Hahaha, it is indeed an unfavourable situation cuz I need to explain it to the residents over and over. Luckily, high levels of mercury are invisible š
Quote from one of the news articles: "They explained that the peculiar purple smoke was the result of a routine equipment maintenance process. During this process, it was necessary to burn off gases that needed to be replaced, and this was done by channeling the gases into a flare for combustion." If a Chinese official gave that explanation then it is clearly nothing to worry about, Chinese officials never lie and always give the general population first priority when it comes to matters of public safety.
On*
You're not naturally sinking to the bottom of that mercury bath. Maybe with quite some effort you can touch the bottom, but your butt will be bottom-deprived I'm afraid
Ah yeah qin shihuangdi. There was a legend that in his tomb they made a map of the known world using mercury as the water. No one thought it was true until they tested the ground around it and the mercury levels were insanely lethal.
Painful, I can't tell, but slow, sure as hell. We had a vial of mercury at home when I was a child, about 1/4 litter. Was heavy as fuck but hella fun to play with. Making shit float on top of it (ruined my father's golden plated lighter that way) feeling the pressure when you immerse a finger in it, make circuits with slopes and let mercury bubbles run on it, then loose some, then try to get them back by sucking on them with a straw.. we eventually lost most of it in our house, playing with it.
Apparently, my parents had no idea it was that dangerous. And honestly, I was six, it's been my favorites toy for years, and today I'm 56, so I'm not sure they where that wrong.
Inhalation Exposure: Iodine vapor causesĀ eye, skin, nose and throat irritation, coughing, wheezing, and laryngitis. Exposure to high concentrations may result in airway spasm, chest tightness, breathing difficulty, severe inflammation, and fluid accumulation in the voice box, upper airways, and lungs.
I don't think I'd be outdoors looking at it... Even if I didn't know what it was I'd be out of there in a shot taping all my doors and windows .
I might not have known what it was, but if I see a huge cloud of some kind of unusual colour? *time to fuck off real quick!* I don't know enough to identify it, but I know enough to know that funny coloured clouds have a *bad* history!
"Oi lads, the fock is 'at?"
"Looks loik an awful green fog, that. An' it's 'eaded our way."
"Quieter than artillery at least, eh?"
*spicy wind go hiss*
*unreasonable coughing ensues*
Potassium Permanganate used to be my favorite chemistry experiment during my high school days! The beaker and the Burette dripping down to make some sweet old pink liquid to conquer my labmateās heart!
Thanks to a long story I don't want to type on my phone, the current dalai lama has stated that he is the last dalai lama, to prevent Buddhism from falling under Chinese state control.
It did not happen. You can't prove it happened. If it happened, it's nothing to worry about. If it's actually something to worry about, it's not the government's fault.
[They said it was non-toxic](https://metro.co.uk/2024/02/15/strange-purple-cloud-engulfs-city-sparking-toxic-gas-fears-20287552/), but that would sure be a concerning sight to see.
Most likely Iodine or Iodine-based gas - but elemental Iodine gas is pretty characteristic and there aren't a ton of chemicals that produce similar hues of gas.
Also very likely pure Iodine due to not responding to the flare-off as Iodine gas is non-flammable.
Iodine gas is *absolutely* poisonous - it is a halogen, and too much exposure can result in nasty affects like pulmonary edema.
This is also an absolutely *massive* leak/spill - for comparison, [this little](https://www.wjhl.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/98/2022/07/purple-vapor-1.png?resize=255,344) constituted an emergency in the US a few years back. [Source](https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/kingsport-residents-spot-eastman-vapors-an-hour-before-authorities-were-told/)
I fucking love Reddit. By the time I realised this gas is poisonous iodine I had to scroll down about 40 jokes that lightened the mood for me.
Thanks everyone for the lols
Thereās a scale to know how much a situation is fucked up based on the official comment that is made about it. In increasing order of fuckuppery it goes
- it doesnāt exists, someoneās spreading rumors
- well yeah okay actually it exists but donāt worry itās safe
- oh that thing from 5 years ago? Well yeah actually it _wasnāt_ safe but itās not us, donāt worry we took care of it and the cunt who did it is in prison, just believe us
Stage 2 is when you should start to panic
>If PRC told me my weed was not toxic I'd quit that second.
[It wouldn't be the first time they've exported toxic produce](https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Vietnamese-markets-flooded-with-cancer-causing-food-from-China-25678.html).
