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#141
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Re: OT: exploding fuel tanks
I watched a Bollywood movie, where the horse went over the cliff, and
exploded into flames.
Earle
"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
news:dhglv4$6ns$1@reader1.panix.com...
> Not that this has fark-all to do with Jeeps, but... Cars explode on
> teevee and in movies because it Looks! Cool!, not because it has
> anything to do with reality, as you know from experience. Not a lot of
> car chases end up 1) on a roll-over on a city street (as was the
> standard in the 1970s and 80s) or 2) by plowing through a push-cart full
> of fruit, either. One could list things that movies don't do "right"
> until the cows come home: Gun sounds, animal behaviour, computer sounds
> and graphics, any number of explosion F/X, rain, medical proceedures,
> car sounds (squealing tires on sand), building fires without smoke,
> vintage aircraft, and on and on. Most of those mistakes are because
> there's a preception that audiences expect it, it makes the shot more
> "exciting" for the producer (it isn't exciting if the stunned Hero
> crawls out of the wreck and stumble away from something that just _sits_
> there), or, sometimes, simple misinformation based on watching too many
> movies and not enough looking out the window (or, "we always do it that
> way"). Cars _always_ explode, right?
>
>
> Billy Ray wrote:
> > On TV every vehicle accident or collision ends in an exploding fuel
tank.
> > In the 6 1/2 years I was a fireman I NEVER saw a gasoline or diesel fuel
> > tank explode. I have seen them rupture and burn but never explode.
> >
exploded into flames.
Earle
"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
news:dhglv4$6ns$1@reader1.panix.com...
> Not that this has fark-all to do with Jeeps, but... Cars explode on
> teevee and in movies because it Looks! Cool!, not because it has
> anything to do with reality, as you know from experience. Not a lot of
> car chases end up 1) on a roll-over on a city street (as was the
> standard in the 1970s and 80s) or 2) by plowing through a push-cart full
> of fruit, either. One could list things that movies don't do "right"
> until the cows come home: Gun sounds, animal behaviour, computer sounds
> and graphics, any number of explosion F/X, rain, medical proceedures,
> car sounds (squealing tires on sand), building fires without smoke,
> vintage aircraft, and on and on. Most of those mistakes are because
> there's a preception that audiences expect it, it makes the shot more
> "exciting" for the producer (it isn't exciting if the stunned Hero
> crawls out of the wreck and stumble away from something that just _sits_
> there), or, sometimes, simple misinformation based on watching too many
> movies and not enough looking out the window (or, "we always do it that
> way"). Cars _always_ explode, right?
>
>
> Billy Ray wrote:
> > On TV every vehicle accident or collision ends in an exploding fuel
tank.
> > In the 6 1/2 years I was a fireman I NEVER saw a gasoline or diesel fuel
> > tank explode. I have seen them rupture and burn but never explode.
> >
#142
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Re: OT: exploding fuel tanks
I watched a Bollywood movie, where the horse went over the cliff, and
exploded into flames.
Earle
"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
news:dhglv4$6ns$1@reader1.panix.com...
> Not that this has fark-all to do with Jeeps, but... Cars explode on
> teevee and in movies because it Looks! Cool!, not because it has
> anything to do with reality, as you know from experience. Not a lot of
> car chases end up 1) on a roll-over on a city street (as was the
> standard in the 1970s and 80s) or 2) by plowing through a push-cart full
> of fruit, either. One could list things that movies don't do "right"
> until the cows come home: Gun sounds, animal behaviour, computer sounds
> and graphics, any number of explosion F/X, rain, medical proceedures,
> car sounds (squealing tires on sand), building fires without smoke,
> vintage aircraft, and on and on. Most of those mistakes are because
> there's a preception that audiences expect it, it makes the shot more
> "exciting" for the producer (it isn't exciting if the stunned Hero
> crawls out of the wreck and stumble away from something that just _sits_
> there), or, sometimes, simple misinformation based on watching too many
> movies and not enough looking out the window (or, "we always do it that
> way"). Cars _always_ explode, right?
