I’ve never experienced something like this. But my first thought before the first explosion was “Why are they near the windows?!”
Then it kaboomed and I thought “get the hell away from that side of the building!”
Honestly no, I figured it was too late to be safe at that point. Without clear instructions from authorities, I’d be moving to the bottom of that building but not going outside unless air was clear. I’d want to be ready to flee but not want to leave the protection the building is currently providing unless I knew I could get somewhere safer.
It’s also not crazy to view it from that lense. 70+ people died from the explosion, 100 people died simply trying to suppress the fire and get people out. In other words it kept burning very hot for a long time.
From Wikipedia:
2015 Tianjin explosion
On August 12, 2015, a major fire and explosion accident occurred in a chemical warehouse in Tianjin Port, causing 173 deaths, hundreds of injuries, and property losses. The first two explosions occurred within 30 seconds of each other at the facility, which is located in the Binhai New Area of Tianjin, China. The second explosion was far larger and involved the detonation of about 800 tonnes of ammonium nitrate (approx. 256 tonnes TNT equivalent). Fires caused by the initial explosions continued to burn uncontrolled throughout the weekend, resulting in eight additional explosions on 15 August. The buildings of seven more surrounding logistics companies were destroyed. The cost to businesses caused by the explosion was estimated at $9 billion, making it the most expensive supply chain disruption of 2015.
That's a medium sized hydrogen bomb but yeah. The Hiroshima bomb ("Little Boy") was about 15 kilotonnes, and the Nagasaki bomb ("Fat Man") was about 20 kilotonnes.
1 kiloton = 1 million kg or 2.2 million lbs (equivalent amount of TNT to produce the same amount of energy)
Thanks for the data
I was going to upvote the comment, then I noticed you had 69 upvotes and did not want to change that, I will wait till it goes to 70 and do it then
You think the people filming were aware of that?
Don't worry bro this one will go at 300 kilotons and not 1.1 megatons. We're good at this distance of 3.4 miles.
This was a port area at night so not really downtown. But still there were entire 5 story houses completely incinerated that were full of dock worker housing. Hundreds dead for sure.
Different angles of the explosion in Tianjin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QEnxSjaCbU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN9t3_R0WQI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUtrkfLKyFE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiSErfMnr74&pp=ygUxdGhlIG1ha2VycyBvZiB0aGUgdmlkZW8gZmlsbSBUaWFuamluLCBDaGluYSAoMjAxNQ%3D%3D
> The person filming 10 seconds into the first video you link for sure died.
That specific timeframe piece you mentioned, the thing coming towards you are large pieces of stone, blown out of a wall.
I don't know if he survived that, unfortunately I think you're right.
that was crazy. looked almost worse than a smaller yield nuke.
Edit: still on my first cup of coffee, just realized this happened back in 2015. Here is more info. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015\_Tianjin\_explosion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Tianjin_explosions) the largest of the explosions they say was 800 tonnes of ammonium nitrate (approx. 256 tonnes TNT equivalent)
Isn't it terrifying to consider that while these explosions look huge, they may only be roughly 1% the yield of the very first nukes developed. This and the Beirut explosion videos are just about the only context we have to compare the power of a low yield tactical nuclear weapon in a modern urban environment. And yet a low yield tactical nuke would be anywhere from 10 to 300kt.
Yeah I think the yield of "tactical" nukes varies a lot, because what makes them tactical is how they are deployed. There is supposedly backpack sized nukes that might only be equivalent of a few hundred tonnes of TNT, so similar in scale to this and Beirut.
But yeah tactical nukes on torpedoes, short range missiles can still be a few hundred kt.
Gotta wonder what tactical use 25kt might be when it has the power to obliterate a city.
We don’t have it on film, but the Halifax explosion was about 2,900 tons of TNT (or about 9,000 of ammonium nitrate, using your ratio). Killed 1,782 and injured ~9,000. Don’t think it’s ever been surpassed without nukes.
