Comments Posted By Everett R Littlefield
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STOP OVERREACTING TO TERRORISTS?
I probably shouldn't say this, but after having been in the propane business for 35 years and having seen a few few propane tanks involved in fires, plain old house fires, if the tank gets hot enough due to close proximity to the flames, the emergency vent cannot handle the amount of liquid fuel trying to be vaporized inside the tank. This takes time to raise the temp sufficiently. If there is a weak spot in the metal, and there always is, it will come apart like a paper bag! Depending where the rupture is located on the tank will determine it's direction of travel, and travel they do! Have seen them arc into the air and downrange for over a hundred yards! But for a catastrophic explosion you need a BLEVE( Boiling Liquid Evaporation Explosion) wherein the total contents of the tank needs to be released all at the same time! A gasoline fire adjacent too the tank just isn't going to make that happen. The initial flash and bang of the gasoline will have dissipated long before the temp in the propane tanks gets hot enough to blow.I can tell you HOW to make that happen, but won't 'cause you never know just who is reading these things. BTW, Great post Rick. Regards too all you right wing nutjobs like me!
Comment Posted By Everett R Littlefield On 2.07.2007 @ 04:52