>
>
> Billy Ray wrote:
> > On TV every vehicle accident or collision ends in an exploding fuel
tank.
> > In the 6 1/2 years I was a fireman I NEVER saw a gasoline or diesel fuel
> > tank explode. I have seen them rupture and burn but never explode.
> >
exploded into flames.
Earle
"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
news:dhglv4$6ns$1@reader1.panix.com...
> Not that this has fark-all to do with Jeeps, but... Cars explode on
> teevee and in movies because it Looks! Cool!, not because it has
> anything to do with reality, as you know from experience. Not a lot of
> car chases end up 1) on a roll-over on a city street (as was the
> standard in the 1970s and 80s) or 2) by plowing through a push-cart full
> of fruit, either. One could list things that movies don't do "right"
> until the cows come home: Gun sounds, animal behaviour, computer sounds
> and graphics, any number of explosion F/X, rain, medical proceedures,
> car sounds (squealing tires on sand), building fires without smoke,
> vintage aircraft, and on and on. Most of those mistakes are because
> there's a preception that audiences expect it, it makes the shot more
> "exciting" for the producer (it isn't exciting if the stunned Hero
> crawls out of the wreck and stumble away from something that just _sits_
> there), or, sometimes, simple misinformation based on watching too many
> movies and not enough looking out the window (or, "we always do it that
> way"). Cars _always_ explode, right?
>
>
> Billy Ray wrote:
> > On TV every vehicle accident or collision ends in an exploding fuel
tank.
> > In the 6 1/2 years I was a fireman I NEVER saw a gasoline or diesel fuel
> > tank explode. I have seen them rupture and burn but never explode.
> >
#143
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Re: OT: exploding fuel tanks
Heh, now THAT was funny! :D
Earle Horton wrote:
> I watched a Bollywood movie, where the horse went over the cliff, and
> exploded into flames.
>
> Earle
>
> "Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
> news:dhglv4$6ns$1@reader1.panix.com...
>
>>Not that this has fark-all to do with Jeeps, but... Cars explode on
>>teevee and in movies because it Looks! Cool!, not because it has
>>anything to do with reality, as you know from experience. Not a lot of
>>car chases end up 1) on a roll-over on a city street (as was the
>>standard in the 1970s and 80s) or 2) by plowing through a push-cart full
>>of fruit, either. One could list things that movies don't do "right"
>>until the cows come home: Gun sounds, animal behaviour, computer sounds
>>and graphics, any number of explosion F/X, rain, medical proceedures,
>>car sounds (squealing tires on sand), building fires without smoke,
>>vintage aircraft, and on and on. Most of those mistakes are because
>>there's a preception that audiences expect it, it makes the shot more
>>"exciting" for the producer (it isn't exciting if the stunned Hero
>>crawls out of the wreck and stumble away from something that just _sits_
>>there), or, sometimes, simple misinformation based on watching too many
>>movies and not enough looking out the window (or, "we always do it that
>>way"). Cars _always_ explode, right?
>>
>>
>>Billy Ray wrote:
>>
>>>On TV every vehicle accident or collision ends in an exploding fuel
>
> tank.
>
>>>In the 6 1/2 years I was a fireman I NEVER saw a gasoline or diesel fuel
>>>tank explode. I have seen them rupture and burn but never explode.
>>>
>
>
>
--
Jerry Bransford
PP-ASEL N6TAY
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
Earle Horton wrote:
> I watched a Bollywood movie, where the horse went over the cliff, and
> exploded into flames.
>
> Earle
>
> "Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
> news:dhglv4$6ns$1@reader1.panix.com...
