Updated BP Texas City Animation on the 15th Anniversary of the Explosion

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Lammy · 2025-03 · Recommendation

> I read about it in one of the disaster reports about the Texas City BP refinery explosion. Relevant part of USCSB accident reconstruction animation: [VIDEO] (but worth watching the whole thing!)

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nickpinkston · 2023-03 · Recommendation

Yea, that's an interesting perspective. I do wondering if we can learn from a related, but successful form of failure content, which is the disaster/accident investigation videos. I watch a wide range from the classic TV airliner crashes [1], to highly detailed air crash disaster investigation reports / training [2], to industrial / other accidents [3], to gov't industrial accidents reports / simulations [4]. I wonder if there's anything to be gained from way that content succeeds while business failures don't? Is it just that startup failures aren't as dramatic? It's not a clear-cut kind of narrative that's satisfying? No idea... These are all great: [1] Tenerife Crash for TV: [LINK] [2] Tenerife Crash for Pilots: [LINK] [3] SL1 Nuclear Accident: [LINK] [4] BP Texas City: [VIDEO]

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bendbro · 2022-10 · Reference

> fire tube This has a similar style to oilfield names. I giggle when I hear them used in USCSB disaster videos. > An entry in the centralized control room logbook: “ISOM: Brought in some raff to unit, to pack raff with” You don't say. And this led to an explosion? [LINK] [LINK] [VIDEO]

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