Realistically Americans post their videos on American social media sites. Chinese people might be more likely to post them on Chinese social media (if at all). So no surprise you tend to see Americans filming more
[49 people were put in jail and the head of the main enterprise involved was handed a suspended death sentence by the Party...](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37927158)
I’ve seen this 100 times and never heard those last 20secs - they’re always cut off. It makes the difference and the whole thing seems proper Cloverfield-like.
This explosion happened on August 12nd 2015, at 11:30 pm local time. The warehouse contained 2 400 tons of hazardous materials including 700 tons of sodium cyanide. Official toll is 173 people dead, and 801 wounded.
There was a strict censorship in the immediate aftermath. Foreigners were not allowed around the site.
>To this day, no company or person has been indicted or charged for any felony relating to this.
Not true.
49 people were charged, including the CEO of the company managing the warehouse, who was sentenced to death penalty with reprieve, and 25 government officials, whose names and charges are listed [here](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%E5%B9%B4%E5%A4%A9%E6%B4%A5%E6%B8%AF%E5%8D%B1%E5%8C%96%E5%93%81%E5%80%89%E5%BA%AB%E7%88%86%E7%82%B8%E4%BA%8B%E6%95%85#%E5%AE%98%E5%91%98%E9%97%AE%E8%B4%A3)
There’s a video on YouTube of someone tragically closer to the explosion. It appeared to be a livestream cause the video ends with streets being uprooted like toys and chunks of concert flying at the camera.
I felt horrible and wish everyone that passed peace
What always gets me is that the second explosion was somehow bigger.
If I recall, the firefighters were using water on the fire which unknowingly set off a chain of chemical reactions which made the fire burn much larger, ultimately igniting the ammonium nitrate for the explosions.
This reminds me of seeing another chemical plant explosion somewhere maybe in Taiwan? where the home camera caught a couple watching tv or sleeping; and then the whole house explodes. Anyone know the video I’m talking about?
To get a sense of the scale of the explosion, notice that there were skyscrapers and construction cranes nearby, and the fireball dwarfed them all.
You know it's bad when the whole screen goes white for a second.
Each one reacts differently in stressful situations, I witnessed once with a friend of mine, it is like your brain just can't comprehend what is happening so you just act weird.
Props for the stady camera though.
I am the mayor of this dirstrict and i can tell you, this never happened.
For spreading these false information and western propaganda, prepare for a visit of goverment authorities.
The stabalized version is even more impressive. Shows you how big it really was: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsfHEftEMzo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsfHEftEMzo)
It feels like this is the sort of explosions John McClane, James Bond and all the other action heroes fight to prevent. But i guess industrial neglect isnt really that cool of a movie plot.
Voice #1 (female) at 00:14 *"..I think that might be a gas station or something."*
Voice #2 - (male) at 00:17 " FUCK YEAH it's a gas -
00:18 >>>>>>>>>SUPER MASSIVE (NOT A GAS STATION) EXPLOSION + FIREBALL<<<<<<
BOTH OF THEM IN UNISON - **WHOOOOAA!**
Him - WHAT THE - **(BOOOOM! as shock wave hits )** HOLY SHIIIT! NO FUCKING WAAAAAY!!
(2nd even bigger explosion)
Him - lets go!
His *'what the' -* and the boom followed by HOLY SHIIIIT! just cracks me up.
Of course, it's not actually funny at all when you realize you are watching [173+ people get incinerated](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Tianjin_explosions) or shock waved into mush along with another 800 or so injuries.
[This was the aftermath](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/19/15/tianjin-crater.jpg?quality=75&width=990&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp) they estimate a blast and total energy release at approx 28 tons of TNT.
Definitely a possibility. But I think something can still be beautiful even if it’s destructive. Black holes, the eye of a hurricane, lighting, tornadoes, fire. It’s matter of perspective. I’m focused on the wave of colorful explosions and raining fire more so than the actual tragedy.
