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points by mrami 1 day ago | 0 comments

Reminiscent of the Molasses Flood, though that was more tragic. Scale is a double-edged sword. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Molasses_Flood

[–] doginasuit 23 hours ago

> the resultant wave of molasses rushed through the streets at an estimated 35 miles per hour (56 kilometers per hour), killing 21 and injuring 150 people.

That sounds truly horrifying. My intuition about molasses at that volume is all wrong.

[–] chuckadams 19 hours ago

And it even happened in January at that.

[–] rexskimmer 22 hours ago

That's shear-thinning non-Newtonian fluids for you.

[–] krapp 19 hours ago

Also see the Dublin Whiskey Fire[0] and the London Beer Flood[1] and maybe the Kentucky Meat Shower[2] as an honorable mention.

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_whiskey_fire

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood

[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_meat_shower

[–] pseudohadamard 4 hours ago

If it was in Europe they could have used to Milk Lake to put out the burning Butter Mountain.