The Great Molasses Flood

Richard Cranium · Jan 15, 2019

The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 killed 21 after 2 million gallon tank erupted
The wave moved at 35 miles per hour and was 25 feet high and 160 feet wide at its outset as it rushed through the city's densely populated North End.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...-flood-1919-killed-21-after-2-million-n958326

DeltaV · Jan 15, 2019

Boston Tea Party
Boston Molasses Flood
What's next? Twinkie Tornadoes?

Don Frelier · Jan 15, 2019

And the term "slow as molasses" is still heard today.

66383 · Jan 15, 2019

Budnicks · Jan 15, 2019

oh the humanity

pretty bad when a flood of molasses takes you out

Slap Stick · Jan 15, 2019

Must have had a lot of moles to get that much.

DeltaV · Jan 15, 2019

A sticky situation.

69BBody · Jan 15, 2019

Sweet!

Hilljack68 · Jan 15, 2019

Like the Japanese guy in the Godzilla movies that waits in horror (..and waits) for the giant foot to crush him.

toolmanmike · Jan 15, 2019

Damn, think of all the rum.

Hilljack68 · Jan 15, 2019

Rum?? Great idea. Gotta go!

moparwacko · Jan 15, 2019

DeltaV said:
Boston Tea Party
Boston Molasses Flood
What's next? Twinkie Tornadoes?

The great Scranton Banana truck crash.
Harry Chapin made a song about it.

https://wnep-com.cdn.ampproject.org.../03/18/the-banana-truck-crash-50-years-later/

khryslerkid · Jan 15, 2019

moparwacko said:
The great Scranton Banana truck crash.
Harry Chapin made a song about it.

https://wnep-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/wnep.com/2015/03/18/the-banana-truck-crash-50-years-later/amp/?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQCCAE=#referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From %1$s&ampshare=https://wnep.com/2015/03/18/the-banana-truck-crash-50-years-later/

Thirty....thousand....pounds.....of Bananas

Photon440 · Jan 15, 2019

My picture was bigger. Nyah!

https://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/threads/random-picture-thread.14619/page-96#post-910493237

Richard Cranium · Jan 16, 2019

moparwacko said:
The great Scranton Banana truck crash.
Harry Chapin made a song about it.

And 'ol Harry died in a truck crash with his VW Rabbit.

http://harrychapin.com/misc/howdied.shtml

khryslerkid · Jan 16, 2019

Richard Cranium said:
And 'ol Harry died in a truck crash with his VW Rabbit.

http://harrychapin.com/misc/howdied.shtml

And the Supermarkets General tractor trailer was hauling ....

YY1 · Jan 16, 2019

I arrived at a railroad crossing about 10 minutes after a corn syrup tanker was hit and torn in two by a train.

Syrup was almost a foot deep, about 60 feet wide, and moving slowly into a larger area.

On my way back, they had bulldozers scooping it up, and it had settled to about 3 inches thick over about 150 or so square feet

Photon440 · Jan 16, 2019

YY1 said:
I arrived at a railroad crossing about 10 minutes after a corn syrup tanker was hit and torn in two by a train.

Syrup was almost a foot deep, about 60 feet wide, and moving slowly into a larger area.

On my way back, they had bulldozers scooping it up, and it had settled to about 3 inches thick over about 150 or so square feet

That sounds like a real bee and other insect attraction!

kiwigtx · Jan 16, 2019

toolmanmike said:
Damn, think of all the rum.

...or pancakes

Kernel Sanders · Jan 17, 2019

Wouldn't have happened so fast in the winter

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