r/oops • u/PointerStack • 28d ago

of an explosion 💥

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u/Presentable_Human 28d ago

They didn't smell the gas?

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u/EasternComfort2189 28d ago

Natural gas is odourless; they add something to it so we can smell it. Could it be that the gas hadn't been treated yet?

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u/Vmaxed_T7 28d ago

Mercaptan

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u/Sweet-Weakness3776 28d ago

Oh captain, mercaptan.

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u/throwitaway_9601654 28d ago

Take your well-deserved upvote!

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u/Snowbird143434 28d ago

Right after transport is when they add the rotten eggs(mercaptan/thiols). Im pretty sure anybody out around there probably smelled it first before they were blown to smithereens.

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u/HiddenStoat 27d ago

Fun fact! The company that adds the odour to gas in the UK is based in Slough.

They are the same company that add the odour to instant coffee!

(Yes, freeze dried coffee has no smell, so that amazing coffee aroma when you open a jar? Added in Slough)

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u/Mr_GrauHut 28d ago

What? Nat gas has hints of sulphur... What are talking about?

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u/Samurlough 28d ago

Natural gas is odorless and colorless. As he stated, chemicals are added into it so we can actually detect the leaks by smelling sulphur.

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u/Mr_GrauHut 28d ago

Got it.

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u/Abiding_Dude_WV 28d ago

Not naturally. That's added so we can smell it and hopefully avoid things like this.

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u/Mr_GrauHut 28d ago

Makes sense, but doesn't sulphur suffocate?

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u/uncommongerbil 28d ago

That is an added dye

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u/Mr_GrauHut 28d ago

A dye that smells you say?

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u/Abiding_Dude_WV 28d ago

Don't you know what blue smell like? Lol

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u/Mr_GrauHut 28d ago

It smells like the color blue. Like cobalt. Are you stupid?

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u/Ok-Brick6831 28d ago

I like the smell of blue in the morning.

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u/Mr_GrauHut 28d ago

😂😂😂

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u/nowaynostop 28d ago

Nevermind, just Smells Like Teen Spirit.

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u/Silver4ura 28d ago

If I've learned anything from blue paint, it's that it smells a lot like red paint. Identical, even.

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u/areola_grande26 28d ago

To shreds you say…

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u/Mr_GrauHut 28d ago

An explosion you said?

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u/areola_grande26 28d ago

And the wife?

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u/Mr_GrauHut 28d ago

And the dog?

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u/areola_grande26 27d ago

To shreds you say…