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NoahVale [Edit] [Delete] 91 replies 11:11, 30 July '13

That propane explosion in Florida last night reminded me about this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/4525504.stm

Huge news at the time but I can't recall ever hearing mention of it since.

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Royter-Hatfood | 30 Jul '13, 11:12 | X
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monoshono | 30 Jul '13, 11:13 | X
Alpha Piper?

i was thinking yesterday how quickly the whole horsemeat scandal was forgotten. was anyone charged?

Jordan_229_2 | 30 Jul '13, 11:13 | X
- Alpha piper hasn't really been forgotten
  
  There was an acclaimed and popular documentary about it like last week
  
  DarwinDude @Jordan_229_2 | 30 Jul '13, 11:16 | X
  
  NoahVale, Antelope, and meths this'd this
  - That's the new Alan Partridge film
    
    it's not a documentary
    
    Royter-Hatfood @DarwinDude | 30 Jul '13, 11:20 | X
    
    Jordan_229_2 this'd this
    - :D
      
      joeymahone @Royter-Hatfood | 30 Jul '13, 11:32 | X
      
      splitterwill, thewarn, GetOffMyLawn, deadonthestairs, theguywithnousername, berksy, Icarus-Smicarus, and brusma this'd this
  - He's referencing this
    
    http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/social/4431735#r7549410
    
    In which people act a bit weird.
    
    TheWza @DarwinDude | 30 Jul '13, 13:16 | X
- a few horses charged!
  
  www.dadsnet.com/banter/horsemeatjokes
  
  colon_closed_bracket @Jordan_229_2 | 30 Jul '13, 11:16 | X
- Horsemeat is good one
  
  There was an article about it in one of the papers at the weekend and it's surprising how 'meh' everyone seems to have become about it.
  
  NoahVale @Jordan_229_2 | 30 Jul '13, 11:17 | X
  - yeah
    
    although i think the bad thing wasn't simply that it was found to be horsemeat, but that companies had absolutely no idea where the meat they used in products was sourced from.
    
    Jordan_229_2 @NoahVale | 30 Jul '13, 11:24 | X
- *shakes head*
  
  TheoGB @Jordan_229_2 | 30 Jul '13, 11:32 | X
  - hm?
    
    Jordan_229_2 @TheoGB | 30 Jul '13, 12:17 | X
    - Not sure we needed you swapping the name around, given what happened.
      
      TheoGB @Jordan_229_2 | 30 Jul '13, 12:18 | X
      - oh right...wasn't intentional. that last thread did me.
        
        Jordan_229_2 @TheoGB | 30 Jul '13, 12:24 | X
    - *mdh
      
      Antelope @Jordan_229_2 | 30 Jul '13, 12:26 | X
The Mirri story

I can remember MFBPFD but I can't remember what hers was about...

Balonz | 30 Jul '13, 11:15 | X
- http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3036626/Girl-bank-exec-in-randy-worker-email-alert.html
  
  JGJug @Balonz | 30 Jul '13, 19:45 | X
the last company i worked for

had a DC next door that was detroyed. they built a new one fairly close by that i had to visit occasionally and, last time i was there (about a year ago) there were still fucked buildings there that haven't been sorted. like, twisted metal girders and shit.

cat_race | 30 Jul '13, 11:14 | X
- I worked with a guy who lived a mile or so away from the refinery and
  
  he and his family had to be evacuated for days
  
  NoahVale @cat_race | 30 Jul '13, 11:18 | X
Did those Mars Bar regulations get implemented in the end?

With a cap per purchase and them needing to be bought over the counter?

ma0sm | 30 Jul '13, 11:18 | X
- think that was methadone
  
  harru @ma0sm | 30 Jul '13, 11:22 | X
Derrick Bird/Cumbria shootings

Was only three years ago, yet I struggled to remember enough to look it up. 12 people shot dead, right here in the UK, yet aside from the initial coverage I barely remember seeing anything about it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumbria_shootings

hip_young_gunslinger | 30 Jul '13, 11:21 | X

Icarus-Smicarus this'd this
- One of the people he killed was a mole-catcher
  
  didn't know that was a job.
  
