<p><div class="image-container float_right" style="width:480px"><div class="image"><img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/51e04972ecad04144b00000c-509-382/hyperloop-concept-1.jpg?maxX=480" border="0" alt="Hyperloop Concept" width="480" /><p class="source">Readweb.org</p></div></div><keyword id="6355315" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Elon-Musk">Elon Musk</keyword>'s dream of a <keyword id="6396317" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Hyperloop">hyperloop</keyword> transport system could arrive sooner <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-elon-musks-hyperloop-2013-5">than even he anticipated.</a></p>
<p>Hyperloop <keyword id="34991" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="transportation">transportation</keyword> — referred to by Musk as a "cross between a Concorde, a railgun, and an air hockey table" — is a super fast tubular transport system with the ability to theoretically send someone from New York to L.A. in 30 minutes.</p>
<p>Utilizing vacuum-sealed tubes, six-person capsules could be propelled up to speeds of 4,000 miles per hour. All while only feeling the G-forces similar to a car ride.</p>
<p>Colorado-based company, ET3, is planning to build and test its own version of such a hyperloop system, <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/san-francisco-l-30-mins-proposed-transportation-system-180600043.html">Yahoo reports.</a></p>
<p>Coining the term "<keyword id="1738617" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Evacuated-Tube-Transport">Evacuated Tube Transport</keyword>," ET3 will build a three-mile-long version to test by the end of 2013. </p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">With prototypes already constructed, ET3's pioneering foray into hyperloop transportation could quickly move the new travel system from science fiction dream into a feasible reality.</span></p>
<p>ET3 has released a video detailing their Evacuated Tube Transport system and how it will work, which you can watch below.</p>
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Elon Musk's Dream Is Coming True: 'Evacuated Tube Transport' Company Is Building A Three-Mile-Long Hyperloop Transport System

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5ad755a41b60b42c008b46b7-1785/ap18108490939580.jpg" border="0" alt="Southwest Flight 1380" data-mce-source="NTSB/AP" /><p class="source"><span>NTSB/AP</span></p><p class="caption">National <keyword id="34991" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="transportation">Transportation</keyword> Safety Board officials inspect the damage to an engine of Southwest Airlines Flight 1380.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><ul><li><strong>A <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/category/southwest-airlines">Southwest Airlines</a> airplane suffered a major engine failure during a flight on Tuesday.</strong></li><li><strong>Engine shrapnel pierced the airplane's fuselage, blew out a window, caused the airplane to lose cabin pressure, and left one passenger dead.</strong></li><li><strong>Some passengers wore their oxygen masks incorrectly during the emergency landing, according to a former flight attendant.</strong></li><li><strong>Not breathing enough oxygen at high altitude can lead to loss of consciousness and hinder evacuation procedures.</strong></li></ul><hr /><p>Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 suffered a major engine failure on Tuesday, forcing its pilot to make <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/southwest-airlines-engine-failure-terrifying-emergency-landing-2018-4">an emergency landing</a>.</p><p>Shrapnel reportedly pierced the airplane's fuselage, blew out a window, and caused the cabin of <a href="http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=772SW" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the airplane</a> to depressurize. The incident left <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/southwest-passenger-who-died-is-wells-fargo-vp-and-mother-2018-4">one passenger dead</a>. Tammie Jo Shults, the pilot of the flight (who <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/southwest-emergency-landing-tammie-jo-shults-navy-fighter-pilot-2018-4">used to fly US Navy fighter jets</a>), guided the Dallas-bound airplane to a safe landing in Philadelphia. </p><p>Oxygen masks dropped from the cabin ceiling during the incident, according to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/marty.martinez.96/posts/10211397654319286" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a public Facebook post</a> shared by Marty Martinez, a passenger on the flight.</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5ad75d62066a4c6c2d8b45ed-633/oxygen-mask-airline-passengers-bobbie-laurie-twitter-marty-martinez-facebook.png" border="0" alt="oxygen mask airline passengers bobbie laurie twitter marty martinez facebook" data-mce-source="Bobby Laurie/Twitter; Marty Martinez/Facebook" data-link="https://twitter.com/BobbyLaurie/status/986306926937075713" /><p class="source"><span><a href="https://twitter.com/BobbyLaurie/status/986306926937075713">Bobby Laurie/Twitter; Marty Martinez/Facebook</a></span></p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>Bobby Laurie, a former flight attendant and TV show host, <a href="https://twitter.com/BobbyLaurie/status/986306926937075713" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shared one of Martinez's photos on Twitter</a> along with a public service announcement reminding people to cover both their noses and mouths with oxygen masks during an emergency.</p><p>"PEOPLE: Listen to your flight attendants!" Laurie said. "ALMOST EVERYONE in this photo from @SouthwestAir #SWA1380 today is wearing their mask WRONG."</p><h2>Why you need oxygen if an aircraft cabin loses pressure</h2><p>Flying at high altitudes with a hole in an airplane is, to put it lightly, dangerous. At altitudes above 15,000 feet, people struggle to breathe and keep enough oxygen in their blood. They can lose consciousness within minutes - a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/air-force-picks-general-investigate-oxygen-loss-hypoxia-incidents-2018-1">condition called hypoxia</a>.</p><p>Symptoms of hypoxia include "nausea, apprehension, tunnel vision, headaches, fatigue, dizziness, blurred vision, tingling sensations, numbness, and mental confusion," according to <a href="https://www.aopa.org/training-and-safety/pic-archive/pilot-and-passenger-physiology/oxygen-use-in-aviation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association</a>.</p><p>The percentage of oxygen in the air at high altitudes isn't the issue, since that stays relatively constant at about 21% until about 70,000 feet. The problem is the lack of air pressure.</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5ad74f59e52c2d28008b475f-1777/oxygen-mask-airplane-flight-emergency-shutterstock488518795.jpg" border="0" alt="oxygen mask airplane flight emergency shutterstock_488518795" data-mce-source="Shutterstock" data-mce-caption="The correct way to wear an oxygen mask during an in-flight emergency." data-link="https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/hand-put-on-cabin-oxygen-mask-488518795" /><p class="source"><span><a href="https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/hand-put-on-cabin-oxygen-mask-488518795">Shutterstock</a></span></p><p class="caption">The correct way to wear an oxygen mask during an in-flight emergency.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>High pressure makes air dense, which helps force oxygen through lung tissue and into the bloodstream. Insufficient  pressure lowers air density, thereby decreasing the amount of available oxygen.