A brief History of: The Brumadinho Disaster (Documentary)
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The Brumadinho dam disaster occurred on 25 January 2019 when a tailings dam at the Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine, 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) east of Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil, suffered a catastrophic failure.
The dam was owned by Vale, the same company that was involved in the 2015 Mariana dam disaster.
The fascinating horror of the event show that lightning can strike twice.
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Exasperated is not the same as Exacerbated
These dam designs are unstable. In general. Local tailings dams are kept small, and the dam structures are constructed before the tailings are introduced. THEN when the tailings are filled in, another location is used. I'll grant, we have shallow open pit mines, our tailings are mostly dry, but, we build the dams as if it was liquid or slurry, because it rains alot, sometimes it is.
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Check out the Merriespruit tailings dam disaster in Virginia, South Africa. The reprocessed slime yielded enough gold to pay for the damages.
Is there any chance you can do something about the nuclear waste pit explosion at Dounreay? Really hard to find much info about it but it seems that they were very lucky not to wipe out half of Scotland
Brazilian here. Wanna know a fun fact?
They made a paper a couple of months after the incident, and revealed more than 10 other dams in the same situation of collapse risk. So far, nothing has been done.
And after each of them collapses, more papers will show even more dams near to collapse, and nothing will be done then either
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@@ShubhamBhushanCC yep 😔
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This channel as a future then
I really like that you diversified yourself to more than only nuclear disasters. When I talk to people who are affraid of nuclear energy I refer them to this channel so they can get a perspective.
There's only so many nuclear accidents. Not enough to sustain a CZcams channel.
Unfortunately true
@@PlainlyDifficult but also fortunately lol, from the perspective of not having nuclear disasters
@@HannahFortalezza Yeah you really don't want to have enough nuclear disasters to sustain a CZcams channel.
Let me make a quick run to Taco Bell. That will give you a nuclear disaster to write about...
a fact to know, the firefighters that worked on the site after the accident refer to the victims as "gems" because of the importance of every life that was lost and the importance to find every person missing after the failure, to this day there is less than a handfull of people there were never found.
8 on the Legacy scale and its still so recent. Indeed lessons are never learned. Cheers mate on another great vid.
Thank you!
at least the government came down hard on them. penny pinching cost so much in the end :(
@@sinephase They are a huge corporation, making billions in profit every year. The definition of corporate greed.
If Vale can afford a 250 million real fine, having their assets frozen, cleaning up the environment, and paying seven billion dollars to the families AND still be in business, they weren't punished anywhere near enough.
Amen
I don't see how destroying Vale financially, and in turn the thousands they employee across the globe, really helps. The plant tech in england, or the control room operator in australia had nothing to do with the poor decisions made by management at this site in Brazil.
@@lucidnonsense942 I don't have a problem with this in theory. But keep in mind that vale is a barzillian company, and brazil is corrupt to the core. Vale would never get away with this at any of their canadian sites for example. But yes, management is the problem, corruption is the problem. Lets not kill the dog to get rid of the flea.
Their stock is also doing great while they continue to make millions in profit.
Ummm they didn't build the dam. They BOUGHT the disaster from someone else. So REALLY THEY AREN'T TOTALLY RESPONSIBLE.
Just recently there was a huge flood in Bozkurt, Kastamonu, Turkey. There's a hydroelectric plant in the area, and a message was relayed to public before the disaster that the regulator channels of the dam was going to be opened to discharge extra water and preserve the dam. But the village down the river got washed away hard. Official report says 25 dead, but it's apparent that the toll will be measured by hundreds.
When this is hapened? İ newer saw this at tv
Oh, yikes.
Oh, man that’s awful. I hope someone gets properly held responsible for this. But, seeing the trend in this channel, I highly doubt anyone will be held to any standard…. I’m so sorry to hear that, nonetheless.
@@sed6657 Well, to be fair the dam is still holding up apparently, it's just that the early warning system for the flood was not properly used, and the chain was broken at some point. The municipality seems to have received some sort of alert but apparently weren't aware of the gravity of the situation, and people were only warned to remove their cars from the streets around the river (which cuts the village right through the middle, by the way, and apparently some structures were built too close to the river, violating construction laws). The investigation is going on but as you said, somehow the law tends to favor the company owners. Official death count was 57 a couple hours ago. Don't know the latest situation, but... there are very sad stories. A mother, for instance, heard the municipality announcement and got out of the house (in an 8 floor appartment), moved her car, but then the water came, and she couldn't get back in the appartment. Instead she went to her neighbors in the next appartment, and she could see her children and parents across the street. But right at that moment the building collapsed. She saw her children and parents go down with the building, the ruins of which were then swept away by the waters. It's obvious that she's scarred for the rest of her life. And every number in that death report is one such story. That's... killing me a little bit, and sorry for the sad story but I just can't keep it in.