>
>>Not that this has fark-all to do with Jeeps, but... Cars explode on
>>teevee and in movies because it Looks! Cool!, not because it has
>>anything to do with reality, as you know from experience. Not a lot of
>>car chases end up 1) on a roll-over on a city street (as was the
>>standard in the 1970s and 80s) or 2) by plowing through a push-cart full
>>of fruit, either. One could list things that movies don't do "right"
>>until the cows come home: Gun sounds, animal behaviour, computer sounds
>>and graphics, any number of explosion F/X, rain, medical proceedures,
>>car sounds (squealing tires on sand), building fires without smoke,
>>vintage aircraft, and on and on. Most of those mistakes are because
>>there's a preception that audiences expect it, it makes the shot more
>>"exciting" for the producer (it isn't exciting if the stunned Hero
>>crawls out of the wreck and stumble away from something that just _sits_
>>there), or, sometimes, simple misinformation based on watching too many
>>movies and not enough looking out the window (or, "we always do it that
>>way"). Cars _always_ explode, right?
>>
>>
>>Billy Ray wrote:
>>
>>>On TV every vehicle accident or collision ends in an exploding fuel
>
> tank.
>
>>>In the 6 1/2 years I was a fireman I NEVER saw a gasoline or diesel fuel
>>>tank explode. I have seen them rupture and burn but never explode.
>>>
>
>
>
--
Jerry Bransford
PP-ASEL N6TAY
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
#144
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Re: OT: exploding fuel tanks
Heh, now THAT was funny! :D
Earle Horton wrote:
> I watched a Bollywood movie, where the horse went over the cliff, and
> exploded into flames.
>
> Earle
>
> "Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
> news:dhglv4$6ns$1@reader1.panix.com...
>
>>Not that this has fark-all to do with Jeeps, but... Cars explode on
>>teevee and in movies because it Looks! Cool!, not because it has
>>anything to do with reality, as you know from experience. Not a lot of
>>car chases end up 1) on a roll-over on a city street (as was the
>>standard in the 1970s and 80s) or 2) by plowing through a push-cart full
>>of fruit, either. One could list things that movies don't do "right"
>>until the cows come home: Gun sounds, animal behaviour, computer sounds
>>and graphics, any number of explosion F/X, rain, medical proceedures,
>>car sounds (squealing tires on sand), building fires without smoke,
>>vintage aircraft, and on and on. Most of those mistakes are because
>>there's a preception that audiences expect it, it makes the shot more
>>"exciting" for the producer (it isn't exciting if the stunned Hero
>>crawls out of the wreck and stumble away from something that just _sits_
>>there), or, sometimes, simple misinformation based on watching too many
>>movies and not enough looking out the window (or, "we always do it that
>>way"). Cars _always_ explode, right?
>>
>>
>>Billy Ray wrote:
>>
>>>On TV every vehicle accident or collision ends in an exploding fuel
>
> tank.
>
>>>In the 6 1/2 years I was a fireman I NEVER saw a gasoline or diesel fuel
>>>tank explode. I have seen them rupture and burn but never explode.
>>>
>
>
>
--
Jerry Bransford
PP-ASEL N6TAY
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
Earle Horton wrote:
> I watched a Bollywood movie, where the horse went over the cliff, and
> exploded into flames.
>
> Earle
>
> "Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
> news:dhglv4$6ns$1@reader1.panix.com...
>
>>Not that this has fark-all to do with Jeeps, but... Cars explode on
>>teevee and in movies because it Looks! Cool!, not because it has
>>anything to do with reality, as you know from experience. Not a lot of
>>car chases end up 1) on a roll-over on a city street (as was the
>>standard in the 1970s and 80s) or 2) by plowing through a push-cart full
>>of fruit, either. One could list things that movies don't do "right"
>>until the cows come home: Gun sounds, animal behaviour, computer sounds
>>and graphics, any number of explosion F/X, rain, medical proceedures,
>>car sounds (squealing tires on sand), building fires without smoke,
>>vintage aircraft, and on and on. Most of those mistakes are because
>>there's a preception that audiences expect it, it makes the shot more
>>"exciting" for the producer (it isn't exciting if the stunned Hero
>>crawls out of the wreck and stumble away from something that just _sits_
>>there), or, sometimes, simple misinformation based on watching too many
>>movies and not enough looking out the window (or, "we always do it that
>>way"). Cars _always_ explode, right?
>>
>>
>>Billy Ray wrote:
>>
>>>On TV every vehicle accident or collision ends in an exploding fuel
>
> tank.
