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Default Blue Rhino Lake County Florida propane facility explosion

On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 12:09:06 -0700, Larry Jaques
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On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 09:22:34 -0700, Gunner Asch
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On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 07:04:49 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 22:49:01 -0700, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 20:59:23 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 23:34:22 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
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This was a few miles from my first shop in Florida. It looks like they
will be short a lot of tanks for a while. I had to report a leaking
tank in one of their retail locations a few weeks ago. The manager of
the drug store it sat in front of wasn't too happy, since some customers
ignore the 'No Smoking' signs on a regular basis.

Scary thought, that.


http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/os-blue-rhino-plant-explosion-before-and-after-20130730,0,927487.htmlstory

Thanks, Sentinel. LOUSY before and after comparison. They aren't the
same resolution and it's impossible to tell how much of the area
covered on the right (after) was in the left (before) picture. The
painted rectangles give some bit of reference, but...

Agreed!

And another thing the Sentinel got wrong was that these were 20#
tanks, not 20 gallon. BIG difference: 300%!

Pete's probably right about the karma thing. I can refill for under
$6 today, not $25-30 for the Rhinos. I'm considering getting another
tank for backup...


Propane here is $3.40 a gallon. So I get mine filled for $15.50


$1.45/gal here. I was pleasantly amazed when I heard that a few weeks
ago.


I have (10) "5 gallon" tanks (two of which are needing to be exchanged
for the new style)

My forklift tanks are 7.9 gallons and they cost me about $27 a fill
IRRC
I have 3 of them

Must be nice to have cheap propane. Sigh


It would be even nicer if I went through it quickly.


It would be nice if I went through it less quickly...sigh


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