Ok, the update is that that particular HE power plant was a "regulator type", which meant it had no reservoir for itself but instead directly took the water from the river and drove it through a turbine channel. This means that it probably had nothing to do with the flood. Maybe. It's still not clear, because some villagers were called by HES personnel directly, warning them that regulator lids were destroyed and too much water going down the village. No conclusive info yet.
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My daughter has OCD and I had no idea. Mainly because she’s the opposite (eg instead of being obsessed with cleaning, things need to be messy; she refuses to double check school work before she turns it in, etc.). We don’t know exactly when it started, but we noticed problems pretty early before we got an accurate diagnosis.
To lose one dam, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both, looks like carelessness.
Key word there being may.
on two separate occasions
There is another one that is in a vale above a city. It is larger than those previous 2 combined
and it is carelessness
ding ding ding
Unfortunately this may not be the last time we see a dam rupturing in Minas Gerais. According to studies, we might have over 40 other dams in close proximity which fail to meet the adequate structural safety standards and could at any moment go down. Vale denies this and we were only able to find this out via investigative journalism. Everyday is a sad day to study geosciences in Brazil
Yikes! Maybe release the water sooner than later, slowly. I have no idea! That's just my first thought since it would reduce pressure on these possibly failing damns, and a gradual water release isn't as destructive as one intensive flood all at once. Really who is going to fix that many damns? Doubtful.
Vale doesn’t deserve us! Mineiros! 🇧🇷
The one in 2019 didn't fail to meet safety and quality standards, it wasn't fully determined what happened.
This doesn't mean that the others will collapse as well, they are being monitored pretty frequently
One of the most horrifying things about this is that there were people standing on top of the dam when it collapsed... there's footage of that.
"Cenas fortes - momento exato do rompimento da barragem de Brumadinho com vítimas fatais" it's graphic
thanks. the people didn't stood a chance.
@@chronicle_4 very sad, indeed :(
Apparently Vale hadn't finished paying the fines and damages from the first disaster when this one happened.
Actually, they never paid a dime.
@@rafaelasabchucalovato9439 dont worry friend, they will pay both fines as soon as they finish their brand new dam...
it will pay for all this
@@hindugoat2302 the compensation for the Cesium 137 which happened in 1986 was also never paid in full. We feel in every aspect of our lives the corruption of the Brazilian government, downright starting with our mininum wage. How the Congress finances big industries here is outspoken abuse of population.
There is still commercials about how they are "paying the victims"
Bullshit
They didn't pay anything for anyone
My god i hate Vale
*Picture of dam collapse*
Everyone: _"it's the demon core!"_
*Picture of oil rig disaster*
Everyone: _"it's the demon core!"_
*Picture of Chernobyl*
Everyone: _"it's the demon core!"_
*Picture of the demon core*
Everyone: _"what's that?"_
That's the ghost of Kamchatka
@@dchegu do anyone see any torpedo boats?
@@FRGBlackBurn throws binoculars to the sea in anger
I was quite impressed with your graphic describing the concentration process. I noticed it on the last video, but it struck me again when I saw it this time. It's always pretty difficult to explain that process and you nailed it!
Thank you!
Thank you for one more outstanding video and my deep respect for your effort in pronouncing this tricky language which is Portuguese.
thank you!
Have you done the topic of “nuclear divers”? I didn’t see it on your list of videos. My husband works for a company doing NDE for power plants. When he was in South Korea they had a diver sucked into an intake pipe at one of their plants.
I have never heard of that thanks for the suggestion!
I'd a love to hear about this! Ever since I watched a documentary saying how water was such a good conductor you could swim in a large reactor's pool and be safe I have always wondered!!!
@@PlainlyDifficult sadly, the most recent one was a teenager this year. Most are chocked up to “drowning” or “natural causes”
@@travisgartside409 Water is a fantastic attenuator for radiation. Every 7 cm of water cuts the amount of radiation in half so swimming near the top may result in less radiation than just walking around on Earth.
