Correction. Ornot's article said some eyewitnesses said they saw an "explosion". Since gasoline tank "explosions" are rare, that's why I wondered about what the facts actually were.
That's why I asked if the fuel was either propane, or whether the witnesses simply mistook the ignition of a fireball, for an "explosion".
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I wonder how fast of an oxidation rate is required to qualify as an explosion ?
Bush doubled the debt from 5 trillion to 10 trillion.
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Bush asked for and signed for the TARP money.
The Republican senate leader backed Bush on this.
Most gunpowder will not "explode" if not contained, just poof up pretty fast.
Bush doubled the debt from 5 trillion to 10 trillion.
Proving tax cuts work!
Bush asked for and signed for the TARP money.
The Republican senate leader backed Bush on this.
As I understand it, the driver took a curve too fast and hit one of the concrete supports. Presumably that ruptured the tank and a spark ignited its contents. A large volume of fuel would ignite pretty fast under those conditions (all conditions met: ignition source, fuel, and oxygen) and might appear, to untutored onlookers, as an explosion just because of the speed of the fire.
Apparently the driver (his name is Hispanic, by the way) suffered only second degree burns but was able to walk to a gas station on his own and call a taxi to take him to a nearby hospital.
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Dang ! Hispanic terrorists are after us now! Invade Mexico!
Bush doubled the debt from 5 trillion to 10 trillion.
Proving tax cuts work!
Bush asked for and signed for the TARP money.
The Republican senate leader backed Bush on this.
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- -- Aristotle
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Do you want to cut off Mexico's second highest foreign income source ?
The money Mexicans send back to Mexico is second only to their oil revenu.
Bush doubled the debt from 5 trillion to 10 trillion.
Proving tax cuts work!
Bush asked for and signed for the TARP money.
The Republican senate leader backed Bush on this.
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