Close call in Boston
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Close call in Boston
Anyone seen on the news this morning about the gasoline tanker that overturned and exploded just north of Boston (Everett), MA? It burned down a couple multi-family homes and destroyed 40 cars, not to mention shut down a major intersection (Routes 99 and 16) for the morning rush hour and most of today.
What I haven't seen mentioned yet in any of the stories is the fact that about 500 yards away from the site is one of the largest (if not the largest) LNG storage facilities in the eastern U.S. About one trillion CF of LNG literally across the road from 9400 gallons of burning gas. No telling the damage this could have caused. Look on google earth or something and you can see it.
This hits close to home - literally. My parents live 1/2 or so mile away and my niece lives about 1/8 mile away.
What I haven't seen mentioned yet in any of the stories is the fact that about 500 yards away from the site is one of the largest (if not the largest) LNG storage facilities in the eastern U.S. About one trillion CF of LNG literally across the road from 9400 gallons of burning gas. No telling the damage this could have caused. Look on google earth or something and you can see it.
This hits close to home - literally. My parents live 1/2 or so mile away and my niece lives about 1/8 mile away.
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Yeah I saw that on the news..
Wow, Makes you think about whats in your own neighborhood..
I read were a guy in one of the houses saw the burning fuel coming at his house. They got out and he tried driving his car out of the way, but he didn't have time and the car caught on fire so he had to escape out of there..
It is to bad something like this happens around Christmas time..
Brings back memories of the explaion in Danvers a few years back..
Wow, Makes you think about whats in your own neighborhood..
I read were a guy in one of the houses saw the burning fuel coming at his house. They got out and he tried driving his car out of the way, but he didn't have time and the car caught on fire so he had to escape out of there..
It is to bad something like this happens around Christmas time..
Brings back memories of the explaion in Danvers a few years back..
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> About one trillion CF of LNG literally across the road from 9400 gallons of burning gas
Yep, I always thought that was a soft target if taken from the water. After all, they drive the ships right up to them and if you blew up a ship there it would likely take out most of Revere and the surrounding area. If Bin Laden had targeted those with planes during rush hour, the damage done would have been many times worse then 9/11 just from cars. Especially with the hills that would hold in the blast. I think it would level a good part of the North Shore area.
Yep, I always thought that was a soft target if taken from the water. After all, they drive the ships right up to them and if you blew up a ship there it would likely take out most of Revere and the surrounding area. If Bin Laden had targeted those with planes during rush hour, the damage done would have been many times worse then 9/11 just from cars. Especially with the hills that would hold in the blast. I think it would level a good part of the North Shore area.
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Here is a look at the area. The upper left of the photo is where the truck blew up (on the ramp from 16 west to 99 south). At the lower right (700' away) is the LNG farm.
http://home.comcast.net/~ray.martinj...D-3577801.html
http://home.comcast.net/~ray.martinj...D-3577801.html
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$27,000+ in gas gone too. That is on top of the cars, houses, road surface, truck, trailer, drivers future employment behind the wheel, etc........
Very lucky no serious injuries.
Very lucky no serious injuries.
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Originally Posted by herman391
Wow that's pretty scary right there.
But I'm a little slow, whats a LNG. I'm guessing some sort of military bomb or something??
But I'm a little slow, whats a LNG. I'm guessing some sort of military bomb or something??
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Originally Posted by Nitramjr
Anyone seen on the news this morning about the gasoline tanker that overturned and exploded just north of Boston (Everett), MA? It burned down a couple multi-family homes and destroyed 40 cars, not to mention shut down a major intersection (Routes 99 and 16) for the morning rush hour and most of today.
What I haven't seen mentioned yet in any of the stories is the fact that about 500 yards away from the site is one of the largest (if not the largest) LNG storage facilities in the eastern U.S. About one trillion CF of LNG literally across the road from 9400 gallons of burning gas. No telling the damage this could have caused. Look on google earth or something and you can see it.
This hits close to home - literally. My parents live 1/2 or so mile away and my niece lives about 1/8 mile away.
What I haven't seen mentioned yet in any of the stories is the fact that about 500 yards away from the site is one of the largest (if not the largest) LNG storage facilities in the eastern U.S. About one trillion CF of LNG literally across the road from 9400 gallons of burning gas. No telling the damage this could have caused. Look on google earth or something and you can see it.
This hits close to home - literally. My parents live 1/2 or so mile away and my niece lives about 1/8 mile away.
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Originally Posted by donjamer
I believe it is Liquified Natural Gas but could be wrong
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Originally Posted by hofuf
I'm a little confused about the trillion cubic feet of LNG acorss the street. The photos show floating roof tanks which would contain gasoline or similar products. LNG is stored in underground storage or in chilled/insulated above ground tanks. A trillion cubic feet would be an awful lot of LNG. One LNG tanker holds about a billion cubic feet so you are saying that there are the equivalent of 1000 tankers of storage of LNG across the street?
http://www.distrigas.com/
I'm not sure which of the tanks shown in the photo are the LNG and which are used to store other petroleum products but I don't think there are any floating roof tanks left around here. Either way, lots of potential BOOM there.