commercial, "It's not nice to fool with Mother Nature".
I thought around 90% of this was good however I need to point out that the US DoT has publicly stated the NS train derailment in East Palestine OH would have happened regardless of whether the tanker cars had the ECB’s installed or not, so to attempt to implicate the railroad for not installing these breaks is incorrect at this time. More details uncovered in time will eventually reveal the true nature of what caused the derailment.
Our rail systems and regulations are seriously in need of attention. May 12th another NS train derailed in New Castle, PA, 21 miles or-so from East Palestine. No hazard materials were being transported though.
The bunsfield one woke up my whole street not knowing what happened
The east Palestine one is crazy. My cousin got evacuated and I live like an hour north and got headaches from the toxic smoke
I was expecting the Bhopal Gas Tragedy
That’s 60 million gallons not billion 0:57
Pepcon explosion was crazy
Love the footage of the doves flying into the Olympic torch
My parents heard the Buncefield explosion in Berkshire. It's something that has few videos or documentaries about, so a standalone video would be nice!
I remember that was woken by the explosion yet I was living in South Buckinghamshire and it was extremely Foggy that morning
Was part of desert storm……sky was totally black from these oil fires!!
Thank you for your service.
Passing away shortly after being released from prison is the best karmic FU ever.
I used to drive past Buncefield and it still smelt awful weeks after.
Thansk for calling out Norfolk.
60 billion gallons of fuel? Come on man, fact check yourself!
Please give measures in metric too, that's what most countries use. Feet and gallons mean very little for us.
I’m from Oklahoma, and I know that.
I know metric is not complicated enough for Americans to use. Me included.
What about the beirut explosion, bigger than any of these!
I remember October 20, 1991 very well. The Oakland Hills Fire was an unforgettable disaster; and we had just experienced the Loma Prieta earthquake just 2 years and 3 days earlier. We were convinced that we would have another catastrophe on October 23, 1993.
For the record, I also remember working at Maxis Software in 1997.
i remember it well myself,im from auburn ca, we responded to both incidents.
@@davekauffmanjr2069 I still live in the Bay Area. I know a few people that were injured in the fire. I know even more that lost their homes.
As someone who grew up in another fire-prone state (Colorado), I've always been amazed by people who live in these wooded areas who STILL have wood shingles, and have never done any fire mitigation if they live on wooded slopes or in wooded areas.
@@stevenedwards8353 It WAS awesome. It was unfortunate that I had to leave because the office was moving from the East Bay in Walnut Creek to San Mateo, south of San Francisco. It would’ve tripled the length of my commute in soul-crushing traffic. So, I found another job.
I was livini n the Mission in 1991. It was hot out and ash was falling around Harrison at 22nd St. We scootered up to the top of a hill in Noe Valley and watched the fire from there. Yes, it was only 2 years after we had the 7.q earthquake in 1989. I remember that well also
Top Ten biggest bushfires is a must
God bless the firefighters
...and Norfolk Southern has had THREE other derailments since February 2023, and it’s only the end of March 2023.
May 12th, 2023, New Castle PA. 20 or so miles from East Palestine.
Just for future reference, the oil company "Total" is a french one. And it's pronounced "Tow taal", like it's two different words.
Those Kuwaiti oilwells sure were a blast to put out!
CUDD Pressure Control - good times
Everybody remember Red Adair from Texas?
Number 1 should have been the Indian Bhopal Chemical Disaster in 1984. Over 3,000 people died at a Union Carbide pesticide plant. It is widely recognised as the most toxic disaster in human history.
r.e. England explosion~ an American top fuel dragster can register Richter 2.0+ off the starting line...😎
An old friend of mine did sound editing for TV crews. One doco he worked on had him standing next to the cameraman at the base of the tree between two top fuellers. He said the ear protection wasn’t a problem, it was the ground shaking that had them barely able to stay upright.
Wow
The Sanpoon department store is a tragic note for all retail there is a movie you can watch here on RUclips
I vividly remember this disaster taking place in Sissonville in WV. In 2012, a large natural gas pipeline exploded and sent a giant ball of fire over hundreds of feet. The inferno scorched homes, power lines, sent fiery debris in the air setting homes ablaze and destroyed a part of I-77. The fire was so hot, IT MELTED THE ROAD. All you could see was singed brick below the road. It was caused by a corroded pipe that wasn't inspected in over 25 years. The scars left from the explosion is hard to notice now but it can still be seen today. The neighborhood was evacuated and the explosion was covered extensively by various news outlets. It was a horrific experience which led to more strict inspection measures to be implemented to prevent such a disaster again, but sadly. History repeated itself in Kentucky back in 2022 when another neglected pipeline in central Kentucky exploded, taking one life, injuring others and closing off a major highway.
You forgot the explosion in Lebanon that happened a few years ago.
They limited it to 10, not “every.”
Mans talking about Ohio's train derailment like it isn't still happening
I’d never heard of the first one, and I’m from the UK
Sugar plants are no joke! There is an Amalgamated Sugar plant near me that nearly exploded. There was a fire, and a few people got pretty hurt, but fortunately, nothing like what happened in the clip happened here.
The only one of these I don't agree with (while it was a disaster, the comments about how there were improper safety measures aren't accurate) is the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The entire coastline sank by nearly 1 meter after the earthquake, which allowed the Tsunami to overtake the Sea Wall that protected it. The reactor complex was guarded by a protective seawall designed for a maximum wave height of 5.5m (18 feet). The Tsunami in that area was recorded with a maximum wave height of almost 40 meters (130 feet) in the Iwate Prefecture. No amount of planning could have prevented something of this magnitude.