>
>>>In the 6 1/2 years I was a fireman I NEVER saw a gasoline or diesel fuel
>>>tank explode. I have seen them rupture and burn but never explode.
>>>
>
>
>
--
Jerry Bransford
PP-ASEL N6TAY
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
#145
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Re: OT: exploding fuel tanks
Heh, now THAT was funny! :D
Earle Horton wrote:
> I watched a Bollywood movie, where the horse went over the cliff, and
> exploded into flames.
>
> Earle
>
> "Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
> news:dhglv4$6ns$1@reader1.panix.com...
>
>>Not that this has fark-all to do with Jeeps, but... Cars explode on
>>teevee and in movies because it Looks! Cool!, not because it has
>>anything to do with reality, as you know from experience. Not a lot of
>>car chases end up 1) on a roll-over on a city street (as was the
>>standard in the 1970s and 80s) or 2) by plowing through a push-cart full
>>of fruit, either. One could list things that movies don't do "right"
>>until the cows come home: Gun sounds, animal behaviour, computer sounds
>>and graphics, any number of explosion F/X, rain, medical proceedures,
>>car sounds (squealing tires on sand), building fires without smoke,
>>vintage aircraft, and on and on. Most of those mistakes are because
>>there's a preception that audiences expect it, it makes the shot more
>>"exciting" for the producer (it isn't exciting if the stunned Hero
>>crawls out of the wreck and stumble away from something that just _sits_
>>there), or, sometimes, simple misinformation based on watching too many
>>movies and not enough looking out the window (or, "we always do it that
>>way"). Cars _always_ explode, right?
>>
>>
>>Billy Ray wrote:
>>
>>>On TV every vehicle accident or collision ends in an exploding fuel
>
> tank.
>
>>>In the 6 1/2 years I was a fireman I NEVER saw a gasoline or diesel fuel
>>>tank explode. I have seen them rupture and burn but never explode.
>>>
>
>
>
--
Jerry Bransford
PP-ASEL N6TAY
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
Earle Horton wrote:
> I watched a Bollywood movie, where the horse went over the cliff, and
> exploded into flames.
>
> Earle
>
> "Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
> news:dhglv4$6ns$1@reader1.panix.com...
>
>>Not that this has fark-all to do with Jeeps, but... Cars explode on
>>teevee and in movies because it Looks! Cool!, not because it has
>>anything to do with reality, as you know from experience. Not a lot of
>>car chases end up 1) on a roll-over on a city street (as was the
>>standard in the 1970s and 80s) or 2) by plowing through a push-cart full
>>of fruit, either. One could list things that movies don't do "right"
>>until the cows come home: Gun sounds, animal behaviour, computer sounds
>>and graphics, any number of explosion F/X, rain, medical proceedures,
>>car sounds (squealing tires on sand), building fires without smoke,
>>vintage aircraft, and on and on. Most of those mistakes are because
>>there's a preception that audiences expect it, it makes the shot more
>>"exciting" for the producer (it isn't exciting if the stunned Hero
>>crawls out of the wreck and stumble away from something that just _sits_
>>there), or, sometimes, simple misinformation based on watching too many
>>movies and not enough looking out the window (or, "we always do it that
>>way"). Cars _always_ explode, right?
>>
>>
>>Billy Ray wrote:
>>
>>>On TV every vehicle accident or collision ends in an exploding fuel
>
> tank.
>
>>>In the 6 1/2 years I was a fireman I NEVER saw a gasoline or diesel fuel
>>>tank explode. I have seen them rupture and burn but never explode.
>>>
>
>
>
--
Jerry Bransford
PP-ASEL N6TAY
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
#146
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Re: OT: exploding fuel tanks
Billy Ray wrote: "On TV every vehicle accident or collision ends in an
exploding fuel tank. In the 6 1/2 years I was a fireman I NEVER saw a
gasoline or diesel fuel tank explode. I have seen them rupture and burn but
never explode."
That is because of design. The rubber seals and connections to the tanks
will burn off first. The gas cap can blow off and is designed to. LSU
Fireman School has a neat video of a gas tank exposed to fire and the gas
cap flying off. It landed about a block away.
