What's left of the Tiangin chemical plant

[RgrF]

Oops

didn't noticed this had been moved from the dark side

[Racer X]

The fact that it was anywhere near the city is criminal.

[RgrF]

Almost any port city anywhere in the world will have facilities that could produce this sort of explosion, some counties have strict safety requirements others not so much. Ever heard of CNG? It's a transport liability that will one day blow one of our major ports apart.

[Ombligo]

Reminds me of the Lochnagar Crater in northern France. It was formed by the explosion of about 50,000 lbs of explosive buried under the German lines in WW1 (Battle of the Somme). The crater is 300 feet in diameter and 70 feet deep.

[OWC Jamie]

Everything I've read, Tianjin Dongjiang Port Rui Hai International Logistics company is a petrochemical freight transit and storage company.
There are some questions whether they had proper permits to even be storing the chemicals in the warehouses there in small or large quantities.

[Speedy]

It's China, who needs a permit?

[max]

Speedy wrote:
It's China, who needs a permit?

Every bureaucracy requires permits.
One way to CYA....

[N-OS X-tasy!]

Speedy wrote:
It's China, who needs a permit?

Forget it, Jake; it's Chinatown.

[Speedy]

max wrote:
[quote=Speedy]
It's China, who needs a permit?

Every bureaucracy requires permits.
One way to CYA....
One way to get a bribe.

[max]

Speedy wrote:
[quote=max]
[quote=Speedy]
It's China, who needs a permit?

Every bureaucracy requires permits.
One way to CYA....
One way to get a bribe. That is the main reason for them, including here.....