</p><p>Adding a flow of 100% oxygen helps counter this physiological problem. But you have to wear and use an oxygen correctly.</p><p>If you don't cover both your nose and mouth with the mask, not enough oxygen may get into your bloodstream, putting you at risk of losing consciousness.</p><h2>How correctly wearing an oxygen mask could save your life - and those around you</h2><p><span>The Southwest flight's engine failure happened when the plane was around 31,000 feet in the air, based on <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielreed/2018/04/17/the-worst-thing-that-can-happen-to-a-jetliner-in-flight-just-did-it-killed-one-southwest-passenger/">passenger reports</a>.</span></p><p><span>Shults descended the crippled airplane to an altitude of 10,000 feet within minutes, according to flight-tracking data provided <a href="https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/wn1380#1111bb4d">by FlightRadar24.com,</a> and landed the aircraft about 12 minutes after an emergency was declared.</span></p><p>According to an AOPA chart on "time of useful consciousness" (below), SWA1380 passengers had about 30 seconds to get their masks on after the window blew open:</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5ad76ec438e2fc20008b4842-1081/hypoxia-time-useful-consciousness-chart-aircraft-owners-pilots-association-aopa.png" border="0" alt="hypoxia time useful consciousness chart aircraft owners pilots association aopa" data-mce-source="Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association" data-link="https://www.aopa.org/training-and-safety/pic-archive/pilot-and-passenger-physiology/oxygen-use-in-aviation" /><p class="source"><span><a href="https://www.aopa.org/training-and-safety/pic-archive/pilot-and-passenger-physiology/oxygen-use-in-aviation">Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association</a></span></p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>That flow of oxygen is crucial in emergencies, since a plane full of passed-out passengers won't evacuate itself . And if there's any kind of fire or smoke condition, an unconscious neighbor slumped in an aisle could mean the difference between life and death. That's why masks are designed to deploy immediately.</p><p>According <a href="https://quizlet.com/36754761/pas-for-swa-flash-cards/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">to Quizlet.com</a>, Southwest passengers get the following instructions before every flight takes off :</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;">"If needed, four oxygen masks will drop from the compartment overhead. To activate the flow of oxygen, pull down on the mask until the plastic tubing is fully extended. Place the mask over your nose and mouth and breathe normally.</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;">"Secure the mask with the elastic strap. Although oxygen will be flowing, the plastic bag may not inflate. Continue wearing the mask until otherwise notified by a Crew member. If you are traveling with children or anyone needing special assistance, put on your mask first."</p><p>Southwest Airlines did not immediately respond to Business Insider's questions about the use of oxygen masks on SWA1380.</p><p>An investigation into the incident <a href="https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/DCA18MA142.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">is underway</a>.</p><p>Although a fear of flying and concerns about airplane safety permeate popular culture, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/us-gun-death-murder-risk-statistics-2018-3">it's many times safer</a> to travel by airplane than in a car. In fact, SWA1380 is the first fatal US flight in <a href="http://airlines.org/dataset/safety-record-of-u-s-air-carriers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">over nine years</a>. Almost 100 million US flights carrying billions of people flew during that time without a death, according <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-17/death-on-southwest-plane-shatters-unprecedented-safety-string">to Bloomberg</a>.</p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/airplane-windows-tiny-holes-2016-3">Why airplane windows have tiny holes</a></h3>        <div>            <iframe class="bijwplayerclass" data-player="jwplayer" src="https://content.jwplatform.com/players/76Jveu23-CEZHWCBG.html" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" style="margin:0px;" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><script>function receiveMessage(event){ console.log(event.data.fullscreen); Android.fullscreen(event.data.fullscreen); }window.addEventListener("message", receiveMessage, false);</script>        </div>    </div>

'Almost everyone' in a photo of Southwest's emergency landing wore their oxygen masks 'wrong,' says a former flight attendant

<p><div class="image-container float_right" style="width:480px"><div class="image"><img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/51a75b3769bedd655f00000b-1024-683/elon%20musk-1.jpg?maxX=480" border="0" alt="elon musk" width="480" /><p class="source">Asa Mathat | D: All Things Digital</p></div></div><keyword id="6355315" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Elon-Musk">Elon Musk</keyword> is the most interesting technology entrepreneur in the world right now. </p>
<p>He's the CEO of electric car company Tesla, CEO of space exploration company SpaceX, and chairman of solar power installation company Solar City. </p>
<p>In his spare time, he says he came up with a way to get people from San Francisco to Los Angeles in 30 minutes.</p>
<p>He calls it the "<keyword id="6396317" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Hyperloop">Hyperloop</keyword>" and he says he's going to reveal his plan for how it could work on August 12. </p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Last July, he outlined his vision for the Hyperloop: </span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">"This system I have in mind, how would you like something that can never crash, is immune to weather, it goes 3 or 4 times faster than the bullet train. </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">It goes an average speed of twice what an aircraft would do. You would go from downtown LA to downtown San Francisco in under 30 minutes. It would cost you much less than an air ticket than any other mode of transport. I think we could actually make it self-powering if you put solar panels on it, you generate more power than you would consume in the system. There's a way to store the power so it would run 24/7 without using batteries. Yes, this is possible, absolutely."</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">While it sounds like a crazy dream, there's research to suggest it's a possibility. </span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">In 1972, Rand Corporation scientist R.M. Salter published <a href="http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/papers/2008/P4874.pdf">a 17-page report</a> detailing how something like the Hyperloop could be a reality. </span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Salter called his <keyword id="34991" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="transportation">transportation</keyword> system the Very High Speed Transit, or VHST. </span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span>"The general principles are fairly straightforward: electromagnetically levitated and propelled cars in an evacuated tunnel," said Salter. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><div class="image-container float_right click-to-enlarge"><div class="image"><a title_source="Rand Corporation" title_caption="" class="zoomin" href="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/51a79b6aecad041928000009-960/screen%20shot%202013-05-30%20at%202.31.26%20pm.png"><span class="click-to-enlarge-icon" title="Click to enlarge"></span><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/51a79b6aecad041928000009-705-469/screen%20shot%202013-05-30%20at%202.31.26%20pm.png" border="0" alt="VHST map" width="480" /></a><p class="source">Rand Corporation</p></div></div>The VHST, as envisioned by Salter, would be vacuum sealed tubes buried underground. They would go from Los Angeles to Amarillo, Texas to Chicago to New York city. At each major stop there would be offshoots to take you to major cities.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span>"<span>The VHST's 'tubecraft' ride on, and are driven by, electromagnetic waves much as a surfboard rides the ocean's wave," said Salter. "The EM waves are generated by pulsed, or by oscillating, currents in electrical conductors that form the roadbed structure in the evacuated tube way. Opposing magnetic fields in the vehicle are generated means of a loop superconducting cable carrying on the order of a million amperes of current."</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>The VHST could travel as fast as <span>14,000 miles per hour, allowing for a trip between Los Angeles and New York City in under 30 minutes in a straight trip. </span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span><span>Importantly, Salter didn't believe there was much holding back the VHST from a technological perspective: "</span></span></span></span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The technical problems associated with the VHST development are manifold and difficult — but no scientific breakthroughs are required," said Salter at the time. </span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span><span>He considered construction of the VHST a political problem. Digging giant tunnels underground isn't something that every town is willing to accept. </span></span></span></p>
<p>When Musk finally reveals his master plan for the Hyperloop, let's hope he includes a plan for how to get local, state, and federal government on board. </p>
<p>Because without political support, the Hyperloop is destined to be as much a reality as the VHST. </p>

How Elon Musk Could Change The World With A High-Speed Transportation System Called The Hyperloop

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Ukrainian soldiers have relied on US-made Bradley fighting vehicles to stay alive in combat.</li><li>Bradley crewmembers have praised the armor for being strong and durable on the battlefield.</li></ul><p>US-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles have proven invaluable for nighttime operations against Russian forces, a Ukrainian soldier said, describing the armored transport as strong, durable, and highly capable in combat.</p><p>Throughout its months-long grinding counteroffensive, the Ukrainian military has relied on its arsenal of <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-inside-ukraine-us-bradley-fighting-vehicles-troops-alive-russia-2023-9">M2A2 Bradleys</a> to brave incoming Russian fire, navigate across sprawling minefields, and face other deadly hazards. Kyiv's soldiers have <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-soldiers-say-us-bradley-ifvs-saved-lives-russia-attacks-2023-6" rel="">credited</a> the vehicles with keeping them alive in battle, saying that they wouldn't survive the same threats in Ukraine's Soviet-era troop carriers. In some cases, Bradleys have even been send to rescue <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-used-us-bradley-ifv-evacuate-civilians-heavy-russia-fire-2023-9" rel="">civilians stranded</a> under heavy fire.</p><p>In a recent <a href="https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1702418169929826500">video interview</a> with Ukraine's Strategic Communications Directorate, which was published on Thursday by the country's defense ministry, a Bradley crew from the 47th Mechanized Brigade described their experience training on the vehicle and then employing it on the battlefield. The interviewees — a commander, gunner, and driver — praised the Bradley for being strong and for its ability to withstand mine blasts. </p><p>"It's a serious machine, a very serious machine," a soldier said. </p><div type="image" title="Soldiers and mechanics from Ukraine's 47th Mechanized Brigade test drive a US made Bradley Fighting Vehicle at a secret workshop in a wooded area in Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine" height="683" width="1024" msid="103698949" hostid="261"></div><p>One soldier described the Bradley's thermal imager of being "very high quality," allowing the crew to clearly see targets several miles out. He said that although the firepower range of the Bradley is lacking — its primary gun is a cannon that can fire hundreds of 25 mm rounds a minute — its projectiles can still cause significant damage. </p><p>"The shrapnel density is crazy, the firepower density is just insane," the soldier said. "Target acquisition takes seconds, just seconds. At night, this machine is absolutely priceless, simply invaluable. You capture targets much faster, visibility is better than during the day." </p><p>Another soldier said comparing the Bradley to its Soviet-era counterparts is like "night and day." He said the vehicle is "suitable for breakthroughs," and is capable of undertaking defensive roles and evacuating wounded troops.  </p>  <blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="undefined"> —Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1702418169929826500">September 14, 2023</a> </blockquote><p>Highly maneuverable and capable of traveling at speeds of over 40 mph, Bradleys are heavily armored vehicles that can transport up to six fully equipped troops to and from the battlefield, provide fire support, and carry out reconnaissance missions. They are armed with Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles — capable of hitting enemy tanks and armored vehicles in the distance with high explosive warheads — and two guns, including the 25 mm M242 Bushmaster chain gun and a 7.62mm M240C machine gun. </p><p>The <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-see-bradley-armored-vehicle-us-sending-ukraine-2023-1#proven-in-battle-2" rel="">Bradley</a> was initially built as a response to Soviet infantry fighting vehicles, and it entered service in the 1980s before being deployed to the Gulf War in the following decade. According to a 1992 Government Accountability Office <a href="https://www.gao.gov/assets/nsiad-92-94.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> on the Bradley's performance during that conflict, the vehicle "proved to be lethal" and its weapons demonstrated that they were "effective against a variety of targets." The Bradley was then sent to Iraq in the 2000s.