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Simple gasket screw-up shut down the bridge from New Jersey to Delaware for 6 hours
NJ.com ^
| November 27, 2018
| The Associated Press
Posted on 12/11/2018 1:10:39 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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Simple gasket screw-up shut down the bridge from New Jersey to Delaware for 6 hours on one of the busiest travel days of year
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Somewhere a fat former governor is laughing.
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posted on
12/11/2018 1:26:32 AM PST
by
mindburglar
(Don't bother. I don't debate.)
To: mindburglar
Them dern simple gaskets... sometimes you just gots to take a whole machine apart just to replace one...
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posted on
12/11/2018 2:09:05 AM PST
by
Clutch Martin
(The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Ethylene oxide is nasty stuff. It is toxic and has a wide concentration range of explosive mixtures with air (which is why they use it in air-fuel bombs)
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posted on
12/11/2018 2:38:00 AM PST
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Tell that to the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
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posted on
12/11/2018 3:26:37 AM PST
by
gigster
(Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
To: from occupied ga
I drive there everyday. and why Delaware let them build it so close to the Delaware Memorial Bridge considering the toxicity of the chemical is beyond reasoning.
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posted on
12/11/2018 3:34:03 AM PST
by
Falcon4.0
To: Falcon4.0
Such a lovely area down there by the bridge.....
To: Falcon4.0
I haven’t been there for a long time, but wasn’t there a dupont chemical plant near the bridge that predated the bridge?
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posted on
12/11/2018 4:39:28 AM PST
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
To: from occupied ga
DuPont Chambers Works. But it’s on the Jersey side.
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posted on
12/11/2018 4:45:06 AM PST
by
deweyfrank
(Nobody's Perfect)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The title is misleading , A gasket can be simple , its the installation that takes skill and isnt always that simple. Thats why a good mechanic can make 100k a year installing “ simple gaskets”. A better headline should have said “ Gas leak shuts down bridge” and leave the ignoramic phrase “ Simple gasket” out.
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posted on
12/11/2018 4:54:47 AM PST
by
Ikeon
(Sadly, the sheep just voted a wolf as the head chef in their own house. whats for dinner? mutton)
To: from occupied ga
I live at the base of this bridge in Pennsville NJ this was a big deal here...
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posted on
12/11/2018 4:55:39 AM PST
by
Dog
(..."I'm just a cook....")
To: from occupied ga
Yep back in the day that Dupont plant made black powder. There were a couple of explosions. ...
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posted on
12/11/2018 4:58:45 AM PST
by
Dog
(..."I'm just a cook....")
To: Dog
Lucky! You can get a Italian Kitchen sub anytime you want! (and cheese steak pie too!)
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posted on
12/11/2018 5:01:55 AM PST
by
4yearlurker
("There stands mother under the oleanders,open the windows." A dying cowboys last words,1879.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Been there that night, unbelievable traffic jam. Only warning was “Bridge closed find alternate route”. Found our way out of rundown Wilmington thanks to “On Star”.
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posted on
12/11/2018 5:02:56 AM PST
by
kenmcg
(tHE WHOLE)
To: from occupied ga
It’s also one of the major methods for conducting sterilization of medical products.
Its so bad that the chambers they use to treat products are specifically built with weak ceilings to help direct any explosions upward.
After they pull a vacuum to vent the chamber by pulling a vacuum they still have to allow product to set between 24-48 hours to make sure that none of it is still left in the packaging.
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posted on
12/11/2018 5:15:04 AM PST
by
reed13k
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks; Gamecock; SaveFerris; FredZarguna; PROCON; Army Air Corps; KC_Lion; ...
"See this gasket? I have no confidence in that gasket!"
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I’ll bet when they test the gasket, they’ll find it didn’t have any asbestos in it. Those asbestos gaskets work really well.
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posted on
12/11/2018 5:23:03 AM PST
by
PAR35
To: Dog
I live at the base of this bridge in Pennsville NJ this was a big deal here...I believe it.
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posted on
12/11/2018 5:28:27 AM PST
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
To: from occupied ga
Yes, but that was and is on the New Jersey side.
To: Falcon4.0
Yes, but that was and is on the New Jersey side.So maybe the logic was that since you already have one chemical plant on one side, what's the harm in having another on the other side.
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posted on
12/11/2018 5:54:13 AM PST
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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