There's a pretty good blog on XKCD's What If that answers the question of how long you would survive swimming in a spent fuel pool.
You mean to tell me that plants don't have any sort of warning or preventative measure to keep people from getting too close??? How hard is it to pay for some shiny buoys or a couple of signs?
I remember it clear as day, living in one of the neighboring cities, i was sweeping the yard hearing music when my dad arrived
He had went fishing, and got back really early, a asked him why he came back so quickly and he said an officer told him and the other fisherman to get away from the river because a dam had ruptured upstream
I honestly didn't even think much of it and went to check the TV
I wasn't ready for the camera panning over all that mud, it was exactly when the rescuers were pulling a woman out of the mud (To this day, i find it amazing how low the pilot got the helicopter so they could get hold the her)
The news were heartbreaking, everyday. Families looking for their relatives, parts of bodies found, the rescuers clearly having trouble moving through the heavy mud but not willing to stop, those were hard days to have the TV or radio on
~"There is water coming out of the hole we drilled for drainage."
* "Fill it with concrete."
~"Great idea!"
concrete is porous, so they are just slowing the flow rate a little
You completely manipulated that.
They concreted it to undo what they had just done because the was causing the damn to become unstable. He basically said that in the same breath. Hole wasn't even drilled thru yet, so the concrete wasnt blocking any drainage.
You're misrepresenting ppl - and for the worst possile reason.
@@SuperPhunThyme9 based
@@SuperPhunThyme9 Hey! Jokes aren't the _worst_ possible reason.
It was terrifying to watch this on the day where the news exploded with this.
Have you thought about covering the Berkley Pit in Butte, Montana? It's what's left of a copper mine that's filled with water and has been known to be so toxic as to kill geese that mistake it for a regular body of water. Also from Butte, the Speculator Mine disaster would fit in with your other videos.
Thanks for putting out great content.
Or do an episode on the Gold King Mine spill. Immense financial and environmental damage - causes by the US Environmental Protection Agency. Who investigated themselves afterwards and determined that they were not to blame.
@@colincampbell767
Caused?
No it was caused by the owners of the mine leaving it in a disrepair state as they took the money and went home.
Then pawned it off on the US government. Congress of course didn’t allocate any money to properly care for the mine. So when the EPA finally had the time and money to deal with it as soon as they touched it it collapsed.
But feel free to blame it on the government. Maybe the problem is the government lets corporations pawn their environmental messes on the government.
@@neilkurzman4907 The mine had been closed for well over 100 years. And it didn't collapse as soon as the EPA touched it. The EPA had been working on it for a while - and violating their own rules while doing so. If the EPA had been following their own rules - then the disaster wouldn't have happenned.
@@colincampbell767
So what you’re trying to say is that after 100 years you’re allowed to dump your toxic mess onto the federal government?
I know people like you look to blame the federal government for everything. Like that I’m not fixing up super fund sites fast enough. Could I have done a better job, obviously but it is not 100% their fault like you want to believe it is.
If business can fix toxic waste sites better than the federal government then maybe they should.
By the way the actual people working on the site were a private contractor hired by the government. So if the federal government hires a private corporation did they become stupid too.
@@neilkurzman4907 100 years ago nobody had a problem with what they did. And back then nobody thought that this sort of thing could leave a lasting impact. And the company that ran the mine went out of business when the mine closed. (The mine was the entirety of the company's business.)
I don't understand how you can be blaming anybody but the EPA for a spill that was caused by their failure to follow regulations that they wrote. Not only that but - if anybody but the EPA had done what they did - people would have been facing criminal charges. Sorry - but I cannot agree with your condoning criminal negligence on the part of EPA officials.
God dang it, how many disasters are there
A Never ending list
@@PlainlyDifficult thank god humans are reactive and not proactive haha.
It's a big planet with ~8 billion people, there will always be disasters. Even if no mistakes are made, sh*t happens.
@@PlainlyDifficult haha true that for literal every country, every country is a never ending list which makes a worldwide list of disasters a never ending list
On a long enough timeline, _all_ dams have a 100% failure rate. 😏
Employees died, but never executives. They are contractors. Most people don't realize that their bosses are not even employees of the company they are managing. Anyway, contract over, take payout, move on to next company. Why do we NEVER name the executives. They need to be found and prosecuted. Until we can isolate these sociopaths, nay, psychopaths, and make them pay, this will never stop. They have no reason to ever stop.