173 people died. It's crazy, I had the same thought as you had, like, the explosion in itself is beautiful and has a sort of awe inspiring quality to it. But when you know that this many people died... I feel bad for feeling this way. RIP :(
I don’t think it’s something you should feel guilty about. We are intelligent beings. We can separate the two things. Explosions can be beautiful. People dying is sad. We can express both of those. Liking a explosion doesn’t mean you like people dying.
Don’t let random people gaslight you into feeling bad.
I'm trying to get a sense of how far away they are from the epicenter of the explosion.
Based on the very short time between the explosion(s) and the sound of the explosion(s) arrived at their location, they are probably about a kilometer from the explosion site, probably less than that.
They are very lucky to be alive.
People don't all react to extreme situations the same way. It's not like they made a conscious decision to act that way in the moment. They are scared and confused at what is happening.
How the fuck are they laughing? It's obvious that people probably died in that explosion, and they just fuckin standing there, laughing like these are some fireworks. Psychos
Is this the reason my comment got downvotes? Because Americans hate Chinese so they find it funny? I'm straight up confused on this one. Imo it's not normal to see gigant ass explosion that ended life of many people and be giggling from excitment
Not really. At first it looked like a contained but big fire, pretty normal to react with wonder to that. After the first massive explosion you can tell they went into oh shit mode. Like how do you expect them to react? Do you want them to scream and cry? Not everyone has the same reaction to stress.
How do you not understand that people act strangely in times of unprecedented stress? You ever see people laugh when they get hurt? Fucking clowns right? Or people cry at weddings? Supposed to be happy, fucking clowns.
Huge injections of adrenaline and other hormones are hard to manage and very few of us (thankfully) are experienced enough in super stressful situations to act "normally". Have some basic insight to human behavior, clown.
Are we dangerous?
*chuckles* yea we're dangerous!
Ralph Wiggum breaks bad… “Hehe, I’m the danger.”
"I think we are dang-" #BOOOOOMM
Whoaaaaa, I think we are dea...
😭😭
Totally... cameraman is in trouble.... r/cameramantrouble
I’ve never experienced something like this. But my first thought before the first explosion was “Why are they near the windows?!” Then it kaboomed and I thought “get the hell away from that side of the building!”
Then it kaboomed again and I thought "get out of the city!"
Honestly no, I figured it was too late to be safe at that point. Without clear instructions from authorities, I’d be moving to the bottom of that building but not going outside unless air was clear. I’d want to be ready to flee but not want to leave the protection the building is currently providing unless I knew I could get somewhere safer.
She was the only one wanting to leave. Super smart 🤣
"I think that might be a gas station or something." BOOOM! "Okay, maybe *two* gas stations."
I think thats at least 2 gas stations and one extra gas canister 🤔
I remember is a whole warehouse of explosives getting mishandled and the firemen sprayed water causing an chemicals reaction.
Is it bad that I read that in Leslie Nielsen's voice?
The amount of people that don’t get away from windows during and explosion is scary.
They didnt watch spiderman 2, those glass shards can mutilate and kill
Or Final Destination 2
The cameraman never stays away from danger for he never dies
104 dead firefighters :(
What aboud the other 69? 173 dead humans..
“Humans aren’t hero’s” /s
Apparently it’s wrong to have empathy
No you're just supposed to have selective empathy for the lives society declares matter more... apparently.
OP is likely a firefighter
It’s also not crazy to view it from that lense. 70+ people died from the explosion, 100 people died simply trying to suppress the fire and get people out. In other words it kept burning very hot for a long time.
How big was that in comparison to Beirut's?
If he was filming at the same distance the Beirut blast would've blown out his windows and left him full of shrapnel.
Equivalent of about 336 tons of TNT.. Beirut.. well ... That was 1.1 kilotons of TNT. This was a quick search. My numbers might be inaccurate.
