Audioboxer
Member
Can you please stop saying this? British police have confirmed an explosion and there are casualties. Only the cause for the explosion hasn't been confirmed.
If you're in the UK put on BBC news.
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22 dead, 59 injured in Manchester Arena explosion (Being treated as an attack)
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Can you please stop saying this? British police have confirmed an explosion and there are casualties. Only the cause for the explosion hasn't been confirmed.
If you're in the UK put on BBC news.
Incitemaybe
Member
Right? How are "balloons with gas" typically used at concerts? Never heard of doing this.
Bam Bam Baklava
Member
So you're not the person who posted debunked bullshit from Trump social media in threads before? That's not you?
But Helium is not explosive, and you dont need high pressures to let a Helium Balloon float so a sudden rupture of a balloon shouldnt be able to send people flying (if that happened, no idea yet)
I cant imagine these were filled with Hydrogen or Oxygen.
fastford58
Member
People are seriously positing that helium filled balloons exploded and killed 20 people?
Come the fuck on.
This was an IED.
Come the fuck on.
This was an IED.
InaudibleWhispa
Member
Helium isn't flammable, it wouldn't cause on explosion.
Both TV channels have had eyewitnesses on. Apart from the guy saying he was 'blown back 30 feet' there hasn't been anyone saying they saw an explosion, only that they heard it. There was an explosion but we don't know if it caused the injuries directly or the ensuing panic caused a crush of people.
We just have to wait for more updates. Manchester Police say that a casualty bureau will be opening up soon.
Herr Schwarz
Banned
That was like 20 years ago though wasn't it? And the cause of that crash and the cause of this crush being entirely different.
The conclusions you can take from this tragic accident (if it is an accident) are just deeply saddening to me and makes me furious.
But like I said, it's speculation until official word comes in
Speculating is one thing, but why are so many people making statements of fact?
You don't have to enter a venue to get close to an exit. Security has generally cleared away and are letting people out en masse.
You don't have to enter a venue to get close to an exit. Security has generally cleared away and are letting people out en masse.
OverBlood 3
Banned
I'm gonna get banned I'm getting so annoyed reading all this stupid speculation instead of people just waiting.
eyeball_kid
Member
Just heard on BBC radio that the explosion was confirmed to be in the foyer / box office area. Can't imagine many balloons there.
Really fucking evil if terrorists deliberately targeted a concert full of teenagers.
Really fucking evil if terrorists deliberately targeted a concert full of teenagers.
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
Yes, gotta keep that in mind.
People should avoid posting random twitter sources though.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
FYI, helium is a non-flammable gas and wouldn't cause the explosion that was apparently seen in the dash cam video. You guys are thinking of hydrogen, which could do that, but would be an inexcusable safety hazard to use at a concert.
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
The hell are you on about? Crushes can happen anywhere.
Keyser Soze
Member
Have you heard of Hillsborough?
Coreda
Member
SomedayTheFire
Member
Did you read the post I quoted? Also they haven't confirmed an explosion. They confirmed reports of an explosion. I got that wrong earlier, too.
Mass panic in crowded places regularly kill up to hundreds of people. Come the fuck on.
Jag
Member
For all the shit it gets, Reddit does a decent job of tracking these things linking to legitimate sources. Not always, but it's a pretty good news aggregator.
Holy shit.
Lord Frieza
Member
I'm not going to trust anything from random FBs right now, so hopefully this is fake. The feces part is really odd too
UnObtainium17
Member
Yeahh.. if the balloons was the size of hindenburg then it's possible for 20 dead butwith chunks of body parts around? That's bomb.
The information just isn't there yet. This is mostly all speculation. No one knows what has happened, and neither do you.
Marky Mark
Member
One of the Twitter comments
seems a bit sleazy, get hope you're fine sure whatever but while you're in a state of shock and panic please sign away all rights to this amateur video
entremet
Member
It just happened. Why would they say anything yet other than confirmations of deaths, which leaves bodies.
Audioboxer
Member
Yes, they have. The transport police released details saying an explosion in the foyer.
Dude was asking if it were true that the explosion didn't kill anyone and that all deaths were related to trampling. We don't know.
Herr Schwarz
Banned
Yes I have. I'm going to wait until official word comes out before I put my point across because there's no point cluttering the thread until there's official news.
They only can do so much, a stampede caused by panic will still lead to casualties even with the best preparations.
Also, humans can fuck up the planning stage.
Love Parade in Duisburg (Germany) is an example where people fucked up and even though everybody already knew how dangerous stampedes can be.
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
Taxis are offering free rides home https://twitter.com/azymanzur/status/866794665374339073
| Praxis |
Banned
I'm watching BBC news. The person I was replying to was under the impression people were killed in a stampede. We simply don't know what caused the explosion or what caused the fatalities until it's confirmed by officials.
Feces? That's odd...I've never heard of people getting that on them when there's been an explosion or whatever has caused the injuries. Not trying to make light of the situation, just strange thing to say is on you
Could be an IED, or it could be poor use/storage of pyrotechnics. We just don't know yet. So everybody chill the fuck out with all the speculation!
Yep, a panicking mass attempting to escape a confined space at once can be deadly.
SomedayTheFire
Member
Cool. Again, did you read the post I quoted? He said the explosion didn't hurt anybody and people were hurt by the crush.
Transport police report came out after my post btw.
Spaced Harrier
Member
Guys use your fucking brains. A helium balloon doesn't explode with fire and it doesn't send people traveling 30 feet.
None of what has been said makes sense. It's all Confusion and panic.
None of what has been said makes sense. It's all Confusion and panic.
Heebie Jeebies
Banned
Message from Facebook asking me to mark myself as safe, never seen that before. A great feature.
| Praxis |
Banned
To go into detail would be bad taste, but yes you would get that on you if the injuries and damage is as bad as that eyewitness describes.
Could be a very unfortunate typo..