The Worst Oil Disaster Ever
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Published 2024-05-06
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Credits:
Producer/Writer/Narrator: Brian McManus
Head of Production: Mike Ridolfi
Editor: Dylan Hennessy
Writer/Research: Josi Gold
Animator: Eli Prenten
Animator: Stijn Orlans
Sound and Production Coordinator: Graham Haerther
Sound: Donovan Bullen
Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster
Head of Moral: Shia LeWoof
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All Comments (21)
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"it saves 400,000 dollars to fire this gun for 12 seconds"
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"Chill, it's just a watergun!" What bro pulls against me:
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That burning map animation was 🔥
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This machine is every 10-year-old boy's fantasy IRL.
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As a Hungarian, I'm extremely proud that you made this episode. The story behind the development of this true beast is the following. A gas well drilling accident in 1979 took 21 days to completely put out. They had a smaller unit with a MiG-15 jet engine, but the fire reignited after putting it out. Motivated by the need for a more powerful firefighting machine, there was an order for an advanced unit in 1984 that was sufficiently powerful to fight against such fires. The preceding firefighting engine had only one jet engine and three less powerful water injection ports. The tank base was from a T-55 tank. The Big Wind is still in operation, but fortunately, it didn't receive any further real tasks to put out similar fires.
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This thumbnail looked 100% like clickbait garbage but it turns out to be completely real haha. I only clicked cuz it was Real Engineering
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People: Nuclear energy is too dangerous! Oil industry every couple years:
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By far the most Thunderbirds looking vehicle that ive seen
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Doomslayer's watergun
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C&C unit quotes: "Water tank, ready to spray" "Let's quench their thirst" "Fight fire with water" "We will hydrate them!"
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The guy's shaking hands at 4:22 - you can tell he is fearful for whatever is about to happen when he touches that mine.
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That thumbnail pic looks like it would make a sick Transformer 😁
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I highly recommend the documentary film "Fires of Kuwait" (1992) which also features this machine and gives great insight into the fire fighting efforts made in Kuwait.
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11:17 I think those guys were having a bit of an argument.
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my dad was a firefighter that helped put out the fires. I remember him telling me stories about how big the flames were, and telling me about his team. I didn't think much of it but man was he a hero
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New Command & Conquer looking good.
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6:36 Big Wind wasn't built on a T-62. It was originally built on a T-34 and then some time after it was used in Kuwait its turret was moved to a T-55.
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looks like something out of a special event in war thunder.
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11:15 that guy was getting his ass chewed out lol
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'What have you got for us this time, Brains?' gestures at this machine