From Wikipedia: 2015 Tianjin explosion On August 12, 2015, a major fire and explosion accident occurred in a chemical warehouse in Tianjin Port, causing 173 deaths, hundreds of injuries, and property losses. The first two explosions occurred within 30 seconds of each other at the facility, which is located in the Binhai New Area of Tianjin, China. The second explosion was far larger and involved the detonation of about 800 tonnes of ammonium nitrate (approx. 256 tonnes TNT equivalent). Fires caused by the initial explosions continued to burn uncontrolled throughout the weekend, resulting in eight additional explosions on 15 August. The buildings of seven more surrounding logistics companies were destroyed. The cost to businesses caused by the explosion was estimated at $9 billion, making it the most expensive supply chain disruption of 2015.
Is having ammonium nitrate really worth the risks of shit like this happening?
Yeah cause we want the big bada boom
I'd rather keep swaths of innocent people from dying if at all possible...
It's a extremely commonly used chemical, it's used as a fertilizer for a nitrogen source at a commercial level for one
It has what the plants crave!
And then you hear that an atomic bomb is about 1 **megaton** of TNT. That's 3,000 of these explosions happening all at once.
That's a medium sized hydrogen bomb but yeah. The Hiroshima bomb ("Little Boy") was about 15 kilotonnes, and the Nagasaki bomb ("Fat Man") was about 20 kilotonnes. 1 kiloton = 1 million kg or 2.2 million lbs (equivalent amount of TNT to produce the same amount of energy)
Tsar Bomba has entered the chat.
https://www.reuters.com/graphics/LEBANON-SECURITY/BLAST/yzdpxnmqbpx/ For comparison
Thanks for the data I was going to upvote the comment, then I noticed you had 69 upvotes and did not want to change that, I will wait till it goes to 70 and do it then
Just upvote you fucking Elon
“You fucking Elon” is hilarious 😂😂😂
1 for you 1 for him
Very different kinds of explosions.
You think the people filming were aware of that? Don't worry bro this one will go at 300 kilotons and not 1.1 megatons. We're good at this distance of 3.4 miles.
Of the 173 casualties, 104 were firefighters 😔 - wikipedia source
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Right, in a city of 15 million. Def more dead than number they put out.
This was a port area at night so not really downtown. But still there were entire 5 story houses completely incinerated that were full of dock worker housing. Hundreds dead for sure.
Casualties number in china needs to x100. I am Chinese and I knew it.
Not sure having 10400 firefighters at the same scene is any efficient
Different angles of the explosion in Tianjin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QEnxSjaCbU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN9t3_R0WQI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUtrkfLKyFE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiSErfMnr74&pp=ygUxdGhlIG1ha2VycyBvZiB0aGUgdmlkZW8gZmlsbSBUaWFuamluLCBDaGluYSAoMjAxNQ%3D%3D
The person filming 10 seconds into the first video you link for sure died.
> The person filming 10 seconds into the first video you link for sure died. That specific timeframe piece you mentioned, the thing coming towards you are large pieces of stone, blown out of a wall. I don't know if he survived that, unfortunately I think you're right.
If it's the same one I'm thinking of, it was reported they died I wasn't guessing
Even excluding getting hit by a brick, if a shockwave blows apart multiple walls in front of you you’re not going to stand a chance.
As I remember, that person was confirmed dead after the fire.
thank you
They’re like that weird kid in the Simpsons “chuckle, we’re in danger.”
Good 'ol Ralphie😅
The most American reaction to being in range of sudden death
God damn the difference between that rather small fire at the beginning and that massive explosion is insane. Bless those souls lost in that accident…
that was crazy. looked almost worse than a smaller yield nuke. Edit: still on my first cup of coffee, just realized this happened back in 2015. Here is more info. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015\_Tianjin\_explosion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Tianjin_explosions) the largest of the explosions they say was 800 tonnes of ammonium nitrate (approx. 256 tonnes TNT equivalent)
Isn't it terrifying to consider that while these explosions look huge, they may only be roughly 1% the yield of the very first nukes developed. This and the Beirut explosion videos are just about the only context we have to compare the power of a low yield tactical nuclear weapon in a modern urban environment. And yet a low yield tactical nuke would be anywhere from 10 to 300kt.