As a volunteer fireman for 18 years, I also have never seen one explode. I
fought many car fires and a few tanker fires even they did not exploded.
The only explosions I have seen in my years of service have been 2 rear
bumpers that flew off cars on fire. One as we approached the car with the
fire truck to position it to put out the fire and another while it was
still in the garage. First one the bumper flew about 50 feet and the second
one took out part of the garage wall and garage door. It is pretty amazing
how those 10 mile and hour shock bumpers can heat up and send a bumper
flying. This can also happen on those gas assisted lift shocks for
hatchback and windows.
Only other thing I seen exploded was a propane cylinder that leveled a house
prior to our arrival. The cylinder was on a barbecue grill in a utility
room. Leveled a two story home when it went. This one started because a
kid spilled a 5 gallon can of gasoline in the utility room with a gas water
heater. The kid was burned pretty badly and survived for about 4 weeks.
That is why you never store these items indoors by a gas water heater.
Sarge
exploding fuel tank. In the 6 1/2 years I was a fireman I NEVER saw a
gasoline or diesel fuel tank explode. I have seen them rupture and burn but
never explode."
That is because of design. The rubber seals and connections to the tanks
will burn off first. The gas cap can blow off and is designed to. LSU
Fireman School has a neat video of a gas tank exposed to fire and the gas
cap flying off. It landed about a block away.
As a volunteer fireman for 18 years, I also have never seen one explode. I
fought many car fires and a few tanker fires even they did not exploded.
The only explosions I have seen in my years of service have been 2 rear
bumpers that flew off cars on fire. One as we approached the car with the
fire truck to position it to put out the fire and another while it was
still in the garage. First one the bumper flew about 50 feet and the second
one took out part of the garage wall and garage door. It is pretty amazing
how those 10 mile and hour shock bumpers can heat up and send a bumper
flying. This can also happen on those gas assisted lift shocks for
hatchback and windows.
Only other thing I seen exploded was a propane cylinder that leveled a house
prior to our arrival. The cylinder was on a barbecue grill in a utility
room. Leveled a two story home when it went. This one started because a
kid spilled a 5 gallon can of gasoline in the utility room with a gas water
heater. The kid was burned pretty badly and survived for about 4 weeks.
That is why you never store these items indoors by a gas water heater.
Sarge
#147
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Re: OT: exploding fuel tanks
Billy Ray wrote: "On TV every vehicle accident or collision ends in an
exploding fuel tank. In the 6 1/2 years I was a fireman I NEVER saw a
gasoline or diesel fuel tank explode. I have seen them rupture and burn but
never explode."
That is because of design. The rubber seals and connections to the tanks
will burn off first. The gas cap can blow off and is designed to. LSU
Fireman School has a neat video of a gas tank exposed to fire and the gas
cap flying off. It landed about a block away.
As a volunteer fireman for 18 years, I also have never seen one explode. I
fought many car fires and a few tanker fires even they did not exploded.
The only explosions I have seen in my years of service have been 2 rear
bumpers that flew off cars on fire. One as we approached the car with the
fire truck to position it to put out the fire and another while it was
still in the garage. First one the bumper flew about 50 feet and the second
one took out part of the garage wall and garage door. It is pretty amazing
how those 10 mile and hour shock bumpers can heat up and send a bumper
flying. This can also happen on those gas assisted lift shocks for
hatchback and windows.
Only other thing I seen exploded was a propane cylinder that leveled a house
prior to our arrival. The cylinder was on a barbecue grill in a utility
room. Leveled a two story home when it went. This one started because a
kid spilled a 5 gallon can of gasoline in the utility room with a gas water
heater. The kid was burned pretty badly and survived for about 4 weeks.
That is why you never store these items indoors by a gas water heater.
Sarge
exploding fuel tank. In the 6 1/2 years I was a fireman I NEVER saw a
gasoline or diesel fuel tank explode. I have seen them rupture and burn but
never explode."