Disasters of this magnitude are at BEST a large number of counts of manslaughter. It really is odd that CEOs are supposed to be the ones to take ultimate responsibility for the company and yet when it comes to disasters suddenly they had nothing to do with it, no knowledge of unsafe practices whatsoever. But I assume we both know that the reality is it doesn't matter what the execs did or didn't do or know. They're rich so they get a free pass.
@@zetsubouda "Those at the bottom look up and see nothing but assholes, those at the top look down and see nothing but shitheads." The most true thing I've ever heard.
here when the Mariana happened there were some people that worked in the damn safety saying that they were told to sine as safe or be fired for one who would, the government still don't know the safety statues of around 200 of the 400 dams in the state of Minas Gerais and has only 5 people to do so, so they depend of the company to tell them if it is or isn't safe, since 2007, I'm from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brumadinho is a around 40 minutes drive from here, and here, if we don't have them to explore the ore to export them the country will enter bankruptcy in 4 to 5 years same whit grain export, if we don't let farmers put down forest to plant soya bean we are doomed, so the government is compliance, because if not they leave and the country is no more, whit out those two there is no money to buy a paper, like Van Disel said in that fast and furious movie This is Brasil, We have a saying here, Brasil, nada acontece, pizza (something like here nothing happens to those in power and always end in eating pizza somewhere)
We need to convert mega corporations to worker coops.
Business as usual but the company controlling shares are owned by the workers and the directors are elected.
All the workers who died lived and worked near that dam. Would they ever elect a safety director that is negligent? I don't think so. But CEOs would and did.
@@CMTEcaio1 Se fosse nacionalizado nem seria problema, e na questão dos fazendeiros é graças a agronegociantes praticamente monopolizando a terra em forma de cartel, nós temos mais que terra o suficiente pra produzir tanto para nós mesmos quanto para exportação - o fato é que da mais lucro pra eles vender pra fora em dollar, situação que piorou devido ao corte de tarifas, se houvesse uma redistribuição de terra essa situação já teria sido resolvida
I remember waking up and seeing the news it was horrible to watch and thanks for letting this have more exposure to the rest of the world to see.
Exasperated: an emotion of frustration and exhaustion
Exacerbated: made worse, compounded
This may not fit the scope of this channel, but, if you ever plan to do a follow up video, the rescue efforts in Brumadinho were absolutely impressive.
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Man, it blows my mind that some of these things happen in such recent times. This situation seemed less a case of sheer incompetence and corporate greed, but some of your videos show modern, regulated companies being just... The worst.
Wow. Really feel bad for the people of such a beautiful country like Brazil. I remember your last Brazil video had commenters from there saying, oh we have plenty more disasters for you.
Totally reminds me of genius film maker, Terry Gilliam's masterpiece, Brazil. His commentary track from the Criterion edition is such an eye opener. The pitfalls and stupidity observed by Terry over the years was its inspiration. Never a shortage of such, plainly difficult, to see human decision making.
Hey man, ever thought about looking at the Versailles wedding hall disaster? I feel that would fit this channel well and it never received much attention sadly.
6:52 That train in the background was waiting to be loaded with iron ore pellets,the engineer/conductor had to time to escape and unfortunately died.
The 194 ton AC44i locomotive was completely crushed by the mudflow.But the driver and passenger of that pickup and the operator of the front wheel loader survived
I was wondering about those people, those who survived. Can you imagine driving along and seeing the wave of mud heading towards you?
Some weeks ago they found a locomotive buried beneath meters of mining waste. I don't know if it is the same locomotive but is really spooky
@@robertl6196 they got surrounded by the mud,literally nowhere to go.The operator of the loader got buried up to his neck inside the cab. and the other 2 were in a aToyota Hilux and it floated above the mud enough to save them,i found a picture of the pickup but i cant post links
Wow. I thought that pickup and loader were doomed for sure. How random is the reaper.
the pickup truck and the front loader shown somehow mananged to escape in what was a very dramatic and close getaway, incredible when you look at the video. @ 6:51
however the locomotive of the train in the background was found 15 meters deep and 1.5 kilometers away from the tracks.
czcams.com/video/hWb8YqVa_bk/video.html
Another video showing some people escape, it was lunch break and the cafeteria was just downstream.
