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Platystemon posted:Better video of the silo roof:
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# ? Oct 21, 2016 13:54 |
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Lime Tonics posted:Here is another angle, looks like the tanks got over-filled and popped. I like how this car makes the decision to book it the gently caress outta there instead of sitting around watching like most people would.
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# ? Oct 21, 2016 14:04 |
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Almost all pumps here are self serve and have credit card readers. So I can roll up on the bike, not have to remove my helmet, pop my card into the machine, fill up, take my card and be out of there all in 2-3 minutes.
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# ? Oct 21, 2016 14:09 |
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Then there's that feeling on a hot day. Right after you fill up, you feel the coolness of the fresh gas in the tank that's been sitting underground all day.
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# ? Oct 21, 2016 15:31 |
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Collateral Damage posted:Almost all pumps here are self serve and have credit card readers. So I can roll up on the bike, not have to remove my helmet, pop my card into the machine, fill up, take my card and be out of there all in 2-3 minutes. Its not like this everywhere in the civilized world? edit: (yes, I've been reading the thread; I'm using a veil of ignorance to express my incredulity.)
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# ? Oct 21, 2016 16:22 |
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blarzgh posted:Its not like this everywhere in the civilized world? everywhere that's not Oregon and NJ, yes.
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# ? Oct 21, 2016 16:29 |
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Javid posted:Costco stores hoard their pallets in an empty trailer until it's full then some lucky route driver gets to take them back to the DC as his backhaul. Getting paid loaded mileage to carry a trailer that's barely got any weight in it like that is a good day.
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# ? Oct 21, 2016 16:54 |
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Bad chemical spill in Kansas http://fox4kc.com/2016/10/21/chemical-spill-reported-at-mgp-ingredients-people-asked-to-avoid-the-area/
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# ? Oct 21, 2016 17:00 |
30k evenly distributed in a trailer instead of 55-60k is still enough to not have to check your axle weights and lets you take hills quite a bit faster. It's not like driving empty but as loaded miles go it's easy as gently caress.
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Lime Tonics posted:Bad chemical spill in Kansas "A spokesperson with the emergency management team said they believe the chemicals could be a mix of sulfuric acid and chlorine." Well that's not good.
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# ? Oct 21, 2016 17:12 |
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http://komonews.com/news/local/2-workers-seriously-injured-in-west-seattle-construction-accident Crane hits the power line. I was the building inspector at this site the day it happened (not the safety inspector). Both guys lived, although one lost an arm.
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# ? Oct 21, 2016 17:26 |
Krycek posted:http://komonews.com/news/local/2-workers-seriously-injured-in-west-seattle-construction-accident Nice to know "Whoa whoa whoa!" is still the universal reaction instead of giving a stop signal to the operator.
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# ? Oct 21, 2016 18:44 |
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Facebook Aunt posted:"A spokesperson with the emergency management team said they believe the chemicals could be a mix of sulfuric acid and chlorine." Kansas don't need no regulation http://i.imgur.com/XgBkrR3.gifv
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# ? Oct 21, 2016 21:33 |
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moist turtleneck posted:Kansas don't need no regulation
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# ? Oct 21, 2016 22:35 |
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xergm posted:Then there's that feeling on a hot day. Right after you fill up, you feel the coolness of the fresh gas in the tank that's been sitting underground all day. People used to do this with their coveralls and benzene on hot days. The cool flash of that evaporating Our site also adopted a bit of an interesting policy regarding safety...
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# ? Oct 21, 2016 22:39 |
I suppose this is sort of OSHA: today is the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster. A Black Death Aberfan is - was - a mining village in South Wales, nestled at the foot of the hills in the heart of coal country. Of the couple of thousand families who lived there, most of the men worked in the mines, as had generations of men before them. Everyone was acutely aware of the dangers of working underground - the explosions that buried men, the rickety equipment that could crush or mangle limbs, the toxic coal dust that ate away at their lungs until they gasped and choked their way into a premature grave. But the horror of the Aberfan disaster is that it was a mining disaster that didn't kill miners. It killed their children. Excavating coal creates a lot of spoil. A lot of spoil, and for years it had been piled in heaps that marred the natural beauty of the Welsh mountains and valleys. Millions of cubic metres of debris had been dumped all over the coal mining region, on land that had no economic value. In 1958, the National Coal Board started its 7th such slag heap from this colliery, atop a ridge of high ground called Mynydd Merthyr, overlooking the village and directly above Pantglas Junior School. The local authorities and residents of Aberfan were concerned enough to petition the National Coal Board in 1963 that "the slurry is so fluid and the gradient so steep that it could not possibly stay in position". This wasn't NIMBYism: coal tips were notorious for slipping, especially those balanced on sandstone and covering underground streams, and they feared a major disaster. The National Coal Board dismissed the fears: coal tips were notorious for slipping, especially those balanced on sandstone and covering underground streams, and there had never been a major disaster. School's Out By October 1966 the coal tip had grown to a staggering 111ft (34m) high. It had begun to make ominous movements, depressions and bulges appearing as though something restless was trying to escape. Several days of heavy rain, unable to drain quickly enough, had liquified the base of the heap. At 7.30am workers reported that there had been a substantial subsidence. The whole heap was dangerously unstable. It was only a matter of time before something gave. That time was 9.15am. Down in the village, there was a happy buzz amongst the children on Friday 21st October. They were only going to be in school three hours that morning, and then the school would break up for a week's half-term holiday. The few survivors would recall hearing a roar like thunder and seeing the lights flicker before the wave of black sludge travelling at 50mph (80kmh) engulfed a farm, 20 houses, and then finally, the school. 90 Minutes It would be difficult to describe the chaos that followed. Parents, miners, villagers and emergency personnel rushed the the scene and began digging through the debris, some with hatchets and shovels, some clawing at the slurry with their bare and bloodied hands. Injured children who were trapped in air pockets within the collapsed wreckage were screaming and crying. Ten were pulled out alive and rushed to hospital. Gradually, the cries grew weaker and weaker and stopped. Men from neighbouring towns rushed to Aberfan as news of the disaster spread, but they were too late to help with the rescue. Nobody was found alive after 10.45am. Aftermath The final death toll was 144. Of these, 116 were children aged between 7 and 10, almost half the children enrolled in Pantglas Junior School. The causes of death was officially a combination of asphyxia, blunt force trauma and head injuries, although the public sentiment was summed up by one bereaved father who told the inquest that "I want it recorded – 'Buried alive by the National Coal Board'. That is what I want to see on the record. That is the feeling of those present. Those are the words we want to go on the [death] certificate." A year later, the official inquiry into the disaster came to the same, if slightly more verbose, conclusion. A mass funeral was held a week after the disaster. Two days later, the Queen visited Aberfan to pay her respects on 29th October. As is traditional for royal visits, she received a posy from a small child. The inscription read: "From the remaining children of Aberfan". Lady Demelza fucked around with this message at 22:44 on Oct 21, 2016 |
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Lady Demelza posted:I suppose this is sort of OSHA: today is the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster. Sounds like most of those kids were on the naughty list.
