About 45 or 50 years ago a propane truck caught fire and blew up. I do not remember how many people were killed. There was a significant portion of the highway missing after the tragedy. The only good thing was a school bus driver not too far behind had the foresight to drive his bus full of kids through a corn field and was far enough away. I have had respect for the stuff ever since that accident. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 2:17 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Propane gas.
A couple of the guys I went to college with were basically controled pyromaniacs. They were forever building pipe boms and concocting various exploding chemical devices. One guy actually had a fire control panel he liberated from an abandoned missile silo in his room that was really cool. Anyway, we used to fill balloons with propane and throw them into bonfires on occasion, and the explosions were pretty spectacular. Later in my life, as part of a safety program I had to attend, I got to witness a deliberately-set bleve fire, where they basically just propped an oxy-asetelene torch next to a 200 gallon propane tank and let it blow. Bleve is an acronym for boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion and that kind of says it all. The demonstration was intended to impart a high level of respect and awe for propane, and it really worked in my case. Obviously I misssed the visual stuff, but the heat and explosion were really something. Bill Stephan Kansas Citty MO Email: [email protected] Phone: (816)803-2469 ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Kennedy <[email protected]> Date: Friday, January 15, 2010 11:32 am Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Propane gas. > Some time Google propane explosion Buffalo 1985. 5 fireman were > killed in that explosion. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lee A. Stone > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 11:55 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Propane gas. > > > > > I am told the new tanks cannot be over filled but when we first > moved > here in the middle 80's we had two propane tanks with thehigh > collar on > them. and on a very hot day all of a sudden we smelled the > propane . > a neighbor who is a fireman said to open the valve and to shut > it back > off and we connected it to the grill. that way we could safely > burn off > the excess. I am also told that propane is heavy enough that if > it > was in a closed rom you could move it around with a broom. . . Lee > > On > Fri, Jan 15, > 2010 at 08:58:25AM -0500, Lenny McHugh wrote: > > since it boils at such a low temperature, I wonder how much > pressure builds > > up in the 20 lb tank for a gas grill. In the hot sun the tanks > do get warm. > > I persume that why the instructions are to turn thetank off > when not in use. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Joe Plummer" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 8:16 AM > > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Propane gas. > > > > > > Well here in Florida a lot of people use it for heating. They > also use > > Kerosene for heating. > > > > > > Sign, > > JP ( Joe Plummer) > > [email protected] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Art Rizzino > > Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 10:28 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] wireless bad thing detectors. > > > > > > > > Regarding Propane, it is often used in rural areas where > Natural Gas service > > is not available in place of electric or oil. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Dan Rossi > > To: [email protected] > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, > January 13, 2010 10:06 PM > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] wireless bad thing detectors. > > > > Bob, > > > > Very good point about the propane. I've read that as well, but > forget > about it, since I've never known anyone to heat with > propane. I think > > that is because I've typically lived in cold climates. I think > propane > heat is more common in places where heat is not a > necessity. 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