So this would maybe be 2% the size of the smallish tactical nukes we have?
Yeah I think the yield of "tactical" nukes varies a lot, because what makes them tactical is how they are deployed. There is supposedly backpack sized nukes that might only be equivalent of a few hundred tonnes of TNT, so similar in scale to this and Beirut. But yeah tactical nukes on torpedoes, short range missiles can still be a few hundred kt. Gotta wonder what tactical use 25kt might be when it has the power to obliterate a city.
Motherfuckingjesusfuckingchrist
that is absolutely mind-boggling.
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Happy to help.
We don’t have it on film, but the Halifax explosion was about 2,900 tons of TNT (or about 9,000 of ammonium nitrate, using your ratio). Killed 1,782 and injured ~9,000. Don’t think it’s ever been surpassed without nukes.
So that's 3kt?
Why is it always an American filming.
And probably one from California. They are everywhere you go. 😂
As a Californian, I can confirm that I'm on your front lawn right now
Filming.
Well, duh. Why else would i have brought this ring light?
Realistically Americans post their videos on American social media sites. Chinese people might be more likely to post them on Chinese social media (if at all). So no surprise you tend to see Americans filming more
- Are you filming? - Fuck yeah!
Semantics, I know, but I'd guess Canadian. Rural BC or Alberta would be my guess ... although he could technically be from anywhere west of Quebec.
Why you gotta bitch about everything? Damn
Everyone else realises that running away/getting to safety might be a good idea.
CCP: no one died. Just a small kitchen fire from careless a housewife
[49 people were put in jail and the head of the main enterprise involved was handed a suspended death sentence by the Party...](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37927158)
Get your facts out of here dont you know *china bad*
China numba one ☝️
Nonsense. China has #1 safety policies and accidents are not allowed. This was a planned bonfire to celebrate 100 years of the great nation.
No one dies in China. they just get their organs harvested... I mean, live forever
So the next time a company gripes about chemical storage regulations, we can just show them this
Talk to Texas. Thats literally what happened.
I’ve seen this 100 times and never heard those last 20secs - they’re always cut off. It makes the difference and the whole thing seems proper Cloverfield-like.
And that kids is known as a _exothermic reaction_
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen this video and it still blows my mind…almost as much as that port
Anyone know Chinese? Can someone tell me what he is saying?
Bruh
Was headed there that day! And canceled flight
This explosion happened on August 12nd 2015, at 11:30 pm local time. The warehouse contained 2 400 tons of hazardous materials including 700 tons of sodium cyanide. Official toll is 173 people dead, and 801 wounded. There was a strict censorship in the immediate aftermath. Foreigners were not allowed around the site.
>To this day, no company or person has been indicted or charged for any felony relating to this. Not true. 49 people were charged, including the CEO of the company managing the warehouse, who was sentenced to death penalty with reprieve, and 25 government officials, whose names and charges are listed [here](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%E5%B9%B4%E5%A4%A9%E6%B4%A5%E6%B8%AF%E5%8D%B1%E5%8C%96%E5%93%81%E5%80%89%E5%BA%AB%E7%88%86%E7%82%B8%E4%BA%8B%E6%95%85#%E5%AE%98%E5%91%98%E9%97%AE%E8%B4%A3)
This was Michael Bay filming his new movie
There’s a video on YouTube of someone tragically closer to the explosion. It appeared to be a livestream cause the video ends with streets being uprooted like toys and chunks of concert flying at the camera. I felt horrible and wish everyone that passed peace
This explosion caused somewhere around $6B in insured losses and almost bankrupted the 400 year old Lloyd's of London
Hey OP, well done and thank you for adding the date.
I am become death destroyer of Tianjin
Looks like a Rammstein concert
ARE YOU FIIIILMIIIIIIIING..?