That is because of design. The rubber seals and connections to the tanks
will burn off first. The gas cap can blow off and is designed to. LSU
Fireman School has a neat video of a gas tank exposed to fire and the gas
cap flying off. It landed about a block away.
As a volunteer fireman for 18 years, I also have never seen one explode. I
fought many car fires and a few tanker fires even they did not exploded.
The only explosions I have seen in my years of service have been 2 rear
bumpers that flew off cars on fire. One as we approached the car with the
fire truck to position it to put out the fire and another while it was
still in the garage. First one the bumper flew about 50 feet and the second
one took out part of the garage wall and garage door. It is pretty amazing
how those 10 mile and hour shock bumpers can heat up and send a bumper
flying. This can also happen on those gas assisted lift shocks for
hatchback and windows.
Only other thing I seen exploded was a propane cylinder that leveled a house
prior to our arrival. The cylinder was on a barbecue grill in a utility
room. Leveled a two story home when it went. This one started because a
kid spilled a 5 gallon can of gasoline in the utility room with a gas water
heater. The kid was burned pretty badly and survived for about 4 weeks.
That is why you never store these items indoors by a gas water heater.
Sarge
#148
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Re: OT: exploding fuel tanks
Billy Ray wrote: "On TV every vehicle accident or collision ends in an
exploding fuel tank. In the 6 1/2 years I was a fireman I NEVER saw a
gasoline or diesel fuel tank explode. I have seen them rupture and burn but
never explode."
That is because of design. The rubber seals and connections to the tanks
will burn off first. The gas cap can blow off and is designed to. LSU
Fireman School has a neat video of a gas tank exposed to fire and the gas
cap flying off. It landed about a block away.
As a volunteer fireman for 18 years, I also have never seen one explode. I
fought many car fires and a few tanker fires even they did not exploded.
The only explosions I have seen in my years of service have been 2 rear
bumpers that flew off cars on fire. One as we approached the car with the
fire truck to position it to put out the fire and another while it was
still in the garage. First one the bumper flew about 50 feet and the second
one took out part of the garage wall and garage door. It is pretty amazing
how those 10 mile and hour shock bumpers can heat up and send a bumper
flying. This can also happen on those gas assisted lift shocks for
hatchback and windows.
Only other thing I seen exploded was a propane cylinder that leveled a house
prior to our arrival. The cylinder was on a barbecue grill in a utility
room. Leveled a two story home when it went. This one started because a
kid spilled a 5 gallon can of gasoline in the utility room with a gas water
heater. The kid was burned pretty badly and survived for about 4 weeks.
That is why you never store these items indoors by a gas water heater.
Sarge
exploding fuel tank. In the 6 1/2 years I was a fireman I NEVER saw a
gasoline or diesel fuel tank explode. I have seen them rupture and burn but
never explode."
That is because of design. The rubber seals and connections to the tanks
will burn off first. The gas cap can blow off and is designed to. LSU
Fireman School has a neat video of a gas tank exposed to fire and the gas
cap flying off. It landed about a block away.
As a volunteer fireman for 18 years, I also have never seen one explode. I
fought many car fires and a few tanker fires even they did not exploded.
The only explosions I have seen in my years of service have been 2 rear
bumpers that flew off cars on fire. One as we approached the car with the
fire truck to position it to put out the fire and another while it was
still in the garage. First one the bumper flew about 50 feet and the second
one took out part of the garage wall and garage door. It is pretty amazing
how those 10 mile and hour shock bumpers can heat up and send a bumper
flying. This can also happen on those gas assisted lift shocks for
hatchback and windows.
Only other thing I seen exploded was a propane cylinder that leveled a house
prior to our arrival. The cylinder was on a barbecue grill in a utility
room. Leveled a two story home when it went. This one started because a
kid spilled a 5 gallon can of gasoline in the utility room with a gas water
heater. The kid was burned pretty badly and survived for about 4 weeks.
That is why you never store these items indoors by a gas water heater.
