Posted on 09/23/2005 5:08:41 AM PDT by InvisibleChurch
DEATHS: Bus carrying Hurricane Rita evacuees has exploded on Interstate 45 near Dallas...
What a nightmare!
It caught fire exactly as the mechanic warned. Oxygen carried on board, aggravated and fueled the fire.
Oh man...Were now hearing 25 dead.....
If it was me and my family I would evacuated Tuesday. If you have a hard time communting on a average work day what do you expect during an evacuation? It's a large urban setting. If people didn't yield to warnings to get out by Tuesday then they are responsible for themselves. Can't blame public officals for an individuals poor judgement.
I believe in free will but the left will bounce on this one too. They are dead against the Patriot Act interfering with their lives but want immediate help from the government when they're waist deep in crap.
I think people need to learn self determination here.
Speaking of looters, check out his picture of a gang of looters caught in the act after Katrina!!
http://forms.belointeractive.com/sharedcontent/datafiles/1127405763306_ORIGINAL_Hurricane_Katrina_266.jpg
Just as you posted this, they had someone on that said they had only moved 6 miles in 24 hours!!
They were just showing images here on the west coast. It looks like something out of a bad hollywood movie. As far as we could see, thousands outside their cars, just standing there, all the way to the horizon.
Tragedy.
The last I heard was that they are also reporting that nine have been transported to Parkland Memorial Hospital's Emergency Burn Unit.
The images they were showing here a few minutes ago looked like something out of a "Terminator" movie. A burned out bus, with traffic back up over the horizon...
What a disgusting question. Naturally, par for the course for our media. They just put out the fire and the second-guessing is already beginning.
Oh, hey...I'm completely with you. I grew up in Florida.
When that hurricane rounded Miami, I would have been out of anywhere in the Gulf. From the Coast of Texas to the Panhandle of Florida.
Same thing with Katrina. The minute they say Cat 3 or above, I'd be gone. With my husband, daughter, 2 dogs, bird, and every single important thing that I could pack in my car.
No way would I depend on anyone to "tell me" when it was time to go. Much less depend on someone to take care of me afterwards.
I'm not saying everyone can do that--I know there are people who need help. But anyone with common sense can look at that radar screen and see that monster coming for DAYS in advace.
We just heard 25 dead.
These people were burned alive.
Damn!
Yes, and the authorities have been given permission to move the bus with the bodies still on board so that I-45 can be re-opened. There are still alot of people trying to get north and out of Rita's way.
"Sparks from the breaks ignited gas tanks"
"This usually occurs when gasoline is leaking from the tank."
AAAAAAAAAAAA Wrong..
All major buses use diesel fuel. Diesel fuel is harder to ignite than regular fuel. In fact the flash point of diesel fuel in the tank is about 140 degrees Fahrenheit. Compare this to the flash point of regular gasoline in the tank of -35 degrees Fahrenheit.
Since buses typically carry 100 gallons of diesel fuel, if the fuel is ignited, it can be a major catastrophe for the bus, its driver and any passenger vehicles in the area. Most diesel fuel in buses is heated by recirculation through the fuel pump. However, because of the high flash point of this fuel, a large energy source is generally required to ignite even this warm fuel.
Unlike passenger crashes with gasoline, rupture of the fuel tank will probably not ignite the diesel fuel through sparks or a hot exhaust manifold. Of course, if the bus rig is carrying flammable materials a rupture could easily ignite those materials thereby giving the diesel fuel an ignition source.
Absent that scenario, research suggests that the most likely ignition source for a diesel fuel fire in a roll over or collision is the battery box.
Has anyone on this thread ever in their lives heard of a bus fire caused by bad brakes? I haven't, yet - right in the middle of a major evacuation - it happens. I'm not a church-going man, but this almost seems demonic.
We saw the video. I swear, it was right out of a Terminator movie.
"All major buses use diesel fuel. Diesel fuel is harder to ignite"
Sorry about that..I caught myself a few posts down (I had just woken up) and said I should have been talking about diesel fuel.
Yep. Just thinking about the last minutes on board that thing is disturbing. Just sitting there, and being burned alive, not being able to get away.
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