  Balonz @hip_young_gunslinger | 30 Jul '13, 11:25 | X
- Wasn't he quickly overshadowed by Raul Moat though
  
  urbanfox @hip_young_gunslinger | 30 Jul '13, 11:29 | X
  
  Jordan_229_2 this'd this
  - True, just looked it up, was the day after pretty much.
    
    Still, bit of a sad indictment of our attention span (and the media's).
    
    hip_young_gunslinger @urbanfox | 30 Jul '13, 11:37 | X
- I was IN Cumbria at the time with a meter reader!
  
  He actually knew the guy!
  
  Songs_about_ducking @hip_young_gunslinger | 30 Jul '13, 12:23 | X
  - Was in his taxi three days before it happened.
    
    Quiet fella, had a chat about the upcoming World Cup, he thought the US were going to do better than most people expected.
    
    I know a fair bit about the goings-on prior to it happening - the guy was getting bullied on a daily basis by some fellow cabbies on the rank. People chucking rotten milk in his cab and letting his tyres down meaning he missed out on fares, at a time when he was under a bit of financial stress (allegedly).
    
    cavemanteeth @Songs_about_ducking | 31 Jul '13, 01:31 | X
fix

NoahVale | 30 Jul '13, 11:22 | X
I remember the media here talking about a Jack the Ripper 2.0 or something Strangler type killer over there in the UK

then it just fell off the radar, never heard about it again. Don't know if he was found or what. Must have been about 3 or 4 years ago now?

Antelope | 30 Jul '13, 11:37 | X
- Steve ''Suffolk Strangler'' Wright, probably
  
  There was a drama about it a couple of years ago and (quite unbelievably) there is a musical in the offing. A stage-musical about a serial prostitute killer: not exactly Starlight Express is it?
  
  NoahVale @Antelope | 30 Jul '13, 11:55 | X
  - Oh right, yeah it must have been
    
    well I'm glad hes been found then. That sounds terrible. Pretty damn insensitive glorifying something like that, especially something that happened so recently with friends and family member of victims still around to experience that. I'm looking at turning Illinoise into a musical atm and i'm having enough problems with 'John Wayne Gacy, Jr.'
    
    Antelope @NoahVale | 30 Jul '13, 12:28 | X
    - It's called Illinois!
      
      kiyonemakibi @Antelope | 30 Jul '13, 13:18 | X
      - I know :) but it's stylized that way!
        
        Antelope @kiyonemakibi | 30 Jul '13, 13:20 | X
  - 'You're a naughty one, saucy Jack...'
    
    kiyonemakibi @NoahVale | 30 Jul '13, 13:20 | X
    
    alcxxk this'd this
  - the suffolkater
    
    alcxxk @NoahVale | 30 Jul '13, 16:28 | X
  - Jack the Ripper: The Musical (1974), with lyrics by Ron Pember and music by Dennis DeMarne, influenced Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
    
    alcxxk @NoahVale | 30 Jul '13, 16:30 | X
I found out yesterday that Brittany Murphy died

Totally missed that I think

meowington | 30 Jul '13, 11:39 | X
- Wow I remember this now but had completely forgotten until this thread
  
  Icarus-Smicarus @meowington | 30 Jul '13, 18:30 | X
those massive missiles found in Cuba

that came from Russia via Korea.

Seems important. What happened there?

GoatmeatMF | 30 Jul '13, 11:52 | X
- Quickly forgotten. Still,
  
  not the end of the world is it?
  
  NoahVale @GoatmeatMF | 30 Jul '13, 11:56 | X
  - not so far
    
    GoatmeatMF @NoahVale | 30 Jul '13, 12:08 | X
that texas fertilizer plant blast that happened just after the Boston thing.

Verbal | 30 Jul '13, 11:55 | X

urbanfox this'd this
- I was less than 50 miles away when that happened
  
  nobody really gave a fuck
  
  japes @Verbal | 30 Jul '13, 12:20 | X
The Greyrigg derailment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grayrigg_derailment

justanothersheeldz | 30 Jul '13, 11:58 | X
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447

marckee | 30 Jul '13, 12:20 | X

justanothersheeldz and plasticniki this'd this
- Man that accident gives me the chills...
  
  I'd forgotten about it.
  
  GetOffMyLawn @marckee | 30 Jul '13, 12:24 | X
  
  plasticniki and Royter-Hatfood this'd this
  - Have you read the blackbox transcript from that flight?
    
