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2004-02-29 
Tanker blast off Virginia kills at least 3
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Posted by .com 2004-02-29 4:01:15 AM|| || Front Page|| [11124 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Fortunatly this shouldn't cause any long term environmental damage,ethanol(alcohol)is very volatile and will evaporate quickly.
Posted by Raptor  2004-2-29 7:10:06 AM||   2004-2-29 7:10:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 A tanker carrying 3.5 million gallons of industrial ethanol exploded and sank

Shall Gather At The River
Posted by Shipman 2004-2-29 10:28:32 AM||   2004-2-29 10:28:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Shipman - I don't understand.
Posted by B 2004-2-29 10:30:42 AM||   2004-2-29 10:30:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 It's an olde Baptist Humm,
Subtitled Wbo Dumped the Whiskey In the Creek.
Posted by Shipman 2004-2-29 10:32:44 AM||   2004-2-29 10:32:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 The chopper pilot said that although the weather wasn't bad the nauseating fumes from the ethanol made this the worst conditions for a search that he has ever experienced.
Posted by Super Hose  2004-2-29 10:36:58 AM||   2004-2-29 10:36:58 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 And frankly B it wasn't funny considering the loss of life.

Shipman <-------------Shamed!
Posted by Shipman 2004-2-29 12:45:55 PM||   2004-2-29 12:45:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 A very large flambeau---

I imagine, though that the sea water diluted the ethanol so the fire would go out, except for some possible fuel oil.
Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-2-29 12:47:49 PM||   2004-2-29 12:47:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Whole LOT of happy fish at the moment...

Ed.
Posted by Ed Becerra 2004-2-29 5:32:43 PM||   2004-2-29 5:32:43 PM|| Front Page Top

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