</p><p>The US announced in early January that it would send Bradleys to Ukraine, and because it is a tracked vehicle, it was initially misidentified by some observers as a tank. "It's not a tank, but it's a tank killer," Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said to reporters at the time in an attempt to clear the apparent confusion. </p><p>"It will provide a significant boost to Ukraine's already impressive armor capabilities. And we're confident that it will aid them on the battlefield," Ryder said. </p><div type="image" title="Ukraine Bradley armored vehicle mechanics repair" height="1334" width="2000" msid="103698951" hostid="261"></div><p>Indeed, these vehicles eventually <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-nearly-third-of-bradley-armored-vehicles-lost-or-damaged-2023-7">reached the battlefield</a> in April, giving Kyiv a significant armor boost alongside other heavy weaponry provided by NATO countries that was delivered ahead of the much-anticipated counteroffensive. But despite the heavy praise by Ukrainian soldiers, Bradleys are not indestructible and they have still <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-provided-bradleys-ukrainian-troops-alive-russian-tactics-knock-out-2023-7" rel="">fallen victim</a> to Russia's formidable defenses and relentless artillery in the months since. </p><p>According to the latest Pentagon data, the US has pledged a total of 186 Bradleys to Ukraine as part of the nearly $44 billion in security assistance that the Biden administration has committed to Kyiv since Russian forces invaded in February 2022. Open-source intelligence collected by the site <a href="https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-ukrainian.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Oryx</a> shows that 53 of the Washington-provided vehicles have been destroyed, damaged, or abandoned during fighting.</p><p>It does not appear to be the case that any of the Bradleys have been captured by the Russians, and Ukrainian crews have repaired some enough to return to combat.</p>

Ukrainian soldier says US-made Bradley fighting vehicles are 'priceless' in nighttime assaults, offering visibility better than in daylight

<ul class="summary-list"><li>London subway passengers smashed their way through the windows to escape the train on May 5.</li><li>A series of viral TikToks showed the unfolding chaos as around 500 passengers evacuated the train.</li></ul><p>TikTokers recorded the moment passengers smashed their way through the windows of a subway train after the doors wouldn't open and they feared a fire at the station.</p><p>On May 5, around 500 passengers at the Clapham Common Underground Station in London, England, left a train following concerns of a fire, according to the <a href="https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/incidents/2023/may/report-of-smoke-on-train-clapham/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">London Fire Brigade</a>.</p><p>A TikTok user who goes by <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@claire_419er?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@claire_419</a> received over 13 million views when she posted four videos on May 6 which captured the chaos of the incident. In the caption of <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@claire_419er/video/7229748808014515482?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one video</a>, the TikToker wrote they could smell smoke in the carriage, and showed passengers attempting to pull the doors of the train open. In the background, a panicked-sounding passenger could be heard asking what was happening, saying she was "really scared" while others shouted for help and tried to pry open the carriage doors.</p><blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@claire_419er/video/7229748808014515482" data-video-id="7229748808014515482" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@claire_419er" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@claire_419er?refer=embed">@claire_419er</a> Jesus Christ is the only name I can call in these situations. We could smell smoke in the carriage. <a title="tfl" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/tfl?refer=embed">#TFL</a> <a title="fire" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fire?refer=embed">#Fire</a> <a title="claire_419er" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/claire_419er?refer=embed">#Claire_419er</a> <a target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Claire_419er" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7229748818618321691?refer=embed">♬ original sound - Claire_419er</a> </section> </blockquote> <p>The on-screen caption said there was a fire at the station, however authorities have since confirmed no fire occurred. In a statement sent to Insider, the British Transport Police wrote the issue was "believed to have been caused by brake dust which can often be confused with burning" and there were "no reports of any injuries and the incident was quickly resolved."</p><p>In <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@claire_419er/video/7229752251944848667?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a follow-up video</a>, passengers could be seen smashing a window and helping one another climb out of the carriage to get to the platform. Before the uploader climbed through the window herself, she showed the inside of the train which was littered with bags and belongings that passengers appeared to have left behind in their haste to exit.</p><p>A TikToker who goes by <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@taraszlitvin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@taraszlitvin</a> shared<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@taraszlitvin/video/7229957015194357018" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> a video</a> that showed the events from the platform, where a large crowd of people could be seen attempting to leave the station, while some continued to smash windows and assist others as they climbed through. Beneath a <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@khatrisports/video/7229787829402914074?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">similar video</a> posted by TikTok user <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@khatrisports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@khatrisports</a> which received 326,000 views and over 360 comments, many applauded the efforts of those who stayed behind to help others.</p><blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@taraszlitvin/video/7229957015194357018" data-video-id="7229957015194357018" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@taraszlitvin" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@taraszlitvin?refer=embed">@taraszlitvin</a>  <a target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Tarasz Litvin" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7229957026607811355?refer=embed">♬ original sound - Tarasz Litvin</a> </section> </blockquote> <p>A glass-littered platform could be seen in <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@khatrisports/video/7229787954472848666?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a later video</a> shared by the same user who showed the aftermath of the evacuation. The TikToker walked along the platform and filmed multiple sections of the now-empty carriage that had been smashed. "Can't blame them man, people running for their lives," he said at the end of the upload.