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Blue Rhino Lake County Florida propane facility explosion
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. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/os-blue-rhino-plant-explosion-before-and-after-20130730,0,927487.htmlstory -- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge. |
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On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 23:34:22 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote: 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... -- If you're trying to take a roomful of people by surprise, it's a lot easier to hit your targets if you don't yell going through the door. -- Lois McMaster Bujold |
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Blue Rhino Lake County Florida propane facility explosion
On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 20:59:23 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote: On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 23:34:22 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: 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! -- ""Almost all liberal behavioral tropes track the impotent rage of small children. Thus, for example, there is also the popular tactic of repeating some stupid, meaningless phrase a billion times" Arms for hostages, arms for hostages, arms for hostages, it's just about sex, just about sex, just about sex, dumb,dumb, money in politics,money in politics, Enron, Enron, Enron. Nothing repeated with mind-numbing frequency in all major news outlets will not be believed by some members of the populace. It is the permanence of evil; you can't stop it." (Ann Coulter) |
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Blue Rhino Lake County Florida propane facility explosion
BOOM,
Can you tell me exactly where. My parents live in Lake county. They are 'up Nort' right now. Karl |
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"Michael A. Terrell" wrote: 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. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/os-blue-rhino-plant-explosion-before-and-after-20130730,0,927487.htmlstory Karma - You make huge profits overcharging for under filled tanks, then karma kicks you in the head and your fill plant blows up. |
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Karl Townsend fired this volley in
: BOOM, Can you tell me exactly where. My parents live in Lake county. They are 'up Nort' right now. Karl Tavares, Karl. Only one adjacent property was slightly harmed when a 20lb tank came through the roof (not on fire). Just a hole, not total havok. The plant was decimated, (53000 20lb tanks on premises, most full or with some gas in them) but the bulk tanks did not pop. One of the two 30Kgal tanks did suffer a slow leak, but they successfully burned off the contents last night on a to-purpose burn stack. Lloyd |
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Blue Rhino Lake County Florida propane facility explosion
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" wrote: 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... -- If you're trying to take a roomful of people by surprise, it's a lot easier to hit your targets if you don't yell going through the door. -- Lois McMaster Bujold |
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Blue Rhino Lake County Florida propane facility explosion
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" wrote: 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 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 -- ""Almost all liberal behavioral tropes track the impotent rage of small children. Thus, for example, there is also the popular tactic of repeating some stupid, meaningless phrase a billion times" Arms for hostages, arms for hostages, arms for hostages, it's just about sex, just about sex, just about sex, dumb,dumb, money in politics,money in politics, Enron, Enron, Enron. Nothing repeated with mind-numbing frequency in all major news outlets will not be believed by some members of the populace. It is the permanence of evil; you can't stop it." (Ann Coulter) |
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Karl Townsend wrote: BOOM, Can you tell me exactly where. My parents live in Lake county. They are 'up Nort' right now. Off Hwy. 448, near Hwy. 561. Zoom in for a view of the area before the fire. https://maps.google.com/maps?num=100&safe=off&client=firefox-a&q=blue+rhino+fire+lake+county+plant+location+map &ie=UTF-8&ei=JVz5Ua_5D5Pe8ASGyIBI&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAg -- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge. |
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On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 09:22:34 -0700, Gunner Asch
wrote: 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" wrote: 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. -- If you're trying to take a roomful of people by surprise, it's a lot easier to hit your targets if you don't yell going through the door. -- Lois McMaster Bujold |
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Blue Rhino Lake County Florida propane facility explosion
On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 12:09:06 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote: On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 09:22:34 -0700, Gunner Asch wrote: 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" wrote: 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 -- ""Almost all liberal behavioral tropes track the impotent rage of small children. Thus, for example, there is also the popular tactic of repeating some stupid, meaningless phrase a billion times" Arms for hostages, arms for hostages, arms for hostages, it's just about sex, just about sex, just about sex, dumb,dumb, money in politics,money in politics, Enron, Enron, Enron. Nothing repeated with mind-numbing frequency in all major news outlets will not be believed by some members of the populace. It is the permanence of evil; you can't stop it." (Ann Coulter) |
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On 7/31/2013 3:09 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
$1.45/gal here. I was pleasantly amazed when I heard that a few weeks ago. HOLY **** BATMAN! I'd convert all my vehicles to dual-fuel! (A sure way to spike the price on propane!) |
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On 7/31/2013 4:14 PM, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 12:09:06 -0700, Larry Jaques wrote: On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 09:22:34 -0700, Gunner Asch wrote: 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" wrote: 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 I was complaining to Roger that there must be a leak in the forklifts' Propane systems and he said there was...it's called the carburetor. It seems they should be rated in feet per gallon! |
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On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 18:53:42 -0400, Tom Gardner Mars@Tacks wrote:
On 7/31/2013 4:14 PM, Gunner Asch wrote: On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 12:09:06 -0700, Larry Jaques wrote: On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 09:22:34 -0700, Gunner Asch wrote: 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" wrote: 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 I was complaining to Roger that there must be a leak in the forklifts' Propane systems and he said there was...it's called the carburetor. It seems they should be rated in feet per gallon! Ayup!! -- ""Almost all liberal behavioral tropes track the impotent rage of small children. Thus, for example, there is also the popular tactic of repeating some stupid, meaningless phrase a billion times" Arms for hostages, arms for hostages, arms for hostages, it's just about sex, just about sex, just about sex, dumb,dumb, money in politics,money in politics, Enron, Enron, Enron. Nothing repeated with mind-numbing frequency in all major news outlets will not be believed by some members of the populace. It is the permanence of evil; you can't stop it." (Ann Coulter) |
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On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 23:34:22 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote: 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. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/os-blue-rhino-plant-explosion-before-and-after-20130730,0,927487.htmlstory Amazing - In front of the Home Center or Supermarket they have the filled propane bottles safely stored in cages, so even if one leaks and catches fire, and starts cooking the bottles till the pop-offs open... They can't go anywhere. Now you'd think they have the same basic system to slide a whole pallet of stacked bottles at a time into caged sections of pallet racking at the bulk plant yard, so if there's a fire it stays in one place. No loose bottles to go flying off and lighting off new sections. But the reality... Gee, if I sold pallet racking I'd be down there trying to make a sale. And looking to retrofit the rest of their yards, too. -- Bruce -- |
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On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 13:14:09 -0700, Gunner Asch
wrote: On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 12:09:06 -0700, Larry Jaques wrote: On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 09:22:34 -0700, Gunner Asch wrote: 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" wrote: 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 If I went through it quickly, it would mean that I had a forklift. That couldn't be all bad, huh? -- If you're trying to take a roomful of people by surprise, it's a lot easier to hit your targets if you don't yell going through the door. -- Lois McMaster Bujold |
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