Posted on 04/29/2007 3:41:40 PM PDT by Captain Shamrock
Is there a pattern to these accidents?
The phenomenon is an enginering usage of the word creep.
Creep..... A slow flow of metal when under high temperature or great pressure. Yahoo dictionary.
For the record
THAT was my first thought, too.
A little bit of Monica in my life
A little bit of Erica by my side
A little bit of Rita’s all I need
A little bit of Tina’s what I see
A little bit of Sandra in the sun
A little bit of Mary all night long
A little bit of Jessica here I am
Yeah, I goofed. Massive 2nd degree burns can put you in the hospital, but you can walk around (albeit in some real pain) with decent 2nd degree burns. I was thinking 3rd degree...
Yikes. This could be a huge problem for San Francisco.
Twenty years ago, I lived in Emeryville, on a nice peninsula that goes out into the bay just north of the bridge. When I moved there in '85, I could run into The City for lunch, as it took 12 minutes to cross the Bay Bridge. In the three years I lived there, San Fran traffic reached permanent gridlock status and the trip took 1-1/2 hours at the same time of day.
THIS wreck will likely tie up everything for miles around until 2044.
Bush’s fault
“a gasoline tanker truck explosion inside one of the three tunnels in the hills above Oakland”
It’s the Caldecott Tunnel and the scorch marks are still visible all the way through as a grim reminder.
http://www.wetzoollamb.net/tours/caldecott/cald1.html
We heard this on the radio this afternoon and my husband’s first comment was Rosie will say terrorists did this because she doesn’t belive fuel can melt steel...
Not if Caltrans give the emergency work to Kiewit, 6 months tops.
Kiewit?
Not Kuwait, I hope.
to carry Rosie's load
I was thinking that jet fuel had a higher heat of combustion than gasoline....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_efficiency
has regular gas at 125K BTU/gal,
aviation gas at 120.2K BTU/gal,
jet fuel slightly more, 127.5K-135K BTU/gal.
3. Taco.
4. Tuna salad.
5. Glazed donut.
Thanks, That adds to our “evidence”!
I like myth busters. sorry
That must have been one hot fire. Rush hour will suck around there for a while.
“piytar wrote:
Yeah, I goofed. Massive 2nd degree burns can put you in the hospital, but you can walk around (albeit in some real pain) with decent 2nd degree burns. I was thinking 3rd degree...”
I believe it’s the percent of the body covered that makes the difference. I minor burn all over your body (like sunburn) can be worse than a bad burn in one spot.
<<
Any terrorist watching that would have a perfect idea of how a low manpower force could concentrate casualties.
>>
And yet, it hasn’t happened again since September 11th. Now, why would that be? Hmmmmnnnn . . . Rosie, can you offer a guess?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.