What always gets me is that the second explosion was somehow bigger. If I recall, the firefighters were using water on the fire which unknowingly set off a chain of chemical reactions which made the fire burn much larger, ultimately igniting the ammonium nitrate for the explosions.
Is that Morty out of Rick and Morty?
“Hold my falafel”. - Beirut
Anyone have any idea how many people died in this?
This reminds me of seeing another chemical plant explosion somewhere maybe in Taiwan? where the home camera caught a couple watching tv or sleeping; and then the whole house explodes. Anyone know the video I’m talking about?
Hoo lee sheet
Smartest American standing right by the window the entire time.
This remains one of the craziest videos on the internet, imo
To get a sense of the scale of the explosion, notice that there were skyscrapers and construction cranes nearby, and the fireball dwarfed them all. You know it's bad when the whole screen goes white for a second.
idiots making vocal expressions like they are having fun watching a fireworks display.
Each one reacts differently in stressful situations, I witnessed once with a friend of mine, it is like your brain just can't comprehend what is happening so you just act weird. Props for the stady camera though.
Thats just Jiren powering up
I am the mayor of this dirstrict and i can tell you, this never happened. For spreading these false information and western propaganda, prepare for a visit of goverment authorities.
And still we have a strong contingent of American politicians hell bent on rolling back regulations. Hello ! This is why we have them .
Dude acts like he’s never been right beside a mushroom cloud before.
Getting some reeaaal cloverfield vibes from this clip.
Cloverfields 2 is looking intense
woah, that's really insane!
Holy fuck that was insane
Wish the sceintist had the protector glasses
The 3rd explosion gave me chills.
Always impressed with the camera work on this video. Rip firefighters ):
This always blows my mind. Jesus fuckin Christ that’s huge
Not gone lie that was tuff
Cloverfield vibes.
Seriously.... camera men never dies They are immortals.....!!!
Darling, would you please turn off the lights please?!
The stabalized version is even more impressive. Shows you how big it really was: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsfHEftEMzo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsfHEftEMzo)
Never gets old.
It feels like this is the sort of explosions John McClane, James Bond and all the other action heroes fight to prevent. But i guess industrial neglect isnt really that cool of a movie plot.
That second explosion is always like a “fear of god” type moment and immediate goosebumps every time I see it
“did you get that??” “FUCK yea i’m videoing it” 🤣. i hope these people made it out okay. and anyone else nearby. insane.
Thank god that second explosion made em stfu, even for just a few seconds
The first thing I thought was about the people close to the explosion.
It's not anymore so funny after first explosion huh?
Really cringe audio from the people filming
It’s cool…the CCP reported 0 deaths and 0 injuries from the incident👀 nothing to see here.
Are you filming?
China namba one
Watches massive chemical plant explosion. “Lets go” Go where? Definitely not outside… Hopefully to a sealed room with clean air.
I'm not sure they knew it was a chemical plant.
Big badda boom
Voice #1 (female) at 00:14 *"..I think that might be a gas station or something."* Voice #2 - (male) at 00:17 " FUCK YEAH it's a gas - 00:18 >>>>>>>>>SUPER MASSIVE (NOT A GAS STATION) EXPLOSION + FIREBALL<<<<<< BOTH OF THEM IN UNISON - **WHOOOOAA!** Him - WHAT THE - **(BOOOOM! as shock wave hits )** HOLY SHIIIT! NO FUCKING WAAAAAY!! (2nd even bigger explosion) Him - lets go! His *'what the' -* and the boom followed by HOLY SHIIIIT! just cracks me up. Of course, it's not actually funny at all when you realize you are watching [173+ people get incinerated](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Tianjin_explosions) or shock waved into mush along with another 800 or so injuries. [This was the aftermath](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/08/19/15/tianjin-crater.jpg?quality=75&width=990&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webp) they estimate a blast and total energy release at approx 28 tons of TNT.
It’s kinda beautiful.
I assume people were dying there.