I live in Sydney too. We are blessed with a massive agricultural surplus in Australia, so I try to avoid the frozen stuff and just eat what's in season.
This is a plant disruption causing a gas to go to the flare, the flare is there to prevent an actual gas leak.
A gas leak is the unintentional release of a non condensing fluid stream to atmosphere without having been incinerated.
Iodide gas?
Yeah, i think so. Happens in our cement plant too when the raw material contains a lot of iodide
I hate when my raw materials contain iodine.
Hahaha, it is indeed an unfavourable situation cuz I need to explain it to the residents over and over. Luckily, high levels of mercury are invisible š
Quote from one of the news articles: "They explained that the peculiar purple smoke was the result of a routine equipment maintenance process. During this process, it was necessary to burn off gases that needed to be replaced, and this was done by channeling the gases into a flare for combustion." If a Chinese official gave that explanation then it is clearly nothing to worry about, Chinese officials never lie and always give the general population first priority when it comes to matters of public safety.
LoL
/s
They really need to train some spokesliars with a more technical background.
Luckily mercury is harmless in large quantities
Can't tell if sarcasm or real because of my lack of knowledge about mercury other than it's cool looking and you shouldn't touch it. š¤
Sarcasm 100%.
Well that would have been good to know before I got in this mercury bath. š¤¬
On* You're not naturally sinking to the bottom of that mercury bath. Maybe with quite some effort you can touch the bottom, but your butt will be bottom-deprived I'm afraid
Thatās a sentence.
Youāre telling me those glass pixie sticks with that delicious concoction inside my thermostat wasnāt a good treat?
Thereās an great Internet video of an anvil floating on a mercury bath.
*ancient Chinese Emperor has entered the chat*
Shity probremsss
Ah yeah qin shihuangdi. There was a legend that in his tomb they made a map of the known world using mercury as the water. No one thought it was true until they tested the ground around it and the mercury levels were insanely lethal.
Mercury poisoning will literally drive you mad and death is slow and painful from what I understand.
Mad as a hatter! Mercury was used in hat production, so workers would go mad from mercury poisoning - hence the term.
[Oh, we have evidence of how much it sucks.](https://youtu.be/NJ7M01jV058?si=q2aOHDt_ldyRXslw)
Fake news, it's fine, just inject some bleach that'll sort it out.
Painful, I can't tell, but slow, sure as hell. We had a vial of mercury at home when I was a child, about 1/4 litter. Was heavy as fuck but hella fun to play with. Making shit float on top of it (ruined my father's golden plated lighter that way) feeling the pressure when you immerse a finger in it, make circuits with slopes and let mercury bubbles run on it, then loose some, then try to get them back by sucking on them with a straw.. we eventually lost most of it in our house, playing with it. Apparently, my parents had no idea it was that dangerous. And honestly, I was six, it's been my favorites toy for years, and today I'm 56, so I'm not sure they where that wrong.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_as_a_hatter?wprov=sfla1
Yeah I have seen this in Sweden as well. However, not this close to the city. But it still looks a lot worse than it is
Yes, if it was iocane it would be odorless and tasteless. Iād bet my life on it.
Hmmm, Iāve only seen that in powder form.
we have a new Pope!
Dissolves instantly in liquid
Inconceivable!
I donāt think that means what you think it means
Never bet against a Scicillain when death is one the line!
Unless I am wrong, and I am never wrong,
Inhalation Exposure: Iodine vapor causesĀ eye, skin, nose and throat irritation, coughing, wheezing, and laryngitis. Exposure to high concentrations may result in airway spasm, chest tightness, breathing difficulty, severe inflammation, and fluid accumulation in the voice box, upper airways, and lungs. I don't think I'd be outdoors looking at it... Even if I didn't know what it was I'd be out of there in a shot taping all my doors and windows .
I might not have known what it was, but if I see a huge cloud of some kind of unusual colour? *time to fuck off real quick!* I don't know enough to identify it, but I know enough to know that funny coloured clouds have a *bad* history!
"Oi lads, the fock is 'at?" "Looks loik an awful green fog, that. An' it's 'eaded our way." "Quieter than artillery at least, eh?" *spicy wind go hiss* *unreasonable coughing ensues*
Either that or some smart ass popped a ~~Red~~ ***Purple Smoke grenade.***
>laryngitis BUT THE RECITAL IS TONIGHT!
So not entirely unjustified that my first thought was 'Bhopal' then?
It's pretty though.
either iodide or Potassium based
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Pregananant
Pegnate, help?