    It's a disturbing and fascinating read
    
    http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/aviation/crashes/what-really-happened-aboard-air-france-447-6611877
    
    Gringo @GetOffMyLawn | 30 Jul '13, 12:32 | X
    - Yes - that's what I was referring to really!
      
      I read it a couple of years back. So, so chilling.
      
      GetOffMyLawn @Gringo | 30 Jul '13, 12:35 | X
      - ...and all the more so
        
        because the plane crashed almost entirely because of human error/human failure to respond to a situation which was, arguably, largely unthreatening.
        
        GetOffMyLawn @GetOffMyLawn | 30 Jul '13, 12:46 | X
        
        That really is a great article
        
        like Gringo said terribly disturbing, but very well written and explained. I wasn't aware of that crash and now I can't stop thinking about it :(
        
        cherrycola @GetOffMyLawn | 31 Jul '13, 01:25 | X
    - Mais je suis à fond à cabrer depuis tout à l'heure!
      
      Fuck. Seriously chilling. I had to stop reading the article and look away for a bit half way through.
      
      monoshono @Gringo | 31 Jul '13, 13:13 | X
  - That Greek one does me.
    
    Where the cabin didn't pressurise as the aircraft climbed, the pilots passed out and the autopilot carried on its merry way. It took up the hold above Athens, until it eventually ran out of fuel and crashed.
    
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helios_Airways_Flight_522
    
    urbanfox @GetOffMyLawn | 30 Jul '13, 12:49 | X
    - bloody hell
      
      how many oversights were there?
      
      also, must be weird being in a fighter jet, seeing the pilot passed out and thinking 'well nothing can be done here'
      
      Verbal @urbanfox | 30 Jul '13, 12:52 | X
    - I can't ever recalling hearing about this
      
      Imagine being on that flight, knowing you were supposed to have landed over an hour previously and you've heard no word from the pilot. The cabin crew must have known something was wrong and yet have no access to the cockpit. Terrifying
      
      MrSteveBob @urbanfox | 30 Jul '13, 12:57 | X
      
      urbanfox this'd this
      - Someone managed to get in to the flight deck to try and do something...
        
        Just as the engines shutdown
        
        urbanfox @MrSteveBob | 30 Jul '13, 13:02 | X
    - i probably shouldn't have read that
      
      I think I'd heard of it before, but thought that the passengers were all passed out.
      
      foppyish @urbanfox | 30 Jul '13, 13:16 | X
- There was a documentary about it on channel 4 last year.
  
  Properly haunting.
  
  eltham @marckee | 30 Jul '13, 12:37 | X
Natasha Richardson dying in a skiing accident.

HEADLINE NEWS. Everywhere. Front cover of all the papers.

Until, of course, everyone realised they didn't really have a clue who she was. Or had seen any films she'd been in.

GetOffMyLawn | 30 Jul '13, 12:20 | X
privatization of the NHS

iamwiggy | 30 Jul '13, 12:23 | X

marckee this'd this
- woah woah woah what?
  
  Antelope @iamwiggy | 30 Jul '13, 12:29 | X
the Iraqi Supergun

Cementimental | 30 Jul '13, 12:28 | X
Tony Blair cuckolding Rupert Murdoch supposedly? Not mentioned anywhere.

amyblue | 30 Jul '13, 12:28 | X
perhaps this?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23499856

Jordan_229_2 | 30 Jul '13, 12:30 | X
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beltway_sniper_attacks

Absolutely crazy story. People too scared to walk the streets of Washington D.C. for 3 weeks whilst some madman decided to shoot complete strangers from afar.

I have a fair few friends who had no idea this happened.

MrSteveBob | 30 Jul '13, 12:34 | X

thewarn, Antpocalypsenow, and Icarus-Smicarus this'd this
- really?
  
  i still remember that, that was crazy. Back in the day there was a brilliant article in fhm about it.
  
  Verbal @MrSteveBob | 30 Jul '13, 12:36 | X
  
  Jordan_229_2 this'd this
  - Exactly
    
    I don't understand how this has been forgotten/unheard of (I have a fair few news savvy friends). It was like some crazy film plot.
    
    MrSteveBob @Verbal | 30 Jul '13, 12:44 | X
- That was bonkers.
  