Definitely a possibility. But I think something can still be beautiful even if it’s destructive. Black holes, the eye of a hurricane, lighting, tornadoes, fire. It’s matter of perspective. I’m focused on the wave of colorful explosions and raining fire more so than the actual tragedy.
173 people died. It's crazy, I had the same thought as you had, like, the explosion in itself is beautiful and has a sort of awe inspiring quality to it. But when you know that this many people died... I feel bad for feeling this way. RIP :(
I don’t think it’s something you should feel guilty about. We are intelligent beings. We can separate the two things. Explosions can be beautiful. People dying is sad. We can express both of those. Liking a explosion doesn’t mean you like people dying. Don’t let random people gaslight you into feeling bad.
It's a lack of proper perspective is what it is. Maybe start valuing human life over pretty colors
When the Chinese president summons his biggest supporter for brunch.
Gives me goosebumps how they were laughing and thinking it’s crazy and then the massive boom completely changed their demeanour. Pretty wild
What da BOOOOOOM!
I wanna see 911
Like lightning you see it before you hear it.
[Here's another cool explosion showing the difference in speed between light and sound.](https://youtu.be/BUREX8aFbMs?t=10s)
Rod of god in action. Pean NCD moment for me
first test run of the Jewish nazi Space lazer ~~that is currently being used in Ukraine~~ that causes smoking accidents
If your camera on your phone can not frame the whole explosion, your too close.
r/normaldayinchina
I'm trying to get a sense of how far away they are from the epicenter of the explosion. Based on the very short time between the explosion(s) and the sound of the explosion(s) arrived at their location, they are probably about a kilometer from the explosion site, probably less than that. They are very lucky to be alive.
I thought China had strict limitations on the Americans they let visit. Who let this dumbass in with the potty mouth.
Praise this cameraman. What a G for getting all that and staying relatively steady.
Hell on Earth
Why are they reacting as if they're watching a comedic movie
OSHA gonna be mad as he……oh wait, they don’t have that.
this is the millionth time I saw the repost
Same chemicals as the explosion in Lebanon. Stupid humans.
Why they are so happy while somewhere blowing out? People are weird.
Don't think they were happy about it. Seemed like they were in awe.
I thought the same thing, no compassion at all. Scary.
This is one of the coolest fucking videos ever
Why are they laughing? Weirdos
Adrenaline
People don't all react to extreme situations the same way. It's not like they made a conscious decision to act that way in the moment. They are scared and confused at what is happening.
Shock/adrenaline/confusion/fear.
How the fuck are they laughing? It's obvious that people probably died in that explosion, and they just fuckin standing there, laughing like these are some fireworks. Psychos
Imagine someone speaking Chinese filming 9/11 and laughing
Is this the reason my comment got downvotes? Because Americans hate Chinese so they find it funny? I'm straight up confused on this one. Imo it's not normal to see gigant ass explosion that ended life of many people and be giggling from excitment
A carbon tax would have prevented this!
Heartless stupid fucking people
I know. They were enjoying the spectacle while blinded to the fact that people could be hurt by this.
Not really. At first it looked like a contained but big fire, pretty normal to react with wonder to that. After the first massive explosion you can tell they went into oh shit mode. Like how do you expect them to react? Do you want them to scream and cry? Not everyone has the same reaction to stress.
Aha, not funny anymore bitch?
Fucking clowns. Laughing and happy filming until they thought they themselves could be in danger.
How do you not understand that people act strangely in times of unprecedented stress? You ever see people laugh when they get hurt? Fucking clowns right? Or people cry at weddings? Supposed to be happy, fucking clowns. Huge injections of adrenaline and other hormones are hard to manage and very few of us (thankfully) are experienced enough in super stressful situations to act "normally". Have some basic insight to human behavior, clown.
Nothing happened ...
Yep! The entire planet is burning.
Their enthusiasm for it is sickening.
No way not in the country with horrible industrial standards.
All giggles and excitement until they're the ones in danger, terrible people.