That's why most of the victims were employees (even the ones that didn't work "downstream" were there having lunch).
Great video as aways. I went there as a volunteer in the first days after the disaster,. I still get emotional
I always like hearing how the weather is in London at the end of the video, it's always a lot sunnier than films and shows make it out to be it seems haha
Another great video, as always. One minor quibble -- across many videos, including this one, you consistently use the word "exasperated" (which means to irritate/frustrate) when you clearly mean "exacerbated" (which means to make worse).
I love your channel, very binge worthy & I enjoy your content and factual coverage.
Thank you
The video of the dam failing and people running is terrifying, i remember watching it on TV when it happened.
Your videos are always nice to listen to at work, just alittle qorld history while cleaning rooms. Thanks for keeping me company ^-^
Best way to start the Saturday morning. Thanks for the upload
Thank you!
Pronunciation tip: In portuguese, the *"nho"* syllable is pronounced like the spanish *"ño"* or the italian *"gno"* , as in "señor" and "gnocci"
And the currency Real is 'Ree-al' not 'Reel'
Many football fans are familiar with this sound! Lots of Brazilian footballers' names end with 'nho'
@@nikobellic570 Ah hahaha Ronaldinho Soccerrrrrr (64)
I do appreciate the mini-weather updates.
Going to start calling this the "Damned Dam Channel"
Love watching these dam failure videos! Looks like the one I built is going to hold, although arresting a flash flood might not have been the best method for the initial filling of the pond. I've got a lot of dredging to do...
I remember this one from mews reports very clearly, as the absolute horror of seeing it encroach on the work force and them desperately trying to drive out of the area hit me hard.
RIP to those lost in this one.
And to hell with VALE
Looks like you will never run out of content for this channel cause we will never learn from our mistakes....
Awesome job, John!
I like how your description talks about how "the fascinating horror" shows lightning can strike the same place twice.
I see what you did there with fascinating horror 😉
They never learn and almost nothing happens to the responsibles of these disasters here in Brazil, another sad history.
Great video!
Great channel thanks for all the fun and informative videos!
Amazing video, tks for exposing Brazil biggest ecological disaster ever. Amazing job ! Love your channel
This channel really excites my autism with all the numbers and facts behind accidents.
Excellent work, and thank you very much for speaking a bit slower now. I understand everything. Perfect!!
Love your videos!!
I like how they talk about building on material that could be unstable when adding more sections and they bore into it, wouldn't the vibration play a part in making the structure unstable?
Keep up the good work fella and stay safe.
i have seen both videos of tragedy, but never knew what happened. Thanks.
Thanks for sharing. 😎👌🏼
The scary takeaway from this and the other dam collapses is how soon until the Berkeley Pit gets featured, what takes it out and how bad will the impact be. Nice toxic pit just waiting to overtop or collapse.
Yo, a WOMBO COMBO? Ha, great video dude, as always. Sending love and mud from Brazil.
Thank you! ❤️👍
I’d love to see some heavy industry/vehicle pieces guys…for example, train or mining disasters…love the content though, really enjoyable & well made.
Thank you for this particular video. Such a horrific disaster. Keeping these types of disasters in the news hopefully will make much needed reform of these types of dams and processes.👌 the companies need to be hit very hard financially. This may be the only impetus to force the negligent companies to change their way.
I wasn't one of those who corrected you, but bravo on the extra effort you're clearly giving to the pronunciation of exotic names and places.
But… but… they’re still totally wrong.
@@tookitogo Yes, but at least he's trying, and doing somewhat better.
Awesome video of the dam letting go. Just so sad that so many lost their lives and properties . God rest their souls.
I love your intro! You can sum up the current greed and corruption within the governments, corporations and societies by saying that “history is doomed to repeat itself “ A lovely way of glossing over the constant tragedies that yet again hit poor people the worst. You phrase it in such a way that it’s just incompetence that breeds these man made disasters and not ignorance by the rich and powerful to screw over the rest of us for profit
Imagine dying or having your entire life washed away without ever knowing you’d been in danger the whole time.
Now goo look up what industrial facilities are near your house.
Great analysis! Can you cover the Aberfan tailings disaster in England in 1966? Many lives lost, many of them children. Cheers for all your good work!