  People being told to walk the streets in zig-zag lines and stuff to make them a difficult target.
  
  SenorDingDong @MrSteveBob | 30 Jul '13, 12:36 | X
  
  urbanfox and umlaut_ampersand this'd this
North Korea getting all mouthy a few months back.

SenorDingDong | 30 Jul '13, 12:37 | X

Antelope this'd this
All the 'splodes in Iraq that kill scores of people each time.

Sadly now so commonplace in the news now that, they're just kind of the boring "bread" in the "news sandwich". The reporters are like "news blah blah... and finally 30 people killed in Iraq, see you again at 6"

monoshono | 30 Jul '13, 12:38 | X

MrSteveBob, Matt_was_taken, and Antelope this'd this
- Always in a marketplace as well
  
  NoahVale @monoshono | 30 Jul '13, 13:08 | X
  - You'd think online grocery shopping should have taken off more in Iraq.
    
    fullerov @NoahVale | 31 Jul '13, 17:53 | X
The company I work for still gets quite a lot of money to look at Buncefield

The last I heard was that they had found the trees outside the depot were arranged in such a way that they exaggerated the intensity of the explosion. They recently did a test where they blew up a bag of spruce trees, which made for a cool video.

In a similar way to Piper Alpha, I think it is collectivity remembered by designers involved in looking at explosion mitigation. As long as the guys who are doing the designs learn the lessons from these disasters I don't think it is a big problem that they aren't remembered by the public.

Phil9064 | 30 Jul '13, 12:46 | X
- Yep.
  
  Add to that, for me, Flixborough, Texas City, Mexico City, and many others.
  
  justanothersheeldz @Phil9064 | 30 Jul '13, 13:30 | X
President of Poland

and a planeful of other important figures all died in a crash in April 2010.

Bizarrely, not many people here talk about it either.

johnwiddop | 30 Jul '13, 13:20 | X
Royal Baby

chris-budget | 30 Jul '13, 13:28 | X

japes this'd this
- Yeah, all that hype and it's done fuck all so far
  
  George? More like Georcunt.
  
  ma0sm @chris-budget | 30 Jul '13, 13:44 | X
  
  Oissin_ and oojimaflop this'd this
I remember Buncefield as

1) My family lived near and their windows blew out from the blast

2) It destroyed the building of the company running our payroll and I was in charge of the systems so had to deal with it all when I came into work on the Monday.

moker | 30 Jul '13, 13:42 | X
is everything ok in turkey now?

thegoodmrbrodie | 30 Jul '13, 13:46 | X
bird flu/swine flu/SARS

TheKennedyCurse | 30 Jul '13, 15:08 | X
The whole Oscar Pistorious thing.

Not heard anything about that since it happened.

cavemanteeth | 30 Jul '13, 18:30 | X

Oissin_ this'd this
- oh yeah
  
  japes @cavemanteeth | 30 Jul '13, 18:38 | X
R.I.P

http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/1151898.chair_destroyed/

menindrag | 30 Jul '13, 19:20 | X
the Titanic.

mala | 30 Jul '13, 19:46 | X
the day the music died

cavemanteeth | 30 Jul '13, 19:51 | X
Boxing Day Tsunami

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami

causticwindow | 31 Jul '13, 01:23 | X
- really? they just had a movie about that?
  
  and they have documentaries about it all the time
  
  Antelope @causticwindow | 31 Jul '13, 03:17 | X
  
  cherrycola this'd this
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster

causticwindow | 31 Jul '13, 01:34 | X
Beslan

Was probably one of the most terrifying tragedies of the last decade but I rarely see it mentioned nowadays.

wrightylew | 31 Jul '13, 13:07 | X
people are just posting tragedies now, not forgotten ones

Jordan_229_2 | 31 Jul '13, 13:12 | X

Antelope this'd this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_submarine_K-141_Kursk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_theater_hostage_crisis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_United_States_election_voting_controversies

TheWza | 31 Jul '13, 18:34 | X
- Good call on the Kursk.
  
  Remember that being constantly on the news for a few days while they were trying to rescue them/raise it.
  
  Mogwai wrote 'Travel Is Dangerous' about it, one of their only ones with lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLTxA-1JI3M
  
  cavemanteeth @TheWza | 31 Jul '13, 19:14 | X

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