• Chinese highway explodes, 26 dead.
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[IMG]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/65637000/jpg/_65637787_65637781.jpg[/IMG] [QUOTE]A truck carrying fireworks has exploded on an elevated highway in central China, killing at least five people and causing part of the road to collapse, state media report. The blast, which destroyed an 80m (262ft) section of road, took place on the G30 expressway in Henan province. China National Radio had put the number of dead at 26 but the report appeared to have been removed from websites. Several vehicles were reported to have tumbled off the road. Witnesses said some cars were thrown off by the force of the blast.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-21289321[/url]
Shit, those are some [B]powerful[/B] fireworks.
Though it's awful that so many people died, it must have looked fucking [I]awesome.[/I]
Only in fucking China.
because it was Made In China obviously
I can't believe any amount of fireworks would be able to destroy [B]80 metres[/B] of road! that's insane!
[QUOTE=EddieLTU;39434783]because it was Made In China obviously[/QUOTE] Pretty much 90% (at minimum) of all fireworks is made in China. It's just that fireworks exported to 1st world countries have stricter quality control.
[QUOTE=krail9;39434799]I can't believe any amount of fireworks would be able to destroy [B]80 metres[/B] of road! that's insane![/QUOTE][video=youtube;_nC0FetkeqA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nC0FetkeqA[/video]
[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;39434828][video=youtube;_nC0FetkeqA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nC0FetkeqA[/video][/QUOTE] Fuck.
[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;39434828][video=youtube;_nC0FetkeqA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nC0FetkeqA[/video][/QUOTE] Fucking. Awesome.
[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;39434828][video=youtube;_nC0FetkeqA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nC0FetkeqA[/video][/QUOTE] Wasn't expecting that at all, I jumped a little.
title made me think the road just blew up
[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;39434828][video=youtube;_nC0FetkeqA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nC0FetkeqA[/video][/QUOTE] Nuclear launch detected.
[QUOTE=krail9;39434799]I can't believe any amount of fireworks would be able to destroy [B]80 metres[/B] of road! that's insane![/QUOTE] given it was an elevated highway, you wouldn't really need to do much to break a segment (especially if it was pretty spaced out pillars), weakening adjacent areas that may have collapsed shortly after the initial blast. Looking at the source picture, that bridge looks pretty beefy, wouldn't be surprised if the 80 metres was only one pillar-to-pillar segment and that video's insane, I did a weird lean-back in my chair when it popped
[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;39434828][video=youtube;_nC0FetkeqA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nC0FetkeqA[/video][/QUOTE] Holy shit!
[QUOTE=krail9;39434799]I can't believe any amount of fireworks would be able to destroy [B]80 metres[/B] of road! that's insane![/QUOTE] Its easy to forget that fireworks literally are just black powder. Put enough of them together and its no different than igniting a lot of barrels full of the stuff.
[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;39434828][video=youtube;_nC0FetkeqA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nC0FetkeqA[/video][/QUOTE] So basically the truck became an IED.
[video=youtube;ikkKlW18s1E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikkKlW18s1E[/video] Denmark, a few years back. Leveled 75 houses, damaged 355.
[QUOTE=daijitsu;39434907]given it was an elevated highway, you wouldn't really need to do much to break a segment (especially if it was pretty spaced out pillars), weakening adjacent areas that may have collapsed shortly after the initial blast. Looking at the source picture, that bridge looks pretty beefy, wouldn't be surprised if the 80 metres was only one pillar-to-pillar segment and that video's insane, I did a weird lean-back in my chair when it popped[/QUOTE] yeah, now that you mention it, it looks like it's broken the road somewhere between two pillars and the whole segment has given way, given how cleanly it's broken
No need to mourn guys, they will replace their population loss in about 5 seconds.
By the time you've typed that reply, they already had.
[QUOTE=SexualShark;39438354]No need to mourn guys, they will replace their population loss in about 5 seconds.[/QUOTE] Although true, it's still a large loss of life, not cool man
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