</p><blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@khatrisports/video/7229787954472848666" data-video-id="7229787954472848666" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@khatrisports" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@khatrisports?refer=embed">@khatrisports</a> <a title="fire" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fire?refer=embed">#fire</a> <a title="underground" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/underground?refer=embed">#underground</a> <a title="london" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/london?refer=embed">#London</a> <a title="clapham" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/clapham?refer=embed">#clapham</a> <a title="fyp" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp?refer=embed">#fyp</a> <a title="fypシ" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp%E3%82%B7?refer=embed">#fypシ</a> <a title="fypage" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fypage?refer=embed">#fypage</a> <a title="tfl" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/tfl?refer=embed">#tfl</a> <a title="uk" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/uk?refer=embed">#uk</a> <a title="tube" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/tube?refer=embed">#tube</a> <a title="london" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/london?refer=embed">#london</a> <a title="claphamcommon" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/claphamcommon?refer=embed">#claphamcommon</a> <a target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Khatri sports" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7229787903876959002?refer=embed">♬ original sound - Khatri sports</a> </section> </blockquote> <p>One TikToker who goes by <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@jazzdupp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@Jazzdupp</a> showed a calmer side of the scene in <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@jazzdupp/video/7229898678251638021" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an upload</a> that received 45,000 views. The caption said it was filmed in the front carriage of the train, and a voice could be heard over a tannoy advising passengers to make their way to the rear of the train where they could get onto the platform.</p><p>A top comment on the video said they were in the last carriage and there was no announcement from the driver, and the doors wouldn't open, which caused the ensuing panic.</p><p>A Transport for London spokesperson told Insider in an email exchange, "We're sorry for the distress caused at Clapham Common. The London Fire Brigade attended the station and confirmed there was no fire. We are investigating the details of this incident."</p><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/culture"><strong>For more stories like this, check out coverage from Insider's Digital Culture team here.</strong></a></p>

TikTokers captured the moment passengers smashed the windows of a subway train to escape over fears of a fire

<ul class="summary-list"><li>One in 500 Americans is on kidney dialysis. Extreme-weather events can threaten their lives.</li><li>Renal-care experts told Insider how they keep patients alive when big storms hit.</li></ul><p>On Christmas Day 2022, while most residents in upstate New York were getting ready to enjoy the festivities, Michael Sloma was on a mercy mission to save a life.</p><p>The region was still reeling from <a href="https://www.insider.com/death-toll-in-buffalo-winter-storm-2022-12?amp">a once-in-a-century blizzard</a> that had left dozens of people dead, and Sloma was determined that a woman who needed dialysis wasn't going to join their ranks.</p><p>Sloma, the group vice president of operations at US Renal Care, is one of many unsung heroes who leap into action when snowstorms, hurricanes, or wildfires hit the US. </p><p><a href="https://www.kidney.org/news/newsroom/fsindex#:~:text=In%202018%2C%20785%2C883%20Americans%20had,lived%20with%20a%20kidney%20transplant." target="_blank" rel="noopener">One in 500 Americans is on dialysis</a>, according to the National Kidney Foundation, and each knows it is their lifeline. The chaos of an extreme-weather event can put many of them at risk of missing their all-important treatments. </p><p>When snow and hurricane-level winds hit Buffalo, New York, for four days straight last Christmas and residents sheltered in their homes, Sloma took to the dangerous roads.</p><p>"We're used to dealing with snow and removing snow, so that really doesn't bother us," he told Insider. "But they were starting to say on the news that this was going to be a really bad storm — generational-type blizzard storm. Conditions were such that you could not see literally a foot in front of your car. We had a total of 23 people stuck inside various clinics — about half were patients, and half were staff."</p><p>Most worrying was a nursing-home resident trapped by the snow who required dialysis and needed to be evacuated as soon as possible.</p><p>"Six of us dug through the snow for three hours, creating a path that was 30 feet long by 4-to-5 feet tall to the parking lot, but that didn't reach the road. We were able to convince a nice gentleman who had some construction equipment to dig a path for us to get our vehicles into the parking lot to the main road," Sloma said.</p><p>The team triumphed and got the patient to Sloma's vehicle on the road, but the plan to get her to another nursing home fell through because it was also blocked by snow.</p><p>"So, I put her into the back seat of my car, and with the nurse, we transported her to the local hospital. She's now doing great," he said.</p><h2>By car, by boat, by snowplow</h2><div type="image" title="Fort Myers Beach, Florida, aerial view of damaged property after Hurricane Ian." height="2530" width="3374" msid="98430911" hostid="261" sizebytes="867516"></div><p>As Hurricane Harvey devastated Texas and Louisiana in 2017, Ariel Brigham sat on the roof of her Houston home, waiting to be rescued. </p><p>She watched the water engulf her house and flood the area around her. She was trapped. </p><p>But the rising water level was not the only danger Brigham was facing. The hurricane meant that she could not get kidney dialysis for seven days. </p><p>Even after she got to the safety of a friend's house, Brigham was still in mortal danger.</p><p>"I gained 30 pounds of fluid, and I was extremely swollen — my face, my hands, my legs, my whole body was super swollen. It was tough, and pretty much all I could do was sleep," she <a href="https://www.kidneyfund.org/article/7-days-without-dialysis-surviving-hurricane" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. </p><p>When she finally reached a hospital, she said, "I was basically at the point where they said my heart was slowing down. But even then, I had to wait another four hours before I could dialyze."</p><p>Like many dialysis patients, Brigham needed treatment every three days to replace the function of normal kidneys. Dialysis patients need their blood cleared through this procedure. <a href="https://www.kidney.org/sites/default/files/v27_a2.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Each missed session increases the risk of death by 10%. </a></p><p>LaVarne Burton, the president and CEO of the American Kidney Fund, told Insider: "I have known of people who skipped even one session and unfortunately passed away."</p><p>To meet the extreme-weather health challenge, dialysis-care providers across the US have created disaster-preparedness teams to keep their patients alive. The units are made up of meteorologists, advisors from utility companies, and patient-care staff who meet twice daily when extreme weather endangers patients' lives.</p><p>Mary Dittrich, the executive vice president and chief medical officer of US Renal Care, and Phil Sarnowski, the senior vice president and business-transformation partner at US Renal Care, described how the teams combat a potential weather disaster. </p><p>The disaster-response teams can be a lifeline, whether that's by driving a car driving through a storm, sailing a boat during a flood, or riding a snowplow through a blizzard.