Re: [Vo]:Fire destroys Atlanta's biggest highway

2017-03-31 Thread Terry Blanton 
I have discovered that the tubing was HDPE not PVC. Polyethylene generates
14 x more heat when burned.

On Mar 31, 2017 4:21 PM, "Jed Rothwell"  wrote:

> A video from a car passing close to the fire:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xF1ElzeVNA
>
>

Re: [Vo]:Fire destroys Atlanta's biggest highway

2017-03-31 Thread Jed Rothwell 
A video from a car passing close to the fire:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xF1ElzeVNA

Re: [Vo]:Fire destroys Atlanta's biggest highway

2017-03-31 Thread Jones Beene 

Jed Rothwell wrote:

In other surrealistic Atlanta energy related news, someone caused an 
evacuation today by claiming he had "red mercury." I kid you not. See:


http://www.ajc.com/news/local/just-downtown-streets-closed-amid-red-mercury-investigation/9xfH610HG8kqOlvNT6N3EP/


This is surrel, if not worrisome, but can probably be explained as a 
scam involving cinnabar... which is toxic... or else someone not playing 
with a full deck missing the date of April Fool Day by a fair 
margin.Cinnabar is a red ore of mercury and much of it does come from 
Africa - in contrast to the mythical red mercury (of ST Cohen) which is 
purportedly used to trigger a bombe (best Clouseau accent). Wiki has an 
entry.


Has there been an update on this story with more info as to the perp? 
I'm sure Terry is following it closely... adds new meaning to the 
nickname "Hotlanta".

Re: [Vo]:Fire destroys Atlanta's biggest highway

2017-03-30 Thread Jed Rothwell 
So, it was conventional chemicals, not fuel? I stand corrected.

There was speculation in the news earlier that it was fuel.

In other surrealistic Atlanta energy related news, someone caused an
evacuation today by claiming he had "red mercury." I kid you not. See:

http://www.ajc.com/news/local/just-downtown-streets-closed-amid-red-mercury-investigation/9xfH610HG8kqOlvNT6N3EP/

It has been quite a day.

- Jed

Re: [Vo]:Fire destroys Atlanta's biggest highway

2017-03-30 Thread Terry Blanton 
On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 9:18 PM, Jed Rothwell  wrote:
>
> I bring this up here because preliminary indications are that the fire was
> caused by a fuel pipeline leak.
>

Nope.  I work 1/4 mile away and drive by every day.  It was miles of PVC
innerduct used for fiber optics installation.

Attached is a picture of the fuel.  Note the MARTA yard in the background.

Arson is a real possibility.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8mt4mJOTGvBUXViNnhBWE5BVEU