On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 02:37:24 GMT, zero wrote:

On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 20:38:15 -0400, Jeff Wisnia
wrote:



I bet they wouldn't have flown anywhere near as high if they were just
sitting on the ground when they blew.
Jeff

Not so high? OK, but not by much. The pressure wants to make a
cylindrical tank round. The ends usually are the first to go vs. a
longitudinal seam. The ends are flat. It usually goes _UP_ due to
years of sediment/scale inside resting on the bottom. Scale act as a
wonderful insulator causing advanced abuse/use on the bottom due to
overheating and _*_ loss of elasticity.

* read "overheating and then loss...."



This is more typical:


http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/33094_boom28.shtml


-zero