Friday, November 27, 2009

10 World's Weirdest Disaster

1. Elephant rampage Forest Chandka
In the spring of 1972, Chandka Forest Area in India â € "which was struck
droughts, heat waves are also attacked. Local elephants, who normally does not
a problem, became agitated because the high temperatures and lack of water. In
summer situation worse. Peak on 10 July, A bunch of elephants
5 rampage and attacked the village, leaving massive damage.

2. Mass poisoning in Basra
September 1971 shipment 90.000 metric tons of wheat arrived in the port
Basra Iraq. American barley and wheat that have been Mexican-chemically processed
with methyl-mercury to prevent decay-sprayed pink to
indicate that the highly toxic and written warnings printed clearly on the
pack-Only in English and Spanish. Before being distributed to
farmers, it had been stolen from the dock and sold as food to the population
hungry. The Iraqi government, ashamed of this neglect, short stories and
not until two years of the American journalist reported evidence of hospital 6.530
handle cases of mercury poisoning. Government officials admit 459 died,
but the actual number is estimated at 6.000 with another 100,000
suffer permanent effects like blindness, deafness and brain damage.

3. Chains reaction explosion in Texas City
On April 15th, 1947, the French freighter entered the Texas City docks, and
took 1.400 tonnes of ammonium nitrate fertilizer. That night, the light appears at the bottom
deck. Toward morning, a cloud of black smoke made port authorities for
Monsanto chemical company is only 700 feet. A man stood in the dock,
witnessed, tugboat prepared to drag the ship to sea transport.
The flames spread out of the wreck, and within minutes
Monsanto exploded, killing and destroying hundreds of workers and witnesses who
see the beginning of the explosion. Most commercial district were destroyed, and fire
raged along the shores of the sea, where a large amount of butane in the gas coming
situation threatened to explode. Not long after midnight, the ship transports
The second-and nitrate-carrying exploded, and the whole thing happen again.
More than 500 people dead and 1000 injured.

4. Tunguska event
On 30 June, 1908 a large explosion occurred near Podkamennaya (Under Rock)
Tunguska River that is now known Krasnoyarsk Krai of Russia. Explosion
apparently caused by a meteor or comet fragment with a length of about 20m (60
feet). Although the meteor or comet is considered destroyed before it reached the earth,
This event is still considered collision events. Explosion energy is estimated
between 10 and 20 megatons of TNT, 1,000 times more powerful than the bombs dropped
in Hiroshima, or equivalent to Castle Bravo, the most powerful nuclear bomb detonated
U.S.. Tunguska explosion uprooted approximately 80 million trees around 2.150
kilimeter square. The damage is still visible from satellites in
space.

5. Fall of the Empire State Building
On Saturday morning 28 July 1945, a veteran Army pilot broadcast with B-25 light
bomber from Bedford, Massachusetts, to Newark, New Jersey, co-pilot and
young marines are also on the inside. The fog made visibility weak. About an hour
then, the people on the street midtown Manhattan to realize the roar of the plane
who shrieked sharper and watched in horror bomber suddenly appeared
of smog, darted between story building and then jump plow
side of the Empire State Building. Fragments aircraft and buildings collapsed in unison.
Huge gaping hole in the floor 78, one of the engines hit the wall 7
and exit from the other side of the building and other engine fell in the chimney elevator.
When the fuel tanks exploded, 6th floor swallowed fire, and burning gasoline
flows on the other side of the building. Fortunately, few offices open on
Saturday, and only 11 people-plus aircraft died 3 riders.

6. The Gillingham Fire Demonstration
Each year firefighters Gillingham, in Kent, England, will build a â € ~ rumahâ € ™
while the wood and cloth to extinguish the fire of popular demonstrations in
annual party Gillingham Park. Every year, too, some local men
selected from many candidates. On 11 July 1929, 9 boys, aged 10
to 14 - and 6 firefighters dressed as if he were a party
marriage, climbed to the third floor of the â € ~ rumahâ € ™ it with ropes and ladders.
The plan was to light a fire on the first floor, save the â € ~ party
perkawinanâ € ™ with a rope and ladder and then blow up the empty house to
demonstrating the use of fire Hoses. Because of an error, first fire, Attendance
body thought they saw was a joke and applauded festive,
while firefighters sprayed water outside of knowing disaster
real. to 15 people died in the house.

7. Pittsburg Gas Cylinder Explosion
Large gas cylinders-the largest in the world at that time, located in the heart
industrial center of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, suffered a leak. On the morning of 14
november 1927, the repairman out to fix it, with light wind
open. Around 10 o'clock they found the leak. Tank containing
5 million cubic meters of natural gas, climbed into the air like a balloon and burst. Metal pieces,
weighing 100 lbs, were scattered into the distance, and the effect of combination
of air pressure and fire left devastation to the square mile. 28 people were killed
and hundreds of others injured.

8. Tetes flood Cane on The Great Boston
15 January 1919, workers and residents Bostonâ € ™ s North End, most people
Ireland and Italy, were outside enjoying the afternoon sun on a warm day.
Suddenly, with a brief warning, cast iron tank that's big
pure refining companies and big waves break drop-raw sugar
black, two floors high, sink and flow street
slowly toward the waterfront area. Not only pedestrians but also horse-drawn carriage
can not run from the wave drops ini.2-million gallons of sugarcane which was originally going
made a number of people drink to drown -21 men, women and children
drowned. The horses were really just stuck in the sticky liquid
the cane, police had to shoot him. Boston-smelling cane drops over
a week, and the port to brown until summer.

9. Panic The Shiloh Baptist Church
2000 people, mostly blacks, gathered at the Shiloh Baptist Church
Birmingham, Alabama, on September 19, 1902, after hearing a lecture Booker T.
Washington. New church walls. Steep stairs, clinging to the wall. After
lecture was over, there is little dispute that fighting over an empty chair,
came words â € ~ fightâ € ™ from one of the choir members, apparently
misinterpretation crowd became â € ~ fireâ € ™ so that all people running
out the door. The door is not wide of course not able to accommodate
thousands who huddled masses, let alone fairly steep staircase door, pull the incidence
interesting and stepping on each end with the death of 115 people, with the position
piled in front of the door of the church to a height of 10 feet.
Snakes in St.

10.Invasi. Pierre
Volcanic activity in the â € ~ bald € ™ mountainâ high above St. Pierre, Martinique,
usually not so important that many residents ignored the existence of
smoke from the crater and several small earthquakes during April 1902. In early May,
however, ash began to fall continuously, and the stinging smell of sulfur
filled the air around. Existing houses on the slopes can not
populated, more than 100 snakes fer-de-lances (-ya kind of snake is large and
poisonous in American-) started creeping quarter of the population invaded mulat (-mulat
tuh ma mixed Caucasian-Negro) in St. Pierre. 6 foot long snake was
killing 50 people and countless other animals. But eradication
has just begun, On May 5 avalanche of boiling mud spilled into the sea,
followed by a tsunami that killed hundreds of people, 3 days later, May 8, Mt Pelee
finally erupted, sending lava rocks white and deadly to the city.
Within 3 minutes St Pierre was completely destroyed. Than 30,000 population, only 2 of
congratulations.

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