BananaDilemma t1_jdn3jpy wrote on March 25, 2023 at 5:06 PM

I suppose it's not the worst way to go but damn that's insane.

mahmoudhanine9t7 t1_jdn4wga wrote on March 25, 2023 at 5:16 PM

Yeah, dying in a tunnel filled with smoke from a stalled train is definitely a step up from getting hit by a meteorite.

Beheska t1_jdohcfn wrote on March 25, 2023 at 11:10 PM

I'd rather be hit by a meteorite than suffocate.

Tutorbin76 t1_jdqexgr wrote on March 26, 2023 at 11:24 AM

That's actually a fascinating/terrifying quirk of human physiology - unless there's CO2 present then so long as you're breathing you have no idea you're suffocating. You just start to feel a bit sleepy and uncoordinated, then doze off and never wake up.

wes00mertes t1_jdndcl1 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 6:15 PM

You hear “500 die in Train Disaster” and you expect something more gruesome.

GhostBurger12 t1_jdo3244 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 9:22 PM

It's such a large number, it would require a 100% train derailment / a whole bridge collapsing if it wasn't asphyxiation.

Johannes_P t1_jdor73g wrote on March 26, 2023 at 12:24 AM

Even today, there's still people dying from CO poisoning because of ill-aired rooms, so don't forget to properly maintain your heating and aerate it.

Rubinev t1_jdpccr6 wrote on March 26, 2023 at 3:12 AM

And buy a carbon monoxide detector!

TIL of the Bolvano Train Disaster which claimed the lives of more than 500 people in 1944. After the train became stalled in a tunnel, the passengers and crew succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning when the locomotives attempted to continue and filled the tunnel with smoke.

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