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100 years ago today, a 35 mph, 25 foot wave of molasses killed 21 people in Boston
Posted on 1/15/19 at 8:09 am
Posted on 1/15/19 at 8:09 am
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On Tuesday, the city marks the 100th anniversary of its most peculiar disaster — the Great Molasses Flood.
It struck without warning at midday on Jan. 15, 1919, when a giant storage tank containing more than 2.3 million gallons (8.7 million liters) of molasses suddenly ruptured, sending a giant wave of goop crashing through the cobblestone streets of the bustling North End.
This post was edited on 1/15/19 at 8:11 am
Posted on 1/15/19 at 8:10 am to GetCocky11
Now that's what I call a sticky situation.
Posted on 1/15/19 at 8:10 am to GetCocky11
Looks like a sticky situation
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This post was edited on 1/15/19 at 8:11 am
Posted on 1/15/19 at 8:12 am to GetCocky11
What a sweet way to go out.
Posted on 1/15/19 at 8:12 am to GetCocky11
Almost as bad as that time the giant water and vinegar tank busted at the same time. The sound was amazing
Posted on 1/15/19 at 8:13 am to GetCocky11
ETA: By the way, do NOT google "sticky hot girl gif" on your work computer.
This post was edited on 1/15/19 at 8:14 am
Posted on 1/15/19 at 8:14 am to GetCocky11
Saw this on Drunk History. Crazy story.
ETA: Drunk History
ETA: Drunk History
This post was edited on 1/15/19 at 8:15 am
Posted on 1/15/19 at 8:14 am to GetCocky11
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Jaunary 15, 1919......unseasonably warm temperatures
Sounds like global warming to me
Posted on 1/15/19 at 8:15 am to GetCocky11
Structural defects. so , who did the sue?
Posted on 1/15/19 at 8:15 am to GetCocky11
Did it attract every ant from 4 states away?
Posted on 1/15/19 at 8:16 am to Splackavellie
Saw this 2 weeks ago it was pretty funny
Posted on 1/15/19 at 8:17 am to GetCocky11
Obviously there were people there that were slower than molasses.
Posted on 1/15/19 at 8:17 am to jeffsdad
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Obviously there were people there that were slower than molasses.
post of the year already !
Posted on 1/15/19 at 8:17 am to Splackavellie
I recently caught that drunk history as well. It was a good one.
Posted on 1/15/19 at 8:18 am to MorbidTheClown
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Structural defects. so , who did the sue?
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Purity Distilling’s parent company, U.S. Industrial Alcohol, argued that anarchists active at the time must have planted a bomb that shredded the tank. But investigators concluded the tank’s construction was faulty. A judge found the company guilty of negligence and ordered it to pay $300,000 — the equivalent of about $4.5 million today — in damages to victims and their families.
Posted on 1/15/19 at 8:19 am to GetCocky11
That must've been a........sticky situation
This post was edited on 1/15/19 at 8:22 am
Posted on 1/15/19 at 8:20 am to MorbidTheClown
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Obviously there were people there that were slower than molasses.
quote:I second that motion.
post of the year already !
Posted on 1/15/19 at 8:20 am to GetCocky11
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killed 21 people
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A judge found the company guilty of negligence and ordered it to pay $300,000 — the equivalent of about $4.5 million today — in damages to victims and their families.
That kind of low settlement is what happens when you don't Get Gordon
Posted on 1/15/19 at 8:21 am to AbitaFan08
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I recently caught that drunk history as well. It was a good one.
"If god could shite on licorice, thats what it would taste like."
This post was edited on 1/15/19 at 8:22 am
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