[HN Gopher] Oxford 'explosion' after lightning strike seen from A34
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Oxford 'explosion' after lightning strike seen from A34
Author : latchkey
Score : 32 points
Date : 2023-10-02 20:06 UTC (2 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.oxfordmail.co.uk)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.oxfordmail.co.uk)
| nicktelford wrote:
| TL;DR a biogas digester tank was struck by lightning, igniting
| the biogas and causing an explosion.
| [deleted]
| PicassoCTs wrote:
| Exploding diggester tanks are massive messes. My pity goes out
| to the cleanup crew.. i hope it had no concrete lid that
| flipped.
| urbandw311er wrote:
| I just spoke to my mum and dad who live in Cassington where this
| happened and saw it unfold live from their back window!
| Apparently there was a brief power cut too.
|
| TIL there's a "green biomass facility" in their village.
| DangerousPie wrote:
| Better link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-
| oxfordshire-66990100
| recursive wrote:
| [flagged]
| winrid wrote:
| DuckDuckGo browser has been working well for me.
| gberger wrote:
| Brave Browser + Pihole ensured I didn't see any. I'd recommend
| setting those up if you are annoyed by intrusive and abusive
| ads.
| satvikpendem wrote:
| Do you not use uBlock Origin and other types of adblockers?
| chihuahua wrote:
| uBlock Origin is so easy to install and set up, I do not
| understand why someone would still subject themselves to ads.
| I dread the day when Chrome's manifest V3 prevents uBO from
| working, but until then it solves all problems with ads,
| including YouTube.
| bluescrn wrote:
| Ad-blocker-blockers are becoming a lot more common. We need
| ad-blocker-blocker-blocker tech now.
| satvikpendem wrote:
| We already have that, uBlock Origin has filters for
| precisely that.
| satvikpendem wrote:
| Time to switch to Firefox then.
| sp332 wrote:
| Doesn't work on my iPhone, that's why.
| AtomicOrbital wrote:
| It blocks ads on Firefox
| nullindividual wrote:
| FF is WebKit on iOS. Has the same blocking mechanisms
| available as any other browser on iOS -- that is to say,
| not great.
|
| Wipr as an alternative seems to be ok.
| satvikpendem wrote:
| AdGuard and similar local VPN based ones do, I use it on
| my Android along with uBlock Origin on the browser for
| example. It blocks all ads in all apps.
| recursive wrote:
| Yes. Unless you count Privacy Badger.
| satvikpendem wrote:
| Why not? But you also complain about ads despite knowing
| the solution and not using them?
| recursive wrote:
| There are multiple solutions. One of them is to never
| visit that site again. I am indeed employing that
| solution.
|
| I'm sorry if my exclamation appeared to be a complaint.
| It was intended as an exclamation of amazement.
| danjc wrote:
| You clearly weren't adhering to exclamatory tone
| etiquette ;)
| [deleted]
| francois14 wrote:
| Try Blockada on Android
| eynshamboom wrote:
| Surprised to see this on hn - I live just down the road from here
| in the next village, there was a bright flash of lightning, the
| power flickered and a huge boom. Figured it was just thunder.
| Then started getting messages about explosions and pulsing orange
| lights in the sky. It's the most excitement this village has seen
| since the murmuration on spareacre lane.
| danjc wrote:
| The murmuration on spareacre lane sounds like an enthralling
| tale
| jareklupinski wrote:
| "Sherlock Holmes and the Murmuration on Spareacre Lane"
| 03199618 wrote:
| Your username makes sense, lol.
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