From Japan to SL

In December 1984, from a plant of Union Carbide at Bhopal India, Methyl Isocyanate gas leaked and killed thousands of people. There is a SIM commemorating that incident. The first judgment was delivered in 2010, twenty five years later, but the damage has not been recovered yet. In this SIM, there are slide shows, TVs, announcement, SL-books, and photo exhibition explaining this incident in detail.
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The direct cause was water wrongly entered pipelines of reactive material that caused explosion. It was said that the supervisor said when he noticed a warning of pressure increase he said, “It would be an error of the sensor. It is tea time now. Let us handle it later.” As far as I read, there was no natural calamity and the incident was caused by human errors. The pictures below are from the slide show with permission.




The poisonous gas of Methyl icocyanate is heavier than the air and spread out on ground surface, attacked the residential area. Survivors said that they suffered from severe agony with tear, running nose, and cough. MIC is different from cyanide fume that causes suffocation due to lack of oxygen, damages lung and causes horrible pain. It is said that the instant death was about couple thousands, and the total dead and injured reached several ten thousands. There are pictures of victims, including a child with cheek to cheek with the mother...




There is a cremation pit. But the explanation panel said, “This SIM is an artistic interpretation of that event, and is designed to give visitors a feeling of the devastation. It does not reflect a realistic portrayal of the existing Bhopal. “




Bird-eye view of the SIM. Also the explanation said, “This SIM is located in a role play estate called the Wastelands. Therefore, you might run into some characters here not associated with the theme of this SIM. Please do not let this interfere with your tour. You are not obligated to take part in role play here.”

The incident at the nuclear plant at Fukushima Japan still is not unforeseeable in blocking the radiation. I hope it will be stabilized soon to the level that someone creates a SIM memorizing “There was an incident in Japan that came near to a global catastrophe.”



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