Sunday, September 6, 2015

Jim Beam warehouse struck by lightning released 800,000 gallons into lake

Via Ryan


Then, the lake was hit by a 'firenado' setting the inflammable liquid alight. 

The firenado was caused when a bolt of lighting hit the ground setting a fire which was in the path of a tornado, which sucked up the flames, creating a terrifying spiralling inferno. 

More @ Daily Mail

4 comments:

  1. Wow, that's sucks, I have a friend that lives near the distillery.....
    Oh, and stole...... ;)

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  2. Now that gives new meaning to Bourbon and branch water!
    Seriously, 800,000 gallons is less than 3 feet deep in a one
    acre lake. Alcohol readily mixes with water as we all know
    and the alcohol content in water has to be greater than 50%
    or 100 proof to burn so unless that was a real small lake I
    have to call bullshit on the article. CH

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    1. Interesting. The only thing I'm familiar with is the rice whiskey in Vietnam which comes in 40, 60 and 80%, as I remember. When I bought the 80, my mother-in-law would poke a chopstick in the bottle, afterwards light a match under the chopstick and if it burned, she was satisfied that I hadn't been cheated. :)

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