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#3228906 11-May-2024 00:51

kingdragonfly: Baseball-sized hail is higher in certain regions, particularly in the American Midwest. States such as Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska tend to experience large-scale storms several times per year.

The first photo above does not look hail-like at all to me. Maybe lost detail resulting from several factors. The other photos I find believable. What do people do when they see that coming?

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#3228925 11-May-2024 08:15

And yet a quick visit to Mr Google shows reports of hailstones of 1kg+ and >15cm. Huge thunderstorms generated in America (but also India and Africa apparently) have the updrafts capable of building these massive lumps of ice.

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#3228926 11-May-2024 08:27

I think that's a legit hailstone. They look icey.

Since the area is in tornado alley, if you can, get to a storm shelter. Man, it does rain hard in Texas.

Occasionally I see above ground shelters, something like 2 meters by 2 meters. Cinder block is common, sometimes partially buried, with stove pipe ventilation.

House window fare better because hail will be a glancing blow. Glass in general is pretty tough. Dinged up metal roofs are pretty common.

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#3231219 16-May-2024 10:02

A bit sluggish in response, considering that passengers are aboard.

No one on ground crew grabs a fire extinguisher. Maybe that's the policy.

Delta plane catches fire after landing in Seattle

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#3231264 16-May-2024 12:09

It appears to be an electrical arcing fire, immediately after plugging something in. I'm not sure how close you'd want to get to that amount of sparking and whether a fire extinguisher would be useful. Interesting to see people carrying their carry-on luggage down the slides.

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#3231265 16-May-2024 12:14

You'd think there'd be a switch somewhere. The cable must be plug ended at the runway end. So far none of the YT pilot channels have commented.

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#3231271 16-May-2024 12:28

Bung:

You'd think there'd be a switch somewhere. The cable must be plug ended at the runway end. So far none of the YT pilot channels have commented.

Not quite sure what you mean by “plug ended” or “runway end”, but it is a ground power cable that is permanently attached to the airbridge and plugged into the aircraft to use grid power rather than using a diesel powered ground power unit (GPU)or running the aircraft’s auxiliary power unit (APU) to power the aircraft electrical systems on the gate.

And yes there is a big button to hit to stop the electricity.

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#3231272 16-May-2024 12:31

Shock, surprise, presence of mind... The people near the plane were just baggage handlers. I'm sure they had no training for this kind of thing. I remember an incident once when my mother was ironing and the cord shorted out and caught on fire. She just froze, paralysed with surprise and fear as she watched it burn. I had to pull the plug and put out the fire and everything was fine. So too when people who knew what to do came running up to the plane. I think they were very lucky though.

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#3231287 16-May-2024 12:55

Dingbatt:

Bung:

You'd think there'd be a switch somewhere. The cable must be plug ended at the runway end. So far none of the YT pilot channels have commented.

Not quite sure what you mean by “plug ended” or “runway end”, but it is a ground power cable that is permanently attached to the airbridge and plugged into the aircraft to use grid power rather than using a diesel powered ground power unit (GPU)or running the aircraft’s auxiliary power unit (APU) to power the aircraft electrical systems on the gate.

And yes there is a big button to hit to stop the electricity.

The ground crew must ensure there is a continuous earthing circle circuit; ground > aircraft > equipment > ground

This was hammered in to us when I was in the airforce. Marshal the aircraft to a stop, then chocks, then plug the aircraft into ground, then equipment to ground, then to aircraft to complete the grounding circle circuit.

Whilst the difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a bit longer. However, miracles you will have to wait for.

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#3231314 16-May-2024 14:23

Wikipedia: Bystander effect
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Once a situation has been noticed, a bystander may be encouraged to intervene if they interpret the incident as an emergency.

According to the principle of social influence, bystanders monitor the reactions of other people in an emergency situation to see if others think that it is necessary to intervene.

If it is determined that others are not reacting to the situation, bystanders will interpret the situation as not an emergency and will not intervene.

This is an example of pluralistic ignorance or social proof.
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#3231634 17-May-2024 09:04

Quality Control Failure!

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#3231675 17-May-2024 11:19

Someone ate one (just joking; don't eat)

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#3231677 17-May-2024 11:43

The improved cleaning power of the Homeopathetic ultra diluted (powerful) load of balls.

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#3231768 17-May-2024 13:35

Even Wikipedia doesn't know what the date is.

May 3, 2016; 7 years ago

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#3231929 17-May-2024 16:48

Follow up to Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse

Wikipedia:

"On March 26, 2024, a bridge in collapsed after the container ship Dali struck one of its piers. Six members of a maintenance crew working on the roadway were killed, while two more were rescued from the river.

The collapse blocked most shipping to and from the Port of Baltimore. Maryland Governor Wes Moore called the event a "global crisis" that had affected more than 8,000 jobs. The economic impact of the closure of the waterway has been estimated at $15 million per day."

Why Did Dali Lose Power in Baltimore? | NTSB Releases Preliminary Report

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