The cars below the building had all been warped, their windows shattered.
WOW! I amd sure some of the damage to the cars is from flying debris, but most must have been from the shock wave.
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104 dead, my big blue eyes.
I suppose the molten metal around the cars must be aluminum. It melts at 1221 F.
A few more than 104 died.
This guy’s writing is very pleasant to read.
"Just then a firefighter whizzes past my lens carrying a water bag.The only thing I disagreed with.He’s submerged in this sea of hell-cars, and last night this was a sea of fire!
How insignificant is a person before these manmade objects, how weak before the forces of nature!
Some people say firefighters are “mighty.” But as I see it, they’re just fragile bodies."
They may be small in stature, their bodies may be fragile, but they have the spirit of a mighty dragon!
Wow. I read his whole report. He’s a remarkable young man. He wasn’t going to quit. Somehow, even in the midst of a communist country, people look for truth.
Go with God, Xiaoxin.
Incredible story and pictures.
Rare all ping list ping.
Excellent well written and ably translated article.
I urge you to read it.
Damn. Just damn.
Those photos are staggering.
What an absolute inferno that must have been.
Those poor people who got killed.
Chinaboy,
Can you access this?
Do you have any more information?
Amazing.
Amazing stuff, Kart.
Thanks for posting it.
From the article:
“.... The Wanke Harbor City development was just a few hundred meters from the blast site. Now it was a pile of rubble. Not a single window was intact. Household items were scattered everywhere.
I don’t know what kind of quake happened there last night. Stuff had been thrown towards the site of the explosion. But shouldn’t the shock wave have sent stuff in the opposite direction?
I still don’t get it. ....”
Now what kind of explosion causes that sort of effect?
Adjacent story on censorship of the explosion news: http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/08/minitrue-explosions-in-tanggu-open-economic-zone-tianjin/
Its Bush’s Fault.
China is having a difficult time with the transparency that the digital age is bringing. They are caught on the horns of a dilemma: How do they modernize with controling the information flow?
The same situation, on a lesser scale applies to the U.S. and the Washington Cartel. How do they stay in power as control over the information flow slips from their grasp?
That was one of the most interesting articles I’ve ever seen on FR. Thanks so much for posting it. God Bless Xiaoxin. What a terrific writer!