Hey PD i love these videos!
I was wondering if you’d look at the Giant Mine in Yellowknife NT Canada, not much of an extreme disaster but an on going environmental disaster with a little history 🙂
Your pronunciation of "Corrego do Feijao" cracks me up every time lol. Great video.
Yes, I know this was uploaded 2 years ago, however I've just come across your videos in the last week and really enjoy watching them. Just a couple of things for this one, at 9:43, I think you means "exacerbated", not "exasperated"! And it would have been good to see the video of the actual dam failure in full screen.
They were saying hundreds of tailings dam were in dangerous conditions, even one in a uranium deactivated mine, back in the days of these disasters
Back in the days of these disasters... like three years ago?
@@ashkebora7262 yeah
Thanks!
Always the best way to Saturday
No no! This WAS the remake!
You see, they weren't happy with the results of the previous disaster, so they decided to make a remake to improve it...
Looks more like the central base failed to me ...... scary - excellent post as usual .
The dam that failed a little over a year ago in Sanford Michigan had similar shoddy construction.
The highlight of my Saturdays
Thank you!
Fresh updade from 08/25/21: a victim was found and identified today, 2 years and 7 months after the disaster. This will haunt Brazil for years to come.
Interesting but would have been a lot better if the collapse had been shown full frame rather than inside a virtual television. Thanks for posting these.
Is there a video where you talk about the difference between your current scale and legacy scale? I've watched a lot of your videos, some before the introduction of the new one but it's been kind of sporadic and I've yet to figure out what you changed.
I'd love it if you could cover the Mount Polley Mine spill.
For a lighter dam problem, do Whaley Bridge - the disaster that wasn't.
Damn good documentary I say!
Seing these videos reminds me of the Venezuelan "Vargas" tragedy of 1999. Poor planning of an entire coastal city by the mountains and very high levels of rain made it one of the worse natural disasters of the region. More than 20 years later, the city remains there, and measures have not been taken, meaning is a timebomb again, waiting for the right ammount of rainfall to happen.
Good video
Thanks.
this is what needs to change in the world, how can these companies earn so many billions in profit but not be required to invest in building the structures sound enough to contain their own waste products? When the profit is held in higher regard than the lives of not just the people but all the flora and fauna, and not just that either but the production and economy gets killed too, it's bad for the companies and the economies in general to have these massive failures as well but it's just brushed over in light of maximizing profit. There's a problem when profit trumps lives and prosperity overall, you can still make a profit while protecting and enriching lives.
Did you get a new mic? You sound extra crispy this week👌🏻
Thank you but no same old mic! I do have to set up each time tho so maybe the placement changed
I don't know where to post suggestions but I think you'd be interested in the fireworks disaster in Enschede, Netherlands. Blew up a whole neighborhood and was the worst firework disaster in the Netherlands
Thanks for the suggestion!!!
Very good as usual. Do the War in Afghanistan next.
That was crazy to be caught on video.
Those images do look quite farmiliar!
Weren't you posting them on CZcams/Twitter earlier this week? ;p
I am living down here in Brazil, and when I heard the news I was wondering why they were reporting on the same accident twice. Unfortunately it had been another dam with a similar failure
I remember seeing it on tv when it happened back then, now a days liturally no one talks about it anymore, hell even the more recent-ish oil spill hasnt been talked about much, strange how these things are just forgotten so fast
The main issue of the disaster is the corruption of the company and the mismanagement that result in tragic loss of human life
You forgot to add this one to the dam failure playlist!
Seeing the dam collapse is truly the stuff of nightmares.
The adage 'Lightning never strikes the same place twice' was determined to be false, as soon as they figured out a way to photograph lightning. Researchers were surprised to find out that, if a location was struck by lightning at all, it was hit something like five to twenty times.
If I recall correctly, it was a pinhole camera with a spinning drum of film. The pinhole blocked out enough ambient light, so that only lightning strokes would be recorded.
As a Brazilian it's sad to see the country allow mistakes like this to happen, more than once... Great video tho I cross my fingers this will be the last one featuring dam failures in Brazil.
Mano, errado tu não tá...
You must do the Attepeu damage failure in Laos from 2018!
Dang first 100 squad. Love your content man! Super fascinating stuff. I look forward to every vid! Keep it up.
Thank you