Sarge
#149
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Re: OT: exploding fuel tanks
I never saw a multiple rollover driver walk away but I have seen where a
person drove through walls, over 12 inch high concrete curbs taking out a
16x16 brick pillar, across 4 lane roads without hitting anyone, drive around
in a field missing all the trees, back across the 4 lane, back down the
median between the road and the shopping center (I think I forgot to mention
she drove up an incline that would make any Jeeper proud), back around the
parking lot for a while and finally make a new drive in window for the bank.
When we arrived she was sitting on the curb laughing her head off drunk as a
skunk with a chunk of the 16x16 brick post still on her hood that she
knocked off that came from in front of the bar.
The cops retraced her path by following her tracks, fallen debris, and one
eyewitness. She woke him up while driving around in his backyard.
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2002 Jeep WJ 4 Liter Automatic
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"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
news:dhglv4$6ns$1@reader1.panix.com...
> Not that this has fark-all to do with Jeeps, but... Cars explode on
> teevee and in movies because it Looks! Cool!, not because it has anything
> to do with reality, as you know from experience. Not a lot of car chases
> end up 1) on a roll-over on a city street (as was the standard in the
> 1970s and 80s) or 2) by plowing through a push-cart full of fruit, either.
> One could list things that movies don't do "right" until the cows come
> home: Gun sounds, animal behaviour, computer sounds and graphics, any
> number of explosion F/X, rain, medical proceedures, car sounds (squealing
> tires on sand), building fires without smoke, vintage aircraft, and on and
> on. Most of those mistakes are because there's a preception that
> audiences expect it, it makes the shot more "exciting" for the producer
> (it isn't exciting if the stunned Hero crawls out of the wreck and stumble
> away from something that just _sits_ there), or, sometimes, simple
> misinformation based on watching too many movies and not enough looking
> out the window (or, "we always do it that way"). Cars _always_ explode,
> right?
>
>
> Billy Ray wrote:
>> On TV every vehicle accident or collision ends in an exploding fuel tank.
>> In the 6 1/2 years I was a fireman I NEVER saw a gasoline or diesel fuel
>> tank explode. I have seen them rupture and burn but never explode.
>>
person drove through walls, over 12 inch high concrete curbs taking out a
16x16 brick pillar, across 4 lane roads without hitting anyone, drive around
in a field missing all the trees, back across the 4 lane, back down the
median between the road and the shopping center (I think I forgot to mention
she drove up an incline that would make any Jeeper proud), back around the
parking lot for a while and finally make a new drive in window for the bank.
When we arrived she was sitting on the curb laughing her head off drunk as a
skunk with a chunk of the 16x16 brick post still on her hood that she
knocked off that came from in front of the bar.
The cops retraced her path by following her tracks, fallen debris, and one
eyewitness. She woke him up while driving around in his backyard.
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"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
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> Not that this has fark-all to do with Jeeps, but... Cars explode on
> teevee and in movies because it Looks! Cool!, not because it has anything
> to do with reality, as you know from experience. Not a lot of car chases
> end up 1) on a roll-over on a city street (as was the standard in the
> 1970s and 80s) or 2) by plowing through a push-cart full of fruit, either.
> One could list things that movies don't do "right" until the cows come
> home: Gun sounds, animal behaviour, computer sounds and graphics, any
> number of explosion F/X, rain, medical proceedures, car sounds (squealing
> tires on sand), building fires without smoke, vintage aircraft, and on and
> on. Most of those mistakes are because there's a preception that
> audiences expect it, it makes the shot more "exciting" for the producer
> (it isn't exciting if the stunned Hero crawls out of the wreck and stumble
> away from something that just _sits_ there), or, sometimes, simple
> misinformation based on watching too many movies and not enough looking
> out the window (or, "we always do it that way"). Cars _always_ explode,
> right?
>
>
> Billy Ray wrote:
>> On TV every vehicle accident or collision ends in an exploding fuel tank.
>> In the 6 1/2 years I was a fireman I NEVER saw a gasoline or diesel fuel
>> tank explode. I have seen them rupture and burn but never explode.
