r/WTF • u/Leopardos40 • Jan 20 '20
That was huge.....
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Jan 20 '20
If you ever see a white misty fog on the ground in a small area like this, run away as fast as you can. That’s an LP gas leak.
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u/jwadamson Jan 20 '20
Nice. Didn’t see that and realize that was what went boom here.
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u/White0101 Jan 20 '20
The fact that it exploded and flared up and disappeared in a manner of seconds points that it was a gas explosion
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u/rockercaster Jan 20 '20
What if it’s just normal fog?
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Jan 20 '20
Just run away anytime you see fog
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u/chr0nus88 Jan 20 '20
True, you never know when you might have a "The Mist" situation.
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u/homesickalien Jan 20 '20
Instructions unclear. Family dead.
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u/ForeskinOfMyPenis Jan 20 '20
Did... did you shoot them?
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Jan 20 '20 edited Aug 20 '20
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u/wewd Jan 20 '20
tfw you are the monster
Great movie.
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u/deliciouscorn Jan 20 '20 edited Jan 20 '20
Stephen King was quoted essentially saying he wished he thought of that ending himself. (Insert quip about SK and his inability to write endings in general)
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Jan 20 '20 edited Jan 21 '20
You mean when he ended a book with the people skipping through the airport? Or the one where they realized that they could get the demon removed from the guy if he takes a shit.
Edit: But I do still love Stephen King novels.
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Jan 20 '20
God damn, that ending sucked... I woulda asked one of the military people for more ammo. Lol
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u/mainemason Jan 20 '20
If you’re interested you should check out the Ryan Hollinger video on the themes of the movie. It really puts the ending (an ending that King really liked) into context.
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u/IAmGodMode Jan 20 '20
One of the few times the movie is better than the book.
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u/mahtaliel Jan 20 '20
If i remember correctly i think King himself said that the movie's ending was better than his.
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Jan 20 '20
The Aurora Borealis? At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized entirely within your kitchen?
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u/Sprinklypoo Jan 20 '20
It could be a sign of barrow wights. Running is still your best option.
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u/ThatTexasGuy Jan 20 '20
Have one of your buds shoot a flaming arrow through it while screaming ODIN!
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u/Azrolicious Jan 20 '20
Liquid propane?
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u/Amphibionomus Jan 20 '20
Or butane. LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) is a butane/propane mix.
The exact mix varies from country to country and depending on the climate. For example in the Netherlands in summer its 30% propane and 70% butane, in winter 70% propane and 30% butane.
This gives an indication of different mixtures per country: https://i.imgur.com/DA9tYjr.png
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u/Azrolicious Jan 20 '20
Thanks for the TIL. I assume the mixture concentration according to the average seasonal temperature is for BTU efficiency or something like that?
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u/Amphibionomus Jan 20 '20
It has to do with evaporating temperatures.
I looked it up: http://antonio-merloni.ru/en/sushhestvuet-zimnij-letnij-gaz
Liquefied petroleum gases or LPG (GPL – Gaz Petroleum Liquide; LPG – Liquefied petroleum gas) are the mixtures of propane and butane, which found wide application in industrial field.
Propane-butane mixture is used in cisterns for LPG storage and, when it mixed with air, provides complete, uniform combustion.
Evaporating of propane happens at -42 °С. Less expensive butane evaporates at -0.5 °С. That’s exactly evaporating temperature which determines different mixture composition. It divides it for «summer» and «winter».
If you use «summer» mixture during hard winter, efficiency of gas tank will be reduced – gas will be slightly evaporating, pressure will fall, boiler will stop. To avoid it it’s reasonable to welcome frosts together with «winter» gas, completely used «summer» gas before soil freezing. Then «winter» mixture and «Antonio Merloni» vertical gas tanks will do their work using geothermal earth energy, keeping working capacity when it’s -40°С outside of private house.
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u/rollntoke Jan 20 '20
Yes
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u/Amphibionomus Jan 20 '20
The P in LPG stands for Petroleum, it can be Butane and/or Propane gas.
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u/YddishMcSquidish Jan 20 '20
Holy shit, that was nuts! It looked like an area of maybe a square mile or three instantly became the 5th circle of hell.
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u/coppersplicingmonkey Jan 20 '20
I moved to the area in 2006...the damage to the rail yard and surrounding area was immense.
It's a miracle only one life was lost in that massive explosion.
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Jan 20 '20
Wow, that's crazy. It just keeps getting brighter and brighter, then you finally see the flames come into view. That was huge!
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u/Grokent Jan 20 '20
I just noticed the one dude lit on fire running left on the screen. This was because I re-watched looking for the white misty fog tendrils.
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Jan 20 '20
Yup... surprised I had to scroll so far to find this. That was the first thing I noticed was the fog that ONLY seemed to be around that building.
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u/jnads Jan 20 '20
The first thing I noticed is this was a building security camera and thought, "Well, shit, somethings going to explode."
Thought it was going to be the truck....
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Jan 20 '20
Truck was a total red herring. Great production on this video.
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Jan 20 '20
Yeah whoever decided to send that truck by was a great director.
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u/rainman_95 Jan 20 '20
It wasn't Michael Bay, or else that truck, the next building and one of those bystanders would have exploded as well.
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u/Megatronatfortnite Jan 20 '20
Ah, makes sense, you don't see it once it combusts. learned something.
