I’m so frustrated that this article, and many other sources - including news programs, are not talking about the lack of alarms in the buildings. I agree that the materials and density were terrible and created a catastrophic situation for the structures, but the lack of alarms to alert residents is absolutely ridiculous and is what made this such a huge tragedy for the people who died.

If the buildings’ alarms aren’t working, then they should be on “fire watch” with 24/7 personnel ready to alert people on every floor where the alarm isn’t working. Does that cost too much? Then fix the fucking alarms as a top priority. This is especially true when there are no automatic sprinklers, which sounds like is often the case in Hong Kong.

There are reports that people were getting calls from their friends and relatives and that’s how they learned about the fire. People were waking up to the smell of smoke without an alarm going off. WTF. That’s so far beyond acceptable, I don’t know what else to say.

I travel a lot and I always bring my own smoke and CO detector with me. This is an example of why.

I hope every one knows this is a myth and that the tail of an earthworm won’t grow into a new worm when it is cut off. It may writhe for a bit, but will soon die.

From other articles, it looks like they get paid to take away waste, but instead of taking it somewhere proper that costs money, they dump it illegally. They may have even purchased the land at auction for this purpose. Also, it seems like agencies have been involved since July and they failed to properly shut it down. Ouch.

I saw one estimate that they made £500k through this scheme and an estimate that it will cost £26m to clean up.

Apparently there is more garbage that is buried at the site, and some sections of the pile are heating up and may spontaneously combust, adding a whole new issue to this mess.

Spawn camping

Yeah this is scary, especially given the number of people who visit.

However, this may be a case where things locked down (in a futile attempt to contain the thieves), as opposed to a fire. This still isn’t great, especially if it was someone who wanted to hurt people, but it’s probably why it happened.

Read the article, the 900% increase is only for the most expensive rooms.

I feel like this is a reference to something…

This is the one I was looking for!

It looks like a translucent black rectangular overlay that happens to line up with the chest to me.

Why they have it I’m not sure…

“This immediately impacts Russia because Delhi is now on the phone with Putin in Moscow, and Narendra Modi asks him, ‘Hey, I support you, but could you explain to me the strategy because I have now been hit by 50 per cent tariffs by the United States’,” Mr Rutte said, in the interview published on Sept 25.

Sounds like he was talking about a hypothetical call to me.

https://news.wildlifesos.org/its-time-to-ban-elephants-on-indias-roadways/

Something something false prophets blah blah blah…

I’d never heard of it…

Plus the Great Chicago Fire said to have been started by Mrs O’Leary’s cow knocking over a lantern in a barn.

Fire: 1871 Flood: 1992

Why mark this as NSFW?

I guess this didn’t age well

Yes, but we’re afraid of the consequences. I’m all in myself.

Should have ordered it from Hell’s Kitchen

The highest estimate of people killed in the conflict (both sides) that I can find is around 100. This whole article seems like made up slop.

When I looked into this newspaper I found some comments (on Reddit :-/) saying it is a fake news rag published by a right-wing nationalist group in Thailand.

Same! This is really surprising based on the other stuff I’ve read.