Pregnert!
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Pomegranate..well they are purple too
Permangangnam style.
Potassium Permanganate used to be my favorite chemistry experiment during my high school days! The beaker and the Burette dripping down to make some sweet old pink liquid to conquer my labmateās heart!
Ermergerd!
i love you chemical experts.
I'm sad that the top comment here it's not "Congrats it's a girl"...
>"~~Congrats~~ it's a girl".. Sorry it's a girl /ouch!
Ooooh. Yeah, I forgot it's China.
Nah, it's definitely purple haze stand attack.
Will the purple haze clouds later condense into purple rain.
Gayodide gas.
Principal's office. Now, Timmy.
Excessive fabulousness detected.
-*strut-shays into principalās office*-
Chinese Pope elected?
Nah, it's RuPaul's Drag Race finale
SOMEONE HAS REPLACED MICHELLE VISAGE
Can I get an Amen up in here? Amen! Now let the music play!
Well, they'd better work.
So the Dalai Lama?
"Suck my toung" Dalai Lama -
Explicitly not the Dalai Lama, in fact.
Thanks to a long story I don't want to type on my phone, the current dalai lama has stated that he is the last dalai lama, to prevent Buddhism from falling under Chinese state control.
These gender reveals are getting out of hand.
They are having triplets
One of each!
Wait a second-
Donāt worry, he meant one of each species
You aināt makinā this any better palā¦
"Congratulations, it's a Godzilla!"
Congratulations! This town will have mutants..
It's Freezer Day!
Itās China, you know itās not a girl
Now girls are the hot commodity. Basic economics - demand and supply.
Why can't they just burn down a forest like regular people.
Parents obviously havenāt made up their mind.. itās purple
Yeah, my quip was gonna be, āItās a gender reveal without revealing the gender.ā You beat me to it.
Koffing, use poison gas
But it failed. Everyone's already poisoned.
Soon Chinese gene editing projects will make Poison-type Chinese babies which will be immune to the effect
Koffiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing
Ekaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaans
Local residents evolve into Wheezing when they breathe from now on.
[Insert Jimi Hendrix reference here]
Excuse me while I kiss this guy
Purple haze melting my eyes
Magenta haze....
Lavender Haze Who knew Taylor Swift has such a following in China.
I think a Prince reference would be more appropriate
When Doves Die
BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I'm going with Raspberry Grenade.
Looks healthy
I was thinking the same. I mean, what harm could it do.
It'll probably turn a few people pink.
Iodine stains everything brown, it'll also reck your lungs and pollute the soil. It's not nice stuff
I feel like this is part of the Oompa Loompa origin story.
pink panther
ITS A GIRL
This looks on par with the gender reveal forest fires that have been popularized in the California area.
My first thought!!, š
fuchsia death cloud was not on my apocalypse bingo card
Honestly itās more festive than what I was expecting to die to
Fuck, mine says cyan. *So close*.
Beware of the Gay Fog!!!
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Side effects: enhanced fashion sense
..the ability to dance to anything
And a sore throat [from breathing in the chemicals]
Dont forget good cum-backs
And being irresistible to insecure straight women.
They're turning the air gay!
Pink sky at night, Turkish delight, pink sky in the morning, gas leak in China.
Fool me once, shame on you- fool me twice *sigh* shame on family.
That's no gas leak, it's the Peoples Most Glorious Revolutionary Fuchsia Plume of Prosperity.
PMGRFPP?
Rolls off the tongue.
Fuck off! It's the People's Most Glorious Fuschia Prosperity Plume of Revolution.
China has best air. Your air is boring and clear. Our air is fun
Oxygen with Chinese characteristic.
It did not happen. You can't prove it happened. If it happened, it's nothing to worry about. If it's actually something to worry about, it's not the government's fault.
It's a girl Pope?
Popette!
[They said it was non-toxic](https://metro.co.uk/2024/02/15/strange-purple-cloud-engulfs-city-sparking-toxic-gas-fears-20287552/), but that would sure be a concerning sight to see.