</p><p>The moment the phone rings with a notification of an imminent weather event, the teams slam a metaphorical red button. The disaster-preparedness teams move quickly to rearrange dialysis appointments and ensure patients can access care facilities, food supplies, and clinical goods. </p><p>Members of the Red Cross and the National Guard deploy, government offices receive notice, and health commissioners and fire departments remain on standby. </p><p>Sarnowski told Insider that they also have companies ready to provide water and electricity generators with just 24 hours' notice.</p><div type="image" title="A snowplow driver talks to a homeowner while removing feet of snow from a residential street in Draper, Utah, on February 23, 2023." height="5336" width="7114" msid="98430912" hostid="261" sizebytes="1037138"></div><p>Most US renal-care patients have their dialysis at home. There are two types of dialysis: one, called hemodialysis, uses a machine; and the other, peritoneal dialysis, uses a tube in the abdomen.</p><p>"For peritoneal-dialysis patients, which is the majority of our home patients, we train them to do manual exchanges, meaning they can continue their treatments, even in the absence of electricity, manually connecting and disconnecting and running fluids into their stomach or their abdomen and then draining," Dittrich said.</p><div type="image" title="Senior connecting peritoneal dialysis with catheter at home." height="3840" width="5119" msid="98430914" hostid="261" sizebytes="1106590"></div><p>For many reasons, but largely because end-stage kidney failure often halts a person's ability to work, many dialysis patients live within a low-income bracket. </p><p>This can be financially crippling, Burton said. Patients often pay roughly $10,000 a year out of pocket for treatment, she said.</p><p>That's why the American Kidney Fund has developed a disaster-relief program.</p><p>Patients can receive $250 when a weather emergency hits, and it can "replace medications if they've lost them, it can fund renal-friendly food, cost of transportation, temporary housing. Whatever they need in order to survive that crisis<strong>," </strong>she said.</p><h2>'Extraordinary levels of commitment'</h2><div type="image" title="An abandoned ambulance on a roadside after a historic blizzard pummeled Buffalo Sunday, December 25, 2022." height="4000" width="5333" msid="98431018" hostid="261" sizebytes="1986548"></div><p>Dittrich said she is deeply concerned about the increasing number of adverse-weather events and emergencies.</p><p>"I'm solidly in the camp that those are due to climate change and will worsen," she said. "I'm dismayed by the number of these that we're seeing and have to prepare for, while, at the same time, being confident in our ability. But they challenge us, they're very stressful and difficult."</p><p>Dittrich and Sarnowski said the heroes of these stories are the staff who provide the care. </p><p>For patients that receive their treatments in clinics, they see care staff for 12 hours a week at minimum, Dittrich said, and patients and staff "become like family," hence the "extraordinary levels of commitment."</p><div type="image" title="Kidney-dialysis patient." height="3744" width="4992" msid="98431020" hostid="261" sizebytes="317200"></div><p>The dialysis-disaster program has produced a "blueprint for coordinated efforts between historic competitors," Dittrich said.</p><p>"Medical companies work together. We take other providers' patients, we take hospital patients, they take ours, we share supplies, we share generators, we share water," Dittrich said. The collaborations were "validating, affirming, and inspiring," she said.</p><p>For Sloma, who organized the lifesaving rescue of one dialysis patient in snowbound upstate New York, this is certainly true.</p><p>"All things considered, even having to shovel a lot of snow, it was probably the most meaningful Christmas Day that I've ever had," he said.</p>

The medical 'heroes' who help save the lives of kidney-dialysis patients when massive storms hit the US

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5d289e2aa17d6c4ace70ce89-1024/dnafjoucaahht-r-1024x712.jpg" border="0" alt="tropical storm barry" data-mce-source="NASA/Christina Koch" data-mce-caption="NASA astronaut Christina Koch snapped a photo of Tropical Storm Barry from aboard the International Space Station on July 11, 2019." /><p class="source"><span>NASA/Christina Koch</span></p><p class="caption">NASA astronaut Christina Koch snapped a photo of Tropical Storm Barry from aboard the International Space Station on July 11, 2019.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><ul class="summary-list"><li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Tropical Storm Barry is expected to make landfall in Louisiana as a Category 1 hurricane. </strong></span></li><li><strong>Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has declared a state of emergency, as has President Donald Trump. </strong></li><li><strong>The state has rushed to prepare emergency services for the storm. </strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/">Read more on Business Insider.</a></strong></li></ul><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tropical Storm Barry is expected to make landfall in Louisiana Saturday as a Category 1 hurricane, testing emergency systems across the state. It's already pelted the state with heavy rain and left more than <span>46,000 people without power. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As the eye of the storm nears, the State of Louisiana is putting all hands on deck for emergency preparations. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Wednesday, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards</span><a href="https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/2019/07/10/barry-update-2019-gulf-coast-depression-press-conference-louisiana-tropical-storm/1691138001/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> issued a state of emergency </span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">as Louisiana is in the eye of the storm, and could experience 15 inches of rain and flooding. The </span><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tropical-storm-barry-track-path-map-landfall-forecast-2019-7"><span style="font-weight: 400;">storm is expected to make landfall on Saturday</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as a hurricane, according to the </span><a href="https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT2+shtml/121448.shtml"><span style="font-weight: 400;">National Hurricane Center.</span></a></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"Nobody should take this storm lightly just because it's supposed to be a Category 1 when it makes landfall," Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said, </span><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/tropical-storm-barry-new-orleans-flooding-risk-storm-path-track-latest-today-2019-07-12-live-updates/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">according to CBS news</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. "The real danger in this storm was never about the wind anyway. It's always been about the rain."