Firenado! 800,000 gallons of Jim Beam

Daily Mail ^ | 9/4/15 | Darren Boyle

[Kartographer]

A Jim Beam warehouse in Kentucky was struck by lightning releasing 800,000 gallons of bourbon into a nearby lake. Then, the lake was hit by a 'firenado' setting the inflammable liquid alight.

The firenado was caused when a bolt of lighting hit the ground setting a fire which was in the path of a tornado, which sucked up the flames, creating a terrifying spiraling inferno.

[Kartographer]

I think am going to cry!

[Dick Bachert]

THINK? I’m WEEPING OVER HERE!!!

[2banana]

ISIS will PAY FOR THIS!

[albie]

At least the fish died happy

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Only one bottle was saved

[Quality_Not_Quantity]

Oh, the humanity!

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I usually only see sights like that after polishing off a pint of Jim Beam.

Good lawdy. I better get me some now...prices is gon' be goin' up fast.

[RightGeek]

[dfwgator]

[DaxtonBrown]

I’ll drink to that!

[BerniesFriend]

What’s so sad is that all wildlife and forest destroyed were underage..

[Las Vegas Ron]

setting the inflammable liquid alight.

Wait....what???

[N. Theknow]

That heap big fire water Kemosabe.

[Slyfox]

[knittnmom]

That was my thought, too. http://grammarist.com/usage/flammable-inflammable/

[telstar12.5]

Now THIS is a genuine tragedy of National Importance!!!

[BigEdLB]

Oh, the fermentity

[cynwoody]

This is a 2003 story.

[Las Vegas Ron]

Hmmm, interesting....learn something new every day here:

Flammable vs. inflammable

There is no difference in meaning between flammable and inflammable. Both describe things that are capable of burning or easy to ignite, but in all modern varieties of English, flammable is preferred.

Inflammable, derived from the verb inflame, is the original word. But because the first syllable is easily misinterpreted as the common negative prefix in- (as in, for example, inescapable, invulnerable, inorganic), the word has always caused confusion. Because this confusion can have dangerous real-world consequences, the shift from inflammable to flammable is welcome.

The less confusing flammable did not enter common use until the early 20th century, but it quickly became the prevalent spelling. Inflammable is still common on product labels and appears from time to time in edited publications, but it fell out of favor around 1970.

[Cold Heat]

A Beamanado!