Oban
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Woke up to a loud explosion this morning, shook my house. Lots of secondary explosions, very little news but lots of people posting on local forums.  and  |
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« Last Edit: August 10, 2008, 02:36:03 AM by Oban »
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Palin 2012 : Let's go out with a bang!
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schild
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Link to the forums you saw this at?
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Oban
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Palin 2012 : Let's go out with a bang!
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schild
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Didn't watch with sound, possibly NSFW. wowowoowowowowowowowoowow I would shit myself. In the pants. Duck and Cover, motherfuckers! I'm sure the guy filming checked his body to make sure he wasn't vaporized. |
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Oban
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Palin 2012 : Let's go out with a bang!
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Aez
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Wow.
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Oban
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Oh nice... so apparently there are at least two propane rail cars on the site as well. They have not exploded yet, the explosions earlier today were the little containers. If a rail car goes it will "flatten everything in a one kilometer radius" according to the fire chief.
The police shut down all of the 401, our major highway in anticipation...
Joy.
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Aez
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two propane rail cars [...] "flatten everything in a one kilometer radius" according to the fire chief.
Joy.
I'm no expert but I have a hard time believing that. |
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two propane rail cars [...] "flatten everything in a one kilometer radius" according to the fire chief.
Joy.
I'm no expert but I have a hard time believing that. An exploding propane container can act as a fuel-air bomb. If there's enough propane that ignites in the right conditions it will cause a tremendous amount damage (which is why various militaries do research in fuel-air bombs). Edit: linky http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_air_bomb |
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« Last Edit: August 10, 2008, 08:35:06 AM by Trippy »
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inflicts shingles.
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is it wrong of me to think that some of those flickr pictures would make excellent desktop background images?
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I should get back to nature, too. You know, like going to a shop for groceries instead of the computer. Maybe a condo in the woods that doesn't even have a health club or restaurant attached. Buy a car with only two cup holders or something. -Signe
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Aez
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I'm sure it's a big explosion. I just doubt it would flatten everything in a one kilometer radius.
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Oban
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I'm sure it's a big explosion. I just doubt it would flatten everything in a one kilometer radius.
Assuming the people are all evacuated and no one would be injured, it would be a huge improvement for the area. If we had tornadoes in Toronto, the shoddy developments in that area would have been flattened a long time ago. |
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It probably wouldn't "flatten" things in that far of a radius. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf3WKTwHpIUThat is a propane rail car explosion. It threw the tanker car three quarters of a mile, but a film crew sitting half a mile away only got rattled and felt the heat wave. |
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If only Toronto had more internet super-heroes.
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Oban
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Palin 2012 : Let's go out with a bang!
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Abagadro
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I'm not sure what the Meerkat's point is.
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
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Aez
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It probably wouldn't "flatten" things in that far of a radius. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf3WKTwHpIUThat is a propane rail car explosion. It threw the tanker car three quarters of a mile, but a film crew sitting half a mile away only got rattled and felt the heat wave. Nice show but very light damage, the structures around it are still standing. And yeah, Metric Meerkat needs to get laid. |
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Viin
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Heh it's like being on the outside of a Die Hard movie.
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The follow up is now at least 50 homes in the area are Asbestos filled and all the utilities are a giant mess. Less then fun time to be had in that neighborhood.
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and the gate is like I TOO AM CAPABLE OF SPEECH
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Locomotive Pandamonium
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