</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">All floodgates have been sealed in the New Orleans-area Hurricane Risk Reduction System for the first time. Many of the precautions and systems put in place after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 will </span><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tropical-storm-new-orleans-forecast-flooding-levees-2019-7"><span style="font-weight: 400;">now be put to the test,</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as a deluge of water is expected. The Mississippi River could surge 20 feet, the same height as the </span><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tropical-storm-barry-heres-how-new-orleans-river-levees-work-2019-7"><span style="font-weight: 400;">levees that protect the city</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, according </span><a href="https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/2019/07/10/barry-update-2019-gulf-coast-depression-press-conference-louisiana-tropical-storm/1691138001/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">to local paper The Daily Advertiser. </span></a></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gov. Edwards has </span><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-orleans-heavy-rain-flooding-hurricane_n_5d262c27e4b0583e482b28b8?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067"><span style="font-weight: 400;">warned</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that there could be "a considerable amount of overtopping" of levees in Plaquemines Parish, a suburban district southeast of New Orleans.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Thursday, President Donald Trump declared a federal emergency in Louisiana, giving the state access to federal resources, but has <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-promotes-golf-course-in-tweet-coincides-with-louisianas-barry-2019-7">since moved on to tweeting about other topics such as his golf course</a>. The Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency can now start potentially life-saving coordination efforts, </span><a href="https://www.nola.com/news/politics/article_c37e7a2a-a420-11e9-80ea-cfc043d2796d.html?1562898066368"><span style="font-weight: 400;">according to Nola News.</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> In addition to FEMA personnel, 3,000 National Guard troops have been deployed to the area to help. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In Alexandria, Louisiana, a mega shelter is set up to receive 2,000 people and their pets, transported there by the State of Louisiana, according to </span><a href="https://www.kalb.com/content/news/Alexandria-mega-shelter-prepared-to-hold-2000-evacuees-512657571.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">local news station KALB</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. The cots are reserved for people with certain medical needs, such as being on dialysis, having diabetes, being on a feeding tube, or needing another kind of care. People from search and rescue will also be brought to the shelter. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Those who don't meet that criteria will be able to shelter in a local shelter in their parish. "</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">They can contact their Office of Emergency Preparedness director in their parish or call 211 to get a list of the shelters that are actually open," the Department of Child and Family Services lead area manager Daniel Doyle told KALB's Anna Denton. Anyone who leaves behind pets will be prosecuted, authorities said. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Many parishes across the state have already been ordered to evacuate ahead of Barry's landfall, and even residents of places that were not called to evacuate - like New Orleans -have packed up and left before the storm. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Federal Aviation Administration is also closely monitoring the storm. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are preparing facilities and equipment to withstand storm damage along the projected storm path so we can quickly resume disaster relief operations after it passes," it said</span><a href="https://www.faa.gov/news/updates/?newsId=94065"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in a statement.</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The FAA told travelers to check for flight cancellations and warned drone users to avoid flying in the area.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In Texas, a group called </span><a href="https://www.drrscorp.org/meet-the-team?fbclid=IwAR3j9L6TN6NlKZnQfICoOQtuxBkkLfb_DZ8pV2iDPBO-mN6bjPkDamCLKu4"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Disaster Rescue Response Specialist</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is preparing to help out in smaller Louisiana cities that might not have as many resources to deal with the storm. The volunteers are returning a favor from a Louisiana group called the Cajun Navy, which helped citizens during Hurricane Harvey, </span><a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2019/07/12/339443/with-barry-approaching-louisiana-texas-volunteers-gear-up-to-help/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Houston Public Media's Travis Bubenik reports. </span></a></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The city of Houston is also gathering donations to be sent to those impacted by Barry. </span></p><p> </p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/america-is-the-land-of-opportunity-robert-herjavec-2016-3">'Shark Tank' star Robert Herjavec explains what makes America great</a></h3>        <div>            <iframe class="bijwplayerclass" data-player="jwplayer" src="https://content.jwplatform.com/players/C48gfkQ5-CEZHWCBG.html" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" style="margin:0px;" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><script>function receiveMessage(event){ console.log(event.data.fullscreen); Android.fullscreen(event.data.fullscreen); }window.addEventListener("message", receiveMessage, false);</script>        </div>    </div>

Floodgates, mega-shelters, and the National Guard: How Louisiana is preparing for Tropical Storm Barry

<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5ac3f40c7a74af1b008b4655-1371/screen%20shot%202018-04-03%20at%2023004%20pm.png" border="0" alt="youtube shooting" data-mce-source="CNN"><p class="source"><span>CNN</span></p></img></div><p></p></div></div><ul><li><strong>Law-enforcement sources cited by multiple local <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news">news</keyword> outlets have reportedly identified the suspected shooter who opened fire at YouTube's headquarters on Tuesday as Nasim Aghdam.</strong></li><li><strong>Three people received gunshot wounds, including one man and two women. One other person was injured. The suspect died of a self-inflicted wound, police said. An investigation is underway at the internet company's headquarters in San Bruno, California, about 13 miles south of San Francisco.</strong></li><li><strong>It was not immediately clear what led to the shooting, but some local news outlets have cited sources who said it may have been related to a domestic dispute.</strong></li></ul><hr><p>Police have reportedly identified the suspected shooter who&#xa0;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/youtubers-report-potential-active-shooter-at-youtube-headquarters-2018-4">opened fire at YouTube's headquarters</a> on Tuesday as Nasim Aghdam, multiple local news outlets reported on Tuesday night, citing law-enforcement sources.</p><p>Aghdam is believed to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest at one of YouTube's buildings, according to a law-enforcement source and multiple <a href="https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Suspect-in-You-Tube-Shooting-Posted-Rants-About-the-Company-Online--478711713.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news</a> <a href="https://www.10news.com/news/youtube-shooter-drove-up-from-san-diego-sources-say" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a>. The suspect reportedly used a handgun during the shooting.