We have bhopal disaster at home
(midwest.social)
Assian_Candor [comrade/them]
Chapotraphousehttps://x.com/nbcwashington/status/2058168995040157977
Methyl methacrylate (MMA) is the momomer that polymerizes into plexiglass. The process of polymerization releases heat, which in turn accelerates polymerization. This is normally prevented in bulk storage by the addition of inhibitors. Corrosion and contamination can affect this.
Someone fucked up here. The runaway reaction has started and the only thing they can do now is to try to control the pace by removing heat.
The vapor being released is likely MMA, toxic, flammable, and heavier than air.
Not a good situation overall
This kind of instability in the metropole might be an opportunity for Cabo San Lucas to assert its independence
Potential health effects: https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2016-09/documents/methyl-methacrylate.pdf
Well, at least there's not an impending plastic shortage too, right?
Greatest country on earth BTW
"Disneyland getting polymerized by toxic gas" was not on my hellworld bingo card, but in retrospect, maybe it should have been.
To any comrades living in Orange KKKounty, stay safe
stormfront link cw: link
The fire dept said the PSV was no longer venting, at the press conference, and so it was not releasing any gas, but then they said the manufacturer of the liquid had basically run out of ideas on neutralizing it and had given up. I'm 2.3 miles upwind of the tanks and that last statement makes me want to evacuate
i live in GG, following closely. I hope the chemical and safety board does an investigation on this and posts a YouTube video analysis. apparently the GG mayor said explosion was inevitable, so if the winds blow my way I’m evacuating
watch this space, i guess
There's no stopping it once it gets going. It's too late to put inhibitors all they can do is try to keep it cool
https://xcancel.com/OCFireAuthority/status/2058230015490453900/
latest update, apparently tank is at 90 degrees lmao it's fucked
edit: https://www.reddit.com/r/orangecounty/comments/1tllzat/this_mornings_update/
Treatlerites so committed to their ideology that they yearn for their own taste of Zyklon B.
WHAT OF THE CHURROS?
I love living in a society where they can use AI to track your genitalia through wifi but our HazMat response Experts' best at measuring the temp of a tank is to fly some drones and scan the outside (apparently not realizing they're only measuring the tank temp, not the contents)
Isn't it better than the alternative for it to be heavier than air since it won't spread as far
People are mostly pretty close to ground level.
the problem is it can collect in deadly concentrations in low lying areas instead of dissipating
I imagine that would also make it far more lethal in the areas it does spread to
