I-10 in Baton Rouge

[charlie12]

Seems like they need more than one valve on the trailer for crap like this.

 

[brpdsoldier1]

Big truck just went BOOM! jus sayin

 

[charlie12]

http://www.trafficland.com/city/BTR/index.html

 

[Booseman]

Did it really blow up????

 

[charlie12]

Did it really blow up????

No

 

[George]

No

Somewhat. I watched it

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[gbundersea]

Controlled burn, but still pretty spectacular: http://www.wbrz.com/videos/i-10-tanker-controlled-explosion/

 

[SVTFreak]

Seems like they need more than one valve on the trailer for crap like this.

There is more than one. They are actually very well built to withstand crashes, but you can't prevent it altogether.

 

[oleheat]

I can hear the 'mah head hurts an I'm havin' trouble breathin'' from a 25 mile radius already....

 

[I_FLY_LOW]

That was pretty impressive!
Smooth sailing heading to work, this morning...
Wish it would be like that every day...

 

[flamatrix99]

I am so glad I don't have to drive to Baton Rouge everyday for work. I get upset if i have to stop for one of the 5 street lights i pass on my way to work. LOL

 

[CrkdLtr]

I can hear the 'mah head hurts an I'm havin' trouble breathin'' from a 25 mile radius already....

Ditto that.

 

[TomTerrific]

Went to dinner tonight with a client and friend who's with BRFD. Said it was a butane truck, and that the valves which would normally be used to safely offload the cargo were damaged in the wreck in such a way that they can neither be opened nor closed. And there's a slow leak in the truck. Therefore, the only option is to keep a safe perimeter and let it bleed out. Last he heard was that it could take until Friday!

Did he say where the leak was or is it in the loading/off-loading line/valve/whatever?

You really don't want two unloading systems on a rig like that.

The hazmat people know what they are doing. There is a veritable plethora of experience, so they do what's best for the safety of people around there first, traffic, and the environment.

Why they built the interstate smack dab thru BR amazes me, but then it had to do with $$$ and $$$ mix very well with La. politicians.

Do we need a loupe?

 

[Leadfoot]

We absolutely need a loop, but it's "NOT IN MY BACKYARD" with all the property owners in the area.

As long as they pay me market value, they can run that bastard through my living room.

 

[MOTOR51]

I think they are using the term propane truck as everyone, well, almost everyone, knows what that means.

I believe the product was iso-butane. It is a bit heavier than propane, mw 58.1 vs 44.1, but both are very volatile and flammable. They are transported as liquids.

The hazmat crews are trying to avoid a BLEVE. I believe they will vent and burn it and you don't do that with traffic around.

Am I right in assuming the LSP HazMat people are handling this? I worked with them at the Livingston Derailment in 1982 and they know what they are doing, top notch.

Any help, Steve?

I was here in Livingston when the train derailed. I was a kid but I still remember waking up to all hell breaking loose.

MOTOR51

 

[I_FLY_LOW]

Do we need a loupe?

 

[Ironman26]

I can hear the 'mah head hurts an I'm havin' trouble breathin'' from a 25 mile radius already....

Why do you think Exxon is buying/bought all of the property across Scenic hwy from both complexes !!!!

 

[TomTerrific]

I was thinking about loupes just before I wrote that. Musta been a brain fart.

 

[TomTerrific]

I was here in Livingston when the train derailed. I was a kid but I still remember waking up to all hell breaking loose.

MOTOR51

Things were popping, literally, I bet.

I arrived on site about 1000hr

The LSP responded promptly and correctly and that response has been taught in hazmat classes since.

 

[TomTerrific]

Juat saw this. If it was directed at me:

In the first place, it isn't a crime scene so we're the last to know anything like that.

But in the main place, I learned as a fairly new trooper that this sort of deal is rife with ethyl-methyl-bad-****... and is why God made binoculars.

"Troop, its bad shitz. Send Haz-Mat!"



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You forget ethyl- hexyl- chicken wire. I don't think it's quite as bad as ethyl-methyl-badshit.