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A Buff Gay Dude posted:Sounds like most of those kids were on the naughty list. You monster.
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# ? Oct 21, 2016 22:51 |
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Facebook Aunt posted:"A spokesperson with the emergency management team said they believe the chemicals could be a mix of sulfuric acid and chlorine." That'll clear your sinuses for sure.
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# ? Oct 22, 2016 03:16 |
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Lady Demelza posted:The inscription read: "From the remaining children of Aberfan". Not going to cry not going to cry not going to cry. gently caress.
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# ? Oct 22, 2016 04:03 |
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"The plume resulted from the inadvertent mixing of two chemicals around 8:02 a.m. on Friday on the grounds at MGP Ingredients, according to City Manager Trey Cocking, who spoke to reporters from across the region outside of CVS around 10:30 a.m. Friday." "As many as 102 people were treated for upper respiratory discomfort. Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph, Missouri, said 18 people were treated and released as of Friday evening. Three were still being treated and no one was in the intensive care unit as of 10 p.m. related to the incident. Cocking said 72 individuals had been treated locally." http://www.newspressnow.com/news/lo...bb70c5d306.html edit : As a delivery was being made on Fridaymorning, sodium hypochlorite and sulfuric acid were mixed accidentally, creating a chlorine cloud
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Lime Tonics posted:Bad chemical spill in Kansas loving lolled
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Lime Tonics posted:edit : As a delivery was being made on Fridaymorning, sodium hypochlorite and sulfuric acid were mixed accidentally, creating a chlorine cloud Man EA is going all out with advertising for Battlefield 1.
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# ? Oct 22, 2016 06:17 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpfAkwLZ2hg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueIB0h4SzHc Learned how wooden beams are traditionally made in Japan. Synthbuttrange fucked around with this message at 06:58 on Oct 22, 2016 |
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# ? Oct 22, 2016 08:58 |
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Not OSHA but noteable: they are running some fiber connections in a neighborhood near me. So they have these gigantic spools of the fiber they are running. My coworker told me they have a handwritten sign on the spools: "THIS IS FIBER OPTIC CABLE - SPOOL CONTAINS NO COPPER" If these guys break into substations to cut out grounding conductors I'm sure they would try and rip into one of those things left outside at night.
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Three-Phase posted:Not OSHA but noteable: they are running some fiber connections in a neighborhood near me. So they have these gigantic spools of the fiber they are running. My coworker told me they have a handwritten sign on the spools: Fibre splinters hurt really bad. I hope they know this. Also there's a few of those reels outside my house now as they finally get my end of the street hooked for the glorious not overpriced NBN.
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# ? Oct 22, 2016 09:49 |
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A stack of donots.
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# ? Oct 22, 2016 17:28 |
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Was this posted here yet? Bear on site. Most Canadian dialogue I've ever heard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pLsM2ijRao gently caress you, bear.
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# ? Oct 22, 2016 21:43 |
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JoelJoel posted:Was this posted here yet? Bear on site. Most Canadian dialogue I've ever heard. A couple years ago and several times since, yes. Still a great video though.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5ZmnF7SCcU
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FCKGW posted:A couple years ago and several times since, yes. "Oh, wowszers" gets me every time.
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# ? Oct 23, 2016 01:39 |
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Nope nope nope nope nope.
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# ? Oct 23, 2016 01:47 |
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this one picture sums up my entire worldview
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# ? Oct 23, 2016 01:49 |
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Holy poo poo
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# ? Oct 23, 2016 02:10 |
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How did they even build the lighthouse there in the first place?
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# ? Oct 23, 2016 03:20 |
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:How did they even build the lighthouse there in the first place?
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# ? Oct 23, 2016 03:34 |
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:How did they even build the lighthouse there in the first place? Id assume they just plop that stone base in whole
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:How did they even build the lighthouse there in the first place? They build it on a big ship and then sail the ship in to the shallows. When it runs aground they know that is where they need a lighthouse.
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Kanish posted:Id assume they just plop that stone base in whole Or built a cofferdam first at low tide.
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