>>
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Re: OT: exploding fuel tanks
I never saw a multiple rollover driver walk away but I have seen where a
person drove through walls, over 12 inch high concrete curbs taking out a
16x16 brick pillar, across 4 lane roads without hitting anyone, drive around
in a field missing all the trees, back across the 4 lane, back down the
median between the road and the shopping center (I think I forgot to mention
she drove up an incline that would make any Jeeper proud), back around the
parking lot for a while and finally make a new drive in window for the bank.
When we arrived she was sitting on the curb laughing her head off drunk as a
skunk with a chunk of the 16x16 brick post still on her hood that she
knocked off that came from in front of the bar.
The cops retraced her path by following her tracks, fallen debris, and one
eyewitness. She woke him up while driving around in his backyard.
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"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
news:dhglv4$6ns$1@reader1.panix.com...
> Not that this has fark-all to do with Jeeps, but... Cars explode on
> teevee and in movies because it Looks! Cool!, not because it has anything
> to do with reality, as you know from experience. Not a lot of car chases
> end up 1) on a roll-over on a city street (as was the standard in the
> 1970s and 80s) or 2) by plowing through a push-cart full of fruit, either.
> One could list things that movies don't do "right" until the cows come
> home: Gun sounds, animal behaviour, computer sounds and graphics, any
> number of explosion F/X, rain, medical proceedures, car sounds (squealing
> tires on sand), building fires without smoke, vintage aircraft, and on and
> on. Most of those mistakes are because there's a preception that
> audiences expect it, it makes the shot more "exciting" for the producer
> (it isn't exciting if the stunned Hero crawls out of the wreck and stumble
> away from something that just _sits_ there), or, sometimes, simple
> misinformation based on watching too many movies and not enough looking
> out the window (or, "we always do it that way"). Cars _always_ explode,
> right?
>
>
> Billy Ray wrote:
>> On TV every vehicle accident or collision ends in an exploding fuel tank.
>> In the 6 1/2 years I was a fireman I NEVER saw a gasoline or diesel fuel
>> tank explode. I have seen them rupture and burn but never explode.
>>
person drove through walls, over 12 inch high concrete curbs taking out a
16x16 brick pillar, across 4 lane roads without hitting anyone, drive around
in a field missing all the trees, back across the 4 lane, back down the
median between the road and the shopping center (I think I forgot to mention
she drove up an incline that would make any Jeeper proud), back around the
parking lot for a while and finally make a new drive in window for the bank.
When we arrived she was sitting on the curb laughing her head off drunk as a
skunk with a chunk of the 16x16 brick post still on her hood that she
knocked off that came from in front of the bar.
The cops retraced her path by following her tracks, fallen debris, and one
eyewitness. She woke him up while driving around in his backyard.
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2002 Jeep WJ 4 Liter Automatic
Sharing is why we are all here....... or should be.
..
"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
news:dhglv4$6ns$1@reader1.panix.com...
> Not that this has fark-all to do with Jeeps, but... Cars explode on
> teevee and in movies because it Looks! Cool!, not because it has anything
> to do with reality, as you know from experience. Not a lot of car chases
> end up 1) on a roll-over on a city street (as was the standard in the
> 1970s and 80s) or 2) by plowing through a push-cart full of fruit, either.
> One could list things that movies don't do "right" until the cows come
> home: Gun sounds, animal behaviour, computer sounds and graphics, any
> number of explosion F/X, rain, medical proceedures, car sounds (squealing
> tires on sand), building fires without smoke, vintage aircraft, and on and
> on. Most of those mistakes are because there's a preception that
> audiences expect it, it makes the shot more "exciting" for the producer
> (it isn't exciting if the stunned Hero crawls out of the wreck and stumble
> away from something that just _sits_ there), or, sometimes, simple
> misinformation based on watching too many movies and not enough looking
> out the window (or, "we always do it that way"). Cars _always_ explode,
> right?
>
>
> Billy Ray wrote:
>> On TV every vehicle accident or collision ends in an exploding fuel tank.
>> In the 6 1/2 years I was a fireman I NEVER saw a gasoline or diesel fuel
>> tank explode. I have seen them rupture and burn but never explode.
>>