umm yeah. goddamn.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 9 April 2019 11:21 (five years ago) link
My favourite is Mariner 1 crashing shortly after launch due to a single character error in a software program.
― Meine Damen und Herren, ein grosse sh*tstorm! (snoball), Thursday, July 11, 2013 3:28 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Copyediting: SRS BZNESS.
(Thanks for the name; I remembered the story loosely and have been known to cite it when explaining the importance of proper spelling, punctuation, and grammar.)
― Word Salad Username (j.lu), Friday, 12 July 2013 16:46 (five years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LJz-TWV3so
― just another country (snoball), Thursday, 16 May 2019 20:17 (four years ago) link
Video of spectacular shockwave from explosion at military unit in Krasnoyarsk Krai of Russia pic.twitter.com/0yeg3hIb5F— Liveuamap (@Liveuamap) August 5, 2019
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Monday, 5 August 2019 16:07 (four years ago) link
Yipes
― El Tomboto, Monday, 5 August 2019 16:14 (four years ago) link
Although technically off topic for this thread since that appears to be ongoing
― El Tomboto, Monday, 5 August 2019 16:15 (four years ago) link
fair
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Monday, 5 August 2019 16:16 (four years ago) link
I'll take it.
― ☮ (peace, man), Monday, 5 August 2019 16:18 (four years ago) link
https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/11/27/us/port-neches-plant-explosion/index.html
― omar little, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 23:10 (four years ago) link
Also that fertilizer truck blast...damn. I guess if a truck can be heard 100 miles away it makes it much more believable that Krakatoa could be heard blowing its top 3000 miles away across the expanse of the Indian ocean.
― omar little, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 23:14 (four years ago) link
"The black stuff floating, don't touch it," said Troy Monk, who is the director of health safety and security for the TPC Group.
― ☮ (peace, man), Thursday, 28 November 2019 00:31 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RFDKpwdbEA
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 19 December 2019 23:10 (four years ago) link
Knew I recognized the narrator from somewhere.
― pplains, Friday, 20 December 2019 02:19 (four years ago) link
Definitely an older one: pier collapse at 1883 church picnic in Baltimore kills 63.
https://anengineersaspect.blogspot.com/2010/05/the-tivoli-maryland-pier-collapse-july.html
― ☮️ (peace, man), Sunday, 5 January 2020 00:57 (four years ago) link
Aerial footage of Exeter bomb exploding
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 11:25 (three years ago) link
Welp, I'd hate to be going to work in Dresden next week.
― pplains, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 14:21 (three years ago) link
gerry having the last laugh there
― himpathy with the devil (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 18:42 (three years ago) link
Extruded aluminum factory goes from zero to full incineration in just over 30 seconds (video on Reddit)https://www.reddit.com/r/CatastrophicFailure/comments/v48rnt/extrudedaluminium_factory_jun_22/
Basically, if there's an industrial fire in an enclosed space - GTFO immediately.
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 4 June 2022 04:26 (one year ago) link
New USCSB video on the 2019 Philadelphia refinery explosion. Super-informative and recommended if you bookmark this thread.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc8qXTh6tTY
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 28 October 2022 00:31 (one year ago) link
That is the sweetest YouTube channel
― lets hear some blues on those synths (brimstead), Friday, 28 October 2022 00:55 (one year ago) link
TIL what a dead leg is and why popcorn polymer is incredibly dangerous
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-3BFXpBcjc
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 6 August 2023 02:31 (eight months ago) link
O_O holy shit
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 6 August 2023 03:09 (eight months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhRlm0yQ2ZU
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Sunday, 6 August 2023 19:34 (eight months ago) link