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And just a few days before harvest, too… That’s really too bad.
yikes. “aaand, i’m outta here!” indeed!
A small earthquake? Really?
Also, horizontal portrait format?! What new hell is this?!
Saw a similar video someone took of a tanker fire the other day. People need to get out of dodge when something like this happens. Stepping out of your vehicle to take cellphone video is not a good decision.
1 … 2… 3… Gas prices jump a dollar.
As they should, and by more than a dollar. US should cut all subsidies that keep petroleum cheap which will make people reconsider reliance on cheep gas which is rapidly running out.
I’m aware that this will initially impact lower wage earners at first, but in the long game it will lead to better public transit and more fuel efficient cars. If you’re driving to your retail job solo, you don’t need an F-350.
All this time I thought those were manufactured.
The BLEVE: Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion. Also known as Blast Leveling Everything Very Efficiently.
35 years ago:
Engineer1: I think we should build these tanks farther apart…
Manager1: Wait, why?
That blowed up good!
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