</p><p>A law-enforcement source told Business Insider that investigators said they do not believe the shooting is connected to international terrorism, and instead, said it may have been a domestic dispute between the shooter and her boyfriend who worked for YouTube.</p><p>Aghdam, believed to be between 35 to 40-years-old, reportedly drove from Southern California to San Bruno, according to <a href="http://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/possible-active-shooter-at-youtube-in-san-bruno/1098585330" target="_blank" rel="noopener">KRON-4 News</a>.</p><p>Aghdam, who had a YouTube channel, ranted against the company that "<span>discriminated and filtered"</span>&#xa0; her content, <a href="https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Suspect-in-You-Tube-Shooting-Posted-Rants-About-the-Company-Online--478711713.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC reported</a>. She claimed in the video that her channel began receiving fewer views once the company filtered her content.</p><p>"<span>There is not equal growth opportunity on You Tube," Aghdam reportedly said in a Facebook post in 2017.</span></p><p>At least four victims were transported to nearby hospitals, including San Francisco General Hospital and Stanford Medical Center, according to San Burno Police Department chief Ed Barberini.</p><p><keyword id="6355470" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="law">Law</keyword> enforcement officials who arrived at the scene at 12:48 p.m. found several victims with gunshot wounds in what was described as a "very chaotic" scene, Barberini said in a press conference.</p><p>The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) also said on <a href="https://twitter.com/ATFHQ/status/981271137782063107" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a> that it was responding to the incident.</p><p>Google, which owns YouTube, <a href="https://twitter.com/Google_Comms/status/981283098443751424" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a> that it was coordinating with authorities "to evacuate the buildings and ensure the safety of employees in the area."</p><p>Social media posts on the shooting began emerging in the afternoon describing the scenes that unfolded:</p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Active shooter at YouTube HQ. Heard shots and saw people running while at my desk. Now barricaded inside a room with coworkers.</p>- Vadim Lavrusik  (@Lavrusik) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/981259304408788993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2018</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>We were sitting in a meeting and then we heard people running because it was rumbling the floor. 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<p><div class="image-container" style="width:800px"><div class="image"><img src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/51e44378eab8ea067e000000-1012-569/screen%20shot%202013-07-15%20at%202.23.59%20pm.png?maxX=800" border="0" alt="Old school hyperloop concept " width="800" /><p class="source"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/">Flickr/x-ray_delta_one</a></p><p class="caption">A 1974 concept painting of a vacuum train.</p></div></div>Even though <keyword id="6355315" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Elon-Musk">Elon Musk</keyword> will officially <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-the-hyperloop-design-is-coming-august-12-2013-7">release his Hyperloop design on August 12</a>, we already <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-hyperloop-2013-7">think we know what it is</a> and that it could change the world.</p>
<p>Musk describes the <keyword id="6396317" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Hyperloop">hyperloop</keyword> as something that is a "cross between a Concorde, a railgun and an air hockey table," and that it could go from San Francisco to New York City in 30 minutes.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Sounds like something straight out of a <keyword id="436625" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Science-fiction">science fiction</keyword> story right? Well, that's because it is. Even before Rand Corporation scientist R.M. Salter published <a href="http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/papers/2008/P4874.pdf">a 17-page report</a> detailing how something like the Hyperloop — or electromagnetically levitated and propelled cars in an <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/28/evacuated-tube-travel-daryl-osler_n_1385661.html" target="_blank">evacuated tunnel</a> — could be a reality in 1972, famed science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein wrote about "vacutubes" in his 1956 story "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0786117451" target="_blank">Double Star</a>."</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">From "Double Star":</p>
<blockquote class="blockquote">"We hit the sub-basement and went at once to the express tubes. A two passenger capsule was just emptying; Dak shoved me in so quickly that I did not see him set the door combination… The few minutes we had been crammed in the vacutube had been long enough for me to devise a plan…"</blockquote>
<p style="text-align: left;">Other science fiction greats like Arthur C. Clarke and Larry Niven (1976's "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/World-Time-State-Series-Book/dp/1455153206">A World out of Time</a>," portrayed a gravity-assisted subway) also featured similar ideas on transportation.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">And neither they nor Heinlein were the first. The earliest mention of travel by tubes in science fiction could be Michel Verne in the 1888 story, "<a href="http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0606611h.html" target="_blank">An Express of the Future</a>."</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The story imagines riding air-driven carriages in submarine tubes from Boston to Liverpool, England in 2 hours and 40 minutes and reaching speeds of 1,800 kilometers per hour.</p>
<blockquote class="blockquote">"Coming at once to the question of working, he filled the tubes--transformed into a sort of pea-shooter of interminable length--with a series of carriages, to be carried with their travelers by powerful currents of air, in the same way that dispatches are conveyed pneumatically round Paris."</blockquote>
<p style="text-align: left;">As astounding as this is, science fiction ideas often have at the very least a starting point from which to build upon science fact. We can point to an 1812 document under the section "Calculations and Remarks Tending to Prove the Practicality, Effects and Advantages of a Plan for the Rapid Conveyance of Goods and Passengers Upon An Iron Road Through a Tube of 30 Feet in Area, of the Power and Velocity of Air" by George Medhurst where he introduces his idea of air-driven tube travel.</p>
<p><iframe width="800px" height="630px" frameborder="0" src="http://archive.org/stream/medhurstonatmos00medhgoog?ui=embed#page/n34/mode/2up"></iframe></p>
<p>So there you go. The idea of traveling really, really ridiculously fast in tubes (at least in relation to the time period) across cities, entire continents or under oceans has been around for quite some time. Here's hoping Musk can take the concept from science fiction to science fact in our lifetimes.</p>

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