tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post116354535205025933..comments2023-12-17T19:35:07.459-08:00Comments on Bouphonia: Glorifying KillersPhilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1163796116236997452006-11-17T12:41:00.000-08:002006-11-17T12:41:00.000-08:00An attack on an LNG tanker occurs at the end of "S...<I>An attack on an LNG tanker occurs at the end of "Syraica" or however you spell the name of the movie, but no explosion would have occurred, just a huge flaming area on the water (possibly bad enough, but nothing that would go boom).</I><BR/><BR/>I'd agree that it's hard to see how you'd get a pipe-bomb effect a la Texas City from an LNG tanker in Boston harbor, except that it'd make me objectively pro-terrorist.Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1163781636998526162006-11-17T08:40:00.000-08:002006-11-17T08:40:00.000-08:00LNG upon being released starts to vaporize, althou...LNG upon being released starts to vaporize, although if it is contained within a diked area, it will freeze the ground underneath, which insulates the liquid from absorbing much heat from the ground, thus slowing the vaporization rate. Methane vapors then will likely find a source of ignition, and there will be the mother of all blue flames, but as long as none of the liquid and resulting vapors get into a confined space (such as a storm sewer)there will be no explosion. Radiation from the 1500 degree flames can create problems, but I doubt a spill on water would do much harm unless, again, radiational heating of nearby structures occurs or the liquid finds a way into a confined space. There were LNG-spill experiments at China Lake in the 1950s by the military, and they never could get methane in the open air from an LNG spill to explode. The calamitous LNG spill in Cleveland during WWII did get loose into a sewer and basements, and around 250 people were killed, but the liquid overtopped a dike after the storage tanks manufactured by Chicago Bridge & Iron failed because of the low temperature stresses from this cryogenic liquid. A gasoline spill of equal volume would have been much more energetic, and gasoline vapors, unlike methane vapors, hug the ground, increasing the area of threat. Gasoline also explodes in unconfined space upon ignition. An attack on an LNG tanker occurs at the end of "Syraica" or however you spell the name of the movie, but no explosion would have occurred, just a huge flaming area on the water (possibly bad enough, but nothing that would go boom).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1163687361593770962006-11-16T06:29:00.000-08:002006-11-16T06:29:00.000-08:00I'm just pointing out that the Herald's argument h...<I>I'm just pointing out that the Herald's argument here is bizarre and manipulative.</I><BR/><BR/>standard <I>herald</I> fare. i'd recommend that you, and everyone else, stay as far away from this rag as possible if you're looking for actual news. if you're in the mood for a high-caliber tabloid, on the other hand, then this is definitely the paper for you.juniper pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09940950405860078123noreply@blogger.com