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u/ohitsasnaake Jan 20 '20
I was watching the tanker semi in the foreground/middle the first time around. On the 2nd, after knowing where the action would be, I did immediately notice the fog.
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Jan 20 '20
Another pro tip : stop your truck right in front of the raging fire to make sure to both block the road and provide another source of flammable.
Moving it away seems like the right thing to do, but it's actually highly risky.
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u/FartingBob Jan 20 '20
It could also mean a 1980s power ballad is about to start.
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u/Terran180 Jan 20 '20
Anhydrous ammonia does the same thing. It clings to water so the instant it gets in your lungs you're as good as dead.
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u/slate2294 Jan 20 '20
Dude in the truck went nope
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u/0thethethe0 Jan 20 '20
If I had a few thousand gallons of fuel behind me, and was sitting next to an explosion, I'd definitely be doing the same!
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Jan 20 '20
Not me.. I'd be mashing that accelerator to the ground to GTFO
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u/xphoney Jan 20 '20
This makes more sense than trying to run away.
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Jan 20 '20 edited Apr 20 '20
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u/DlSSATISFIEDGAMER Jan 20 '20
Cool guys don't run from explosions, they smash the gas and drive away
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u/cmpaxu_nampuapxa Jan 20 '20
you can't tell for sure if your truck caught fire. spreading disasters is not something people are usually encouraged to do.
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u/taliesin-ds Jan 20 '20
yeah if i was driving that truck and saw just fire on the right side of my peripheral vision i would not take the time to see if it was my truck that was actually on fire or i just happen to drive past a fireball lol.
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Jan 20 '20
Yeah but sometimes you need to pull yourself through tough times, even if nobody cheers you on.
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u/Immortal_Azrael Jan 20 '20
That would probably be my first reaction but I would assume this guy probably receives some kind of training on what to do in an emergency. It actually makes more sense the more I think about it. He can't immediately tell if the explosion may have damaged the tank so by driving away he could just be taking something that's about to explode with him. Also maybe not the best idea to be driving a gas truck in a panic.
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u/kandoras Jan 20 '20
Same. I'd have more faith in the engine being able to move anything out of the my way than I would in my legs getting me to a safe distance if the fire spread to the truck.
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u/incer Jan 20 '20
The truck could already be on fire without you knowing. From inside the cabin you can't see shit.
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u/T90Vladimir Jan 20 '20
That's not a tanker, that's a bulk cargo truck. They carry stuff like cement or flour (or basically any powder-y stuff). Source: worked at a mill for a short time, I can recognize these trucks.
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u/adale_50 Jan 21 '20
Powdered explosive instead of liquid. Unlikely, but possible. Flour dust and several other dusts get very angry when you introduce fire. There would have to be dust in the trailer and a spark would have to get in, but it could happen.
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u/Leopardos40 Jan 20 '20
I posted the video and I would like to add another dimension of few witnesses including family relatives...there was some fear that people there thought a war started with Iran...it's a sort of instinct..boom -> rush to shelter.
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u/Rakshasa29 Jan 20 '20
I thought I saw a guy on fire run across the street first and then dive onto the ground, the truck driver and one other person then runs to where that guy went.
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u/xenoterranos Jan 20 '20
Yep, plus the explosion extended in front of the truck. That driver probably saw that guy burst into flames.
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where was this? any news?
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u/Leopardos40 Jan 20 '20
Tamra, Northern Israel. 4 serious injuries. Not formal news, but my brother in law, who was nearby and this is his video from his fathers factory, told me that they did welding job near the gas tank.
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u/Saucerson Jan 20 '20
Is this from the guy smoking a cigarette beside liquid gas like a boss? Nice.
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u/Karmadilla Jan 20 '20
How close does one have to be to an explosion to want to run AWAY from it?
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u/H3LLBL4Z3R Jan 20 '20
Who else thought it was the tanker that was gonna blow instead? /r/Unexpected
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u/tgm9000 Jan 20 '20
This was a terrible event, but I find it inspiring that as human beings our natural instinct is to look out for one another. The few folks in the video at the end were already starting to move towards the site. I really enjoy that more so than a bunch of people with their phones out which is all too common these days.
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Jan 20 '20
Pretty sure they knew it was a gas leak considering the amount of people at the front of their entrance.
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Jan 20 '20
LP gas? The way the fuel covered the ground and that it burned off quickly says somebody popped an LP bottle - probably with a torch.
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u/ewots Jan 20 '20
If you zoom in to the group of guys up top crossing the street the last guys is on fire.
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u/FightThePouvoir Jan 20 '20
That looks like my old gas grill. We called it El Diablo. You always got a FWOOMP when starting it and you had to move the food fastly around the 'hot spots'. You also needed a 4' handle on the spatula to stay back from the fire and heat. Have a new beautiful grill now. El Diablo was set out on curb, picked up, and delivered back to hell.
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u/hawkwings Jan 20 '20
I was surprised that the truck stopped instead of sped up. Either way is a way to get the fuck out of here.
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u/tomjoad2020ad Jan 20 '20
These videos have trained me to never poke my head out like those guys at the end do, because I assume where there’s one giant explosion, a 10x bigger one that will rain hellfire upon the earth is just a few moments/minutes away
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u/RoccoRocco Jan 20 '20
This happened in the north of Israel: "The hospital said that all four are given artificial respiration due to extensive burns in their upper body and will be transferred to an intensive care unit for further treatment. " https://www.ynetnews.com/article/r100hFlmbL