A Thread For Discussing Disasters

[ButterTart]

Fucking Hell!

 

[GinAg (39)]

Isn't this about the third or fourth skyscraper fire in Dubai?

 

[Zu]

Looks gnarly too

Also looks a bit CLADDY

 

[big ron]

Only 9 injuries apparently!

 

[GinAg (39)]

Only 9 injuries apparently!

Not good enough!

 

[ButterTart]

Isn't this about the third or fourth skyscraper fire in Dubai?

The Marina Torch goes up on a pretty much yearly basis. You could set your watch by it, like the annual insane death toll at the Hajj.

 

[D5K]

Los Alfaques

I hadn't heard of this one before, the cloud of gas that floated into a disco and then ignited is just bizarre and slightly mesmerising.

 

[ButterTart]

I hadn't heard of this one before, the cloud of gas that floated into a disco and then ignited is just bizarre and slightly mesmerising.

Yeah, it's one I only found out about by chance; considering the circumstances it's amazing it isn't more widely known. I suppose the fact that there were no Brits among the casualties meant it just wasn't newsworthy over here.

 

[GinAg (39)]

The photos of Los Alfaques are really quite horrifying. Approach with caution.

 

[ButterTart]

The photos of Los Alfaques are really quite horrifying. Approach with caution.

Oh yeah I've seen them, just eerie. Curiosity and bloodlust means I always end up looking at anything with a viewer advisory warning, and I always end up regretting it.

 

[lolly]

I do vaguely remember hearing about Los Alfaques in my childhood (but then, it was in mine), but not looking at photos before. I can only compare it to the casts of the victims of Pompeii, but way more graphic.

 

[rocketstail]

I do vaguely remember hearing about Los Alfaques in my childhood (but then, it was in mine), but not looking at photos before. I can only compare it to the casts of the victims of Pompeii, but way more graphic.

Curiosity got the better of me with this. The photos look like the aftermath of a war.

I always found the Moorgate Tube station crash fascinating.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorgate_tube_crash

 

[ButterTart]

Curiosity got the better of me with this. The photos look like the aftermath of a war.

I always found the Moorgate Tube station crash fascinating.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorgate_tube_crash

Yeah, that was one of the first non-80s disasters I remember reading about. Surprisingly few serious accidents on the Underground.

 

[lolly]

We were made to feel bad about Aberfan as well. I think it traumatised a whole generation.

Rennie Williams DEAD

https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2020...s-to-safety-in-aberfan-disaster-dies-aged-86/

 

[big ron]

A passenger jet has come down in a densely populated area of Karachi. Some very grim videos on twitter.

 

[ZenGiraffe]

The way it just crumples. At least it happened overnight so there weren't too many using the bridge at the time

 

[Sheena]

It’s so grim- you can see what looks like a few cars go down…horrible.

 

[Kratz]

Did that container ship just plough right into it? How? Why?

 

[GinAg (39)]

Did that container ship just plough right into it? How? Why?

Laws of motion. Ignorance.

 

[disneyteletubby]

They're showing the bridge now in daylight there.

 

[RJN]

So scary… my sister lives in Baltimore and I woke up to a news alert about a disaster there before I heard anything from her

 

[RJN]

Just to clarify, I heard from her right after and she’s fine and doesn’t think she knows anyone that was there

 

[disneyteletubby]

This attack in Sydney

Sydney stabbing live updates: Westfield Bondi Junction attack leaves six dead, including attacker shot by police, and multiple people in critical condition

Police say the people in hospital include a baby and do not believe there is a second attacker

www.theguardian.com

Spoiler: Probably irrelevant but I kind of dreamt of this before..

I had a dream in October 2022 (typed it too) which featured a similar event - I sat down to watch the news on TV, and there were reports of a terrorist attack in Australia. (Footage was of big silver buildings, but it apparently happened in a boutique). The news (in this dream) mentioned that Enya's sister Olive, who they referred to as the 'pocket' of Enya, haha, was one of the random people bringing others to safety and out of harm's reach.
Despite news that at least 5 people sadly died in the real event, hopefully those affected will physically recover, and that first responders and people's instincts did save many lives.