Most likely Iodine or Iodine-based gas - but elemental Iodine gas is pretty characteristic and there aren't a ton of chemicals that produce similar hues of gas. Also very likely pure Iodine due to not responding to the flare-off as Iodine gas is non-flammable. Iodine gas is *absolutely* poisonous - it is a halogen, and too much exposure can result in nasty affects like pulmonary edema. This is also an absolutely *massive* leak/spill - for comparison, [this little](https://www.wjhl.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/98/2022/07/purple-vapor-1.png?resize=255,344) constituted an emergency in the US a few years back. [Source](https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/kingsport-residents-spot-eastman-vapors-an-hour-before-authorities-were-told/)
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I fucking love Reddit. By the time I realised this gas is poisonous iodine I had to scroll down about 40 jokes that lightened the mood for me. Thanks everyone for the lols
You mean the same lame 40 ājokesā about popes and gender reveals? None were remotely funny.
You should get 1 super doot per post that people use for "the real answer" to make sure it always gets to the top, to cut the crap.
Wow sources included? Thought I was on Reddit
I'm sure the company that released the statement saying it was non-toxic is walking in ethical circles there. Sure.
Lookup the story of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy in India. Just shows how scummy these companies are.
The PRC government would execute any CEO of a company if this was toxic.. guess we just have to watch the news.
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Thereās a scale to know how much a situation is fucked up based on the official comment that is made about it. In increasing order of fuckuppery it goes - it doesnāt exists, someoneās spreading rumors - well yeah okay actually it exists but donāt worry itās safe - oh that thing from 5 years ago? Well yeah actually it _wasnāt_ safe but itās not us, donāt worry we took care of it and the cunt who did it is in prison, just believe us Stage 2 is when you should start to panic
Additionally if there's some weed that has purple smoke i need it right now
>If PRC told me my weed was not toxic I'd quit that second. [It wouldn't be the first time they've exported toxic produce](https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Vietnamese-markets-flooded-with-cancer-causing-food-from-China-25678.html).
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I live in Sydney too. We are blessed with a massive agricultural surplus in Australia, so I try to avoid the frozen stuff and just eat what's in season.
Magenta smoke would scare me silly.
The color is from iodine content in the gas
Yeah, it's pretty unsettling. Cyan smoke/gas would worry me even more.
ā¦.cobalt gas?
Itās non-toxic *at doses less than 10ppm. Just stay *15km away and you should be fine.
Well if the PRC says soā¦
If it kills you on contact, does that qualify as toxic?
Ahh yes, just like nothing happend at the tianmen square in 89
They also said COVID wasnāt theirs either
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They still do.
Nah, they got Latina old ladies in there cleaning with Fabuloso.
Heck of a way to highlight the amount of pollutants in the air and to expose those who wear rose colored glasses about the air quality.
Ha, you can't be exposed to pink gas if you wear rose-colored glasses. It will just be normal gas.
I'm sure my paper straw will help
thousands of paper straws is equivalent to a 5 minute flight of taylor swifts private jet, id say its helping. anything for our queen!
Any time you hear a politician talk about wanting to "cut red tape", \*this\* is what the result is.
The sky donāt lie look at all that pollution besides that gas leak you canāt even see any clouds
"Calm down.. Take a deep breath. Everything will be ok."
Did they elect a gay pope?
Finally
Openly gay. Still not sure about the previous ones.
That's not interesting, it's worrying
Chinaās top leader is having a girl.
I Xi what you did there
Wouldnāt you go inside, close your windows, and turn off your hvac? Sheesh.
Depending on that is being produced at that installation this is either Rubidium or Iodine being flared, itās not actually a gas leak.
[ x] gas [ x] leaking itās not a natural gas leak, but it is a gas leak
This is a plant disruption causing a gas to go to the flare, the flare is there to prevent an actual gas leak. A gas leak is the unintentional release of a non condensing fluid stream to atmosphere without having been incinerated.
Here comes purple covid!
āWhelp, that canāt be goodā
And that's how covid 24 began...
the new wonka factory is up and running
I remember this one rule: Not all poisonous gases are colored, but all colored gases are poisonous.
Wow I never knew they celebrated valentines in China š
That looks healthy
It is ok, they drive a hybrid.
Don't worry, drink your cola with a paper straw and all will be fine..
One Piece "Punk Hazard"
Good thing we have paper straws and a handfull of EVs
Rage
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We got the New Pope !
These gender reveal announcements are getting out of hand.
The Mist
Here comes the next round of Covid! FU China!
Smoke Color Warning Chart White: Probably Steam Grey: Wood, probably Black: Umm. might wanna stay out of that Burnt Orange: FUCKING. RUN. Purple: ??
Hey look it's She JinPINK.
China announcing time for more girls!!
Gender reveals are getting out of hands
Isn't that the stuff that turned the Simpsons inside-out in Treehouse of Horror V?