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Unknown cause as of yet, with 80 homes damage and at least 2 confirmed dead. As a local story I know it may not be of interest, to everyone, I thought the picture was pretty astounding and others would want to see it.
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That picture is stunning. Any ideas on possible causes? Gas leak, meth lab in the basement...?
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Ahtman wrote: Unknown cause as of yet, with 80 homes damage and at least 2 confirmed dead. As a local story I know it may not be of interest, to everyone, I thought the picture was pretty astounding and others would want to see it.
its national news, I saw it this morning.
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On a more serious note I believe they ruled out meth lab early on. I'm pretty sure this will end up being gas. Natural or LP.
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If that were a meth lab, then it'd have been confirmed by now; the trace evidence, residue and smell would give it away.
I'd have difficulty believing that was a natural gas explosion, just because the concentration of gas in the house that would be required to produce a blast such that would cause that kind of devastation is unlikely.
Did someone already say propane? Because that'd be my guess. Not sure how it'd fill up a house, though.
EDIT: Yes, someone did already say 'propane'. I'm not sure how I missed that.
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If it was a propane tank going off, google "Bleve" (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion).
We had a storage tank go off in a neighbouring suburb (next to the airport). The "boom" could be heard for 15 km and the sky's orange glow was apparent for at least that distance.
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d-usa wrote: Cousin lives 20 miles from there, says his windows rattled.
When I lived in Vegas years ago, the dynamite plant in Henderson had an explosion. It woke me out of a sound sleep, and the blinds in the bedroom were blown inwards.
Cheesecat wrote: Yeah, that explosion destroyed about 3 homes and damaged a dozen others I don't think someone 20 miles away would have felt that.
Blame my late-night posting!
Looked through Facebook to find his post again. Actually he lives 5.5 miles away. I can see some windows rattling there.
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azazel the cat wrote: If that were a meth lab, then it'd have been confirmed by now; the trace evidence, residue and smell would give it away.
I'd have difficulty believing that was a natural gas explosion, just because the concentration of gas in the house that would be required to produce a blast such that would cause that kind of devastation is unlikely.
Did someone already say propane? Because that'd be my guess. Not sure how it'd fill up a house, though.
EDIT: Yes, someone did already say 'propane'. I'm not sure how I missed that.
Even a small amount of propane can cause a decent sized bang. If the house where the blast originated had something like say an over-sized BBQ w/extra tanks, or say a home machine shop or similar, it could cause that.
Hell, the moron across the street from me has an over-sized garage which he's turned into his own private little autobody shop. He's had a couple run-ins with the local Fire Department over his additional and large propane tanks he keeps and doesn't look after that well. Not sure how he affords to pay the fines!
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That must have been some gas leak. The whole house must have been filled up.
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Cheesecat wrote: Yeah, that explosion destroyed about 3 homes and damaged a dozen others I don't think someone 20 miles away would have felt that.
Actually, some thing on the beach got blown up here, it was for me around 20km away, and we heard a loud bang.
It wasn't a very big thing, but it was heard in a 30km radius, so, with a very big explosion, I say you would.
Cheesecat wrote: Yeah, that explosion destroyed about 3 homes and damaged a dozen others I don't think someone 20 miles away would have felt that.
Actually, some thing on the beach got blown up here, it was for me around 20km away, and we heard a loud bang.
It wasn't a very big thing, but it was heard in a 30km radius, so, with a very big explosion, I say you would.
You have to remember beaches are lot flatter than suburbs so there's not as much stuff blocking the noise pollution.