There were multiple safety features that were brought to their attention that should have been installed or fixed and they did none of them. Multiple reports over multiple years and they ignored them ALL. The earthquake and tsunami couldn't have been prevented, but the meltdown absolutely could have been. There is no excuse.
NUMBER 10: FOR A FIRE TO OCCUR, YOU NEED SIMULTANEOUSLY THREE INGREDIENTS, OXYGEN, FUEL, AND A SPARK OR A SOURCE OF IGNITION, THE FIRST TWO WERE PRESENT BUT HOW ABOUT THE THIRD ONE?
😮 wait *what*
🤔 IDK how that happened then. What is going on???
They said it was smoldering pine needles from surrounding trees that caused that massive conflagration….
They said the needles were in the trees, but it sounded more likely they were covering the ground and then the wind stirred them up.
The rest is history…..
The Buncefield fire (explosion) happened when me & my missus were living in St. Albans, about 10 miles away. We woke up when a strange wind which went on and on bothered us, we didn't have a clue what was going on, but we were renting a house which was quite old and sometimes the wind rattled the windows. It was winter & it was early in the morning & our bedroom faced east,. After a while, the noise went away & we went back to bed. When we got up & went about our Sunday morning routine we were amazed to see "black rain" cinders falling down like snow, big ones & looking up to the sky one side (north) was clear wintry sunshine, and the south was jet black clouds. It was quite something. I worked at a university a few miles east in Hatfield, I could see the flames, seriously, flames and horrible black smoke rising, this was over 15 miles from the incident. Quite a big deal at the time.
I don't like it when animals suffer because of humans 😢
Not even 24h after this video, we have a new disaster
❗ Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion ❗
Hold up cutty, save some room on your list, humankind hasn't seen anything yet, unfortunately!!!🙏🤔😵💫
Well, just saw a Norfolk Southern train derailed in New Castle, PA, about 21mi from East Palestine, OH. No hazardous materials were involved.
Please add time stamps!
0:57 It was around 60 million gallons, not 60 billion gallons of feul, which is only 0.1% of what you said.
On the railroad train wreck the switches have sensors on them to monitor the brakes just for that reason but the sensors failed and it was over heated brakes
No.1 Clip Who Knew That Out Of Tragedy "The Sims" Was Born, Taking The Bad And Something Good Came Out Of It.
Ohio got screwed , and still is sadly.
Are you going to cover the Flixborough disaster of 1974?
What OKC Murrah building bombing. That was man made & quite an explosion
“10 disasters,” not EVERY. disaster.
Where's the biggest explosion ever; the 2020 Beirut explosion? Hard to find any scarier / crazier / wilder videos than those from that disaster, outside of the incomprehensible videos from the Indian Ocean tsunami in '04 that took a quarter million lives.
Bophal India really should have made the list
Makes you wonder where the global wormer worming is coming from
Thresher also had a ballast problem. Blowing the ballast tanks requires no power, and should creare enough buoyamcy to bring the boat up. But tests on sister ships to Thresher showed the blast of air g9t ecxtremely cold, forming ice on filters on the air pipes inside the ballast tanks as humidity in the compressed air froze, quickly plugging the filters with 8ce, and doo ing the ship and crew, had this worked the power loss would like not have resulted in deaths 9r loss of the sub. The Navy launched the SUB SAFE program as a result, a very exacting series of tests and requirements.
Norfolk Southern's New motto: Norfolk You
Its kinda funny how this is location related. Quite a few of those disasters are not very well known outside US, for instance (meanwhile there are local disasters of equal proportions)
Similar danger in rice silos in Texas and Loiusiana.
0:50 Correction: Holland is just a region. Use "The Netherlands" to speak about the country.
He is speaking about region
Love watching anything about disasters until they mention a town 20 miles from my house. East Palestine is scary and it will be a long time before we know just how much damage was really done and just how far it spread.
No Mention of the WW1 Halifax Harbour Explosion?!
The Damage of that Explosion was More Massive than about Half of what you mention.
Your description of Sampoong is incomplete / inaccurate. The 5th floor was planned to have an ice skating rink, but instead was converted to have several restaurants put in. All that extra unplanned weight on the building pushed the support columns to their limit. What started the slow collapse of the building was the action of sliding several large air conditioning units placed on the roof of the building to a different location. when they slid them across the roof, one of the support columns took a direct hit, and over the course of several weeks the column slowly cracked until it lost all structural integrity.
I GOT TO WIRE THE EQUIPMEMT HONEYWELL USED TO REPLACE ALL THE COMPUTERS AFTER THIS HAPPENED TO THE OIL WELLS. THEY OPENED AN OLD BUILDING AND SET UP AN EMERGENCY ASSEMBLY LINE. I WAS IN CHARGE OF THE CREW DOING THE WIRING. WE HAD TO MOVE FAST TO KEEP UP WITH THEM SETTING THE LINES UP. I WAS A LOT OF FUN.
I live a hundred miles away from that explosion in the UK, but I remember no bang.
I never knew sugar was flammable or combustible to such a degree
I was making jelly from scratch and tossed some pinches of sugar into the pan like you would with salt, and the burner shot out huge flames. I panicked thinking I potentially set my house on fire.
Dust. Flour and rice in the air are explosive.
Man made that shocked the world " not really "
Wait….the brakes haven’t been updated since the CIVIL WAR??!!