..."of the spliced together "found sound" one-man rhythm section videos out there, this is one of the best i've come across..."

Beats Of Boredom

Vinyl Chloride Explosion and Fire

Reactive Hazards: Dangers of Uncontrolled Chemical Reaction

Wastewater Plant Explosion...

Dangers of Propylene Cylinders

Coast Guard surveillance video of the T2 Lab Explosion. The Coast Guard has numerous surveillance cameras watching over the port of Jacksonville, Fla. This helps Coast Guard crews maintain complete maritime domain awareness. The video surveillance system is a new capability the Coast Guard has developed with its new Sector Command Center – Joint, a multi-agency initiative to improve the security of the port of Jacksonville. This video is being released after ensuring it did not violate the security of the new system. Video courtesy of Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville, Fla.

T2 Lab Explosion

“The blast at T2 was among the most powerful ever examined by the CSB.”

“…There are several steps in the process [of producing the gasoline additive MMT]; the first step involved heating and reacting organic materials with metallic sodium. It was during this step the [batch] reactor ruptured. Prior to the rupture, eyewitnesses reported hearing loud hissing, seeing vapor venting, which indicates the development of excess temperature and pressure inside the reactor.”

“Following the rupture of the reactor, its flammable contents mixed with air and ignited, releasing large amounts of thermal energy as seen on the U.S. Coast Guard infrared video released last week. [CG video here] The reactor was designed for high pressure and had steel walls 3 inches thick. Under normal temperatures and conditions, it would require a pressure of several thousand pounds per square inch to rupture this vessel.”

“We recovered large portions of the vessel’s top head—weighing hundreds of pounds—approximately one quarter-mile away. This gives an idea of the tremendous power of the explosion.” (emphasis added)

See the next post for a link to the video... It's a very big "release of thermal energy" !!

Jacksonville T2 Site Still Too Dangerous for Investigators

As a rule, more boys than girls are born. But in November 1986 in the eastern regions of the Czech Republic, the reverse was true – more girls than boys. It appears that radiation exposure released by the Chernobyl nuclear accident in April 1986, brought to earth by rain over the area, increased radiation exposure. Fetuses that were approximately three months old at the time appear to have been effected, resulting in a reduction of newborn boys six months later.

According to the authors, “A greater vulnerability is known of male fetuses to prenatal damage by environmental stress. That is why the long-standing higher male birth fraction is considered as a sensitive indicator of stability and health in human reproduction. In this case, the authors hypothesize that “a large release of iodine-131 and other shorter-lived isotopes of iodine resulted in damage of the thyroid gland in fetuses and/or their mothers. A serious damage of the thyroid gland in three months old fetuses in end of April - beginning of May by radioiodine might be one of the main reasons for their loss detected as a decrease in male birth fraction in November 1986.”

Does Radiation Exposure Make Boys Disappear?

In July, Dr. Cecile Rose, the chief occupational and environmental medicine physician at National Jewish Medical and Research Center, the most prestigious lung disease hospital in the country, wrote to the FDA, CDC, EPA and OSHA, informing the agencies of a patient she had recently identified

“with significant lung disease whose clinical findings are similar to those described in affected workers, but whose only inhalational exposure is as a heavy, daily consumer of butter flavored microwave popcorn.”

This letter is a red flag, suggesting that exposure to food flavor chemicals is not just killing workers, but may also be causing disease in people exposed to food flavor chemicals in their kitchens.

Oh Really?

Popcorn Lung Coming to Your Kitchen? The FDA Doesn’t Want to Know

DENVER - A man who had a two-bag-a-day popcorn habit - believed to be the only consumer to develop the “popcorn lung” that has plagued factory workers -sued yesterday claiming injury and saying the maker had failed to warn of the risks of sniffing the “buttery aroma.”

Wayne Watson’s attorney, Kenneth McClain, said the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court names The Kroger Co. A Kroger spokeswoman declined to comment.

Watson’s case of “popcorn lung” and his two-bag-a-day popcorn diet gained national attention last year when doctors diagnosed him with the rare lung condition linked to the flavoring chemical diacetyl.

The lawsuit, seeking unspecified damages, says Kroger “failed to warn that preparing microwave popcorn in a microwave oven as intended and smelling the buttery aroma could expose the consumer to an inhalation hazard and a risk of lung injury.”

Popcorn lung, also called bronchiolitis obliterans, has affected workers mixing vats of flavor, who have severe respiratory illnesses from inhaling diacetyl vapors.

You butter believe it: Man sues over ‘popcorn lung’