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- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -3/+133Just another wednesday night in st. pete, those russians sure know how to party
- modad, on 10/10/2007, -15/+144In Soviet Russia, mushroom cloud forms...oh ***** it.
- snotrokit, on 10/10/2007, -2/+81Big bada boom!
- Eichenator, on 10/10/2007, -1/+70007declines to comment
- 7amWDG, on 10/10/2007, -1/+66I don't understand the photoshopping either, but it is real. Turns out it was a Gas Pipeline that exploded.
Here is the Reuters article....
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-28656720070725 - happy_prole, on 10/10/2007, -7/+60ZE DOOMSDAY DEVICE!
- novakane, on 10/10/2007, -0/+50confirmed. http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Explosion-at-Russian-gas-pipeline/2007/07/26/1185339123120.html
- pavpanchekha, on 10/10/2007, -3/+48Photoshopers? you're kidding me. MS Piant-ers, more like it.
- jdh24, on 10/10/2007, -13/+56if that's real, why are they making fun of it by photoshopping dumb things into it? and they need to work on their english. but if it's real that sucks and i hope nobody's hurt
- rmany2k, on 10/10/2007, -1/+43Santa strikes back, defends the North Pole. More at 11.
- Arkonnan, on 10/10/2007, -4/+38Quick, blame it on the brown people so we can invade Iran!!
- mannaran, on 10/10/2007, -0/+22Gas pipes to Finland! Not confirmed yet..
- Falldog, on 10/10/2007, -0/+19It's really just another Cloverfield trailer.
- Duston, on 10/10/2007, -1/+18While I agree with the comment I fail to see it relevance to the story.
- 7amWDG, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16Its real... see the above comment or visit
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-28656720070725 - ChefJRD, on 10/10/2007, -1/+17Reminds me of another massive gas pipeline explosion. Back during the Cold War, the US discovered widespread KGB operations to steal Western technology. In one particular case, we let the Russians steal the software with a few lines of "special" code just for them. The resulting explosion was about 1/4 the strength of the Hiroshima bomb.
http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=829
Beware of industrial espionage these days: China is the big one, and Russia is making a comeback as well. - defectDS, on 10/10/2007, -2/+18In soviet russia, explosion photoshops you!
- vodkasoup, on 10/10/2007, -2/+17actually right after the explosion on some Russian online communities of St. Petersburg guys wanted to go make trance party in order not to loose chance of such rare background scene
- j3utton, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16yes it is
- darkatheart, on 10/10/2007, -4/+18So is Bush
- asaturn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14Yeah. I got the memo. And I understand the policy. And the problem is just that I forgot the one time. And I've already taken care of it so it's not even really a problem anymore.
- TwistedRonin, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14I was wondering how long it'd take for someone to make that reference.
- modad, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13Didn't you get the memo that "didn't you get the memo" isn't funny? Neither did I.
- ronh, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12Ummmmmm yeeeeeaaaaaaah, I'll have them make you a copy.
- JasonInOregon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11From correspondents in Lavriki, Russia
July 26, 2007 09:57am
A POWERFUL explosion which hit a gas pipeline in north-west Russia was not caused by an act of terror and there were no reports of casualties, senior officials said today.
"It is an explosion on a trunk gas pipeline under high pressure," said Valentin Sedorin, a spokesman for the Leningrad region around Russia's second city of St Petersburg.
Witnesses spoke of a massive explosion that shook buildings 5km from the epicentre and caused traffic jams as people jumped in cars and fled from the area.
Mr Sedorin said the incident had been contained.
"We do not have any reports of any casualties. We are not ordering an evacuation of homes in the vicinity. There is no danger to peoples' lives," he said.
Emergency officials were unable to say what caused the explosion, but Vladimir Kudryavtsev, head of the regional emergencies ministry department, said: "I personally exclude a version that this was caused by an act of terror".
Sergei Gustov, head of the Gazprom gas company's local subsidiary Peterbuggaz, said the accident would not affect supplies to foreign consumers.
"This will not affect supplies to Russian or foreign consumers of Russian natural gas in any way," Gustov told Reuters at the scene outside Russia's second largest city of St Petersburg.
A Reuters reporter at the scene said the air was thick with smoke, making breathing difficult.
He said roads were clogged with vehicles heading away from the fire, while hundreds of people leaving on foot.
The explosion was at a point where the pipeline ran close to a power station on the northern outskirts of St Petersburg.
Emergency services officials said windows at the power station had been blown out by the blast. It had destroyed a 50m section of the 80cm diameter pipeline. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10You mean the memo about the TPS reports?
- Urusai, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11When the Soviet, erm, Russian authorities say there is no danger to your life, it's time to run as fast as you can.
- JasonInOregon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9EXIF info from one of the top photos says it was taken 2007:07:26 01:39:49.
- hairyballsagna, on 10/10/2007, -4/+13I don't know why they feel the need to 'shop it either, but this has confirmed my suspicion that started from the bug eyes guy- Russians are terrible at photoshop.
- tehpwnrate, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Did you get that memo? ... Did you get the memo? ... What, didn't you get the memo?
- TKn00b, on 10/10/2007, -4/+12Mein Führer! I can walk!
- rootstyle, on 10/10/2007, -3/+11in soviet russia, site crashes digg
oh i just had too, seems to be down tho :) - ubuwalker31, on 10/10/2007, -3/+10Negative, I am a meat popsicle.
- asaturn, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9"THIS JUST IN: oil companies release a statement that gasoline is going to $5/gallon nation-wide due to the natural gas pipeline explosion in Russia."
actually, they probably WOULD try that... - macewan, on 10/10/2007, -5/+12Does anyone know if this is real?
- compgeek, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8OH NOES!!!! NOT A MUSHROOM CLOUD
- Van3ck, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7SOUL FINGA!
- viviwanu, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Who gives it a ***** what CNN thinks!
- SevenTwo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Metal Gear?!
- edzilla, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7the 2001 explosion of a chemical plant in Toulouse, France, was heard over 50 kilometers away...
- brandonvan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6JJ Abe pulls another marketing stunt
- bovester, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8"I hasten to add that since each man will be required to do prodigious... service along these lines, the women will have to be selected for their sexual characteristics which will have to be of a highly stimulating nature."
A man who truly had his priorities in order - DaedalusX, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8Gee, I wish we had one of them doomsday machines.
- smaxl, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6best comment ever
- dmunkey, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6who wants to hear about this when lyndsey lohan is in crisis?
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Moron, dine on my ass!
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6I Made a Mirror ahead of time of Video and Pics... Just not the dumb photoshop ones.
No Advertisements or branding. Just the pics and video themselves.
http://franc-design.com/mirror.html - TheMeatball, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Wow. I hope everyone's alright. Sounds like quite the explosion.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Nice attempt at making an intellectual statement, too bad you tripped and fell flat on your face.
- Chewie67, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Here's what CNN has to say -- gas line.
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/BUSINESS/07/25/russia.pipeline.reut/index.html -
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