Fatal Explosion At Russian Hydroelectric Dam 336
stadium writes "An oil-filled transformer exploded at the Sayano-Shushenskaya power plant in Siberia, destroying three turbines and bringing down the ceiling of the turbine hall, which then violently flooded. The dam itself did not sustain any damage. It is unclear how many people were killed, but with 12 confirmed deaths and as many as 64 still missing (all presumed dead), this is a serious incident. The huge transformer had enough oil in it to produce a three-mile-long oil spill slowly moving downriver. BBC News reports with three separate videos. The dam produces a quarter of the total energy of RusHydro (whose stock thus took a steep dive at London Stock Exchange) and also feeds the world's largest aluminum smelter. The damages will take years to repair."
Reason (Score:5, Funny)
The transformer was a Decepticon.
Re:Reason (Score:5, Funny)
I doubt the explanation is so simple.... there's probably more than meets the eye.
Re:Olde News? (Score:4, Funny)
Isn't this news from yesterday?
No, you are caught in a temporal loop.
Soviet russia (Score:5, Funny)
In soviet russia, hydroelectric damns YOU.
Re:Roll out the crazies (Score:4, Funny)
Glenn Beck says Hydro Dams are death panels and will kill grandma.
Re:It is not the volts (Score:5, Funny)
It isn't the volts, but the amps that will kill you.
Or it might have been the explosion.
I don't think this one was due to amps. There were no bands set up on stage at the time of the accident.
Suddenly (Score:3, Funny)
The homeless get a nice raise.
Re:Reason (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Roll out the crazies (Score:5, Funny)
Apparently this installation contained enormous quantities of DHMO as a coolant and working medium. We need to protest their excessive reliance on DHMO [dhmo.org]. This disaster is just one more proof that DHMO is a dangerous material that needs more regulation.
Time Exchange Rate (Score:5, Funny)
From the BBC article:
From the summary:
Apparently the exchange rate between countries is so bad these days that a few months just doesn't last nearly as much as it once did.
This is the first I've heard about it (Score:1, Funny)
My power just came back on.
The Russians (Score:5, Funny)
Re:It is not the volts (Score:3, Funny)
It may be the amps that kill you, but the voltage is the bus they take to work.
Re:Roll out the crazies (Score:5, Funny)
They why don't they figure out a way to put a roof on top of the reservoir to limit the evaporation?
I don't think you're familiar with the size of Lake Powell. It's 26,000 sq mi, or roughly 27 million Libraries of Congress.
Re:It is not the volts (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Roll out the crazies (Score:3, Funny)
Long term addiction. It's not easy to kick that stuff y'know!
Re:Roll out the crazies (Score:3, Funny)
And so the circle closes: My grandma has a deadly pan with a handle and would like to kill Glenn Beck.
Re:Video of an actual blast (Score:3, Funny)
So we CAN blame it on global warming (Score:3, Funny)
since DHMO is the major contributor to global warming.
If we had just enacted Kyoto this tragedy could have been averted.