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Well that would explain the ignition.I heard they were welding on it
I would imagine there’s an air space at the top of that water tank, just needs a little fuel and spark.
It's not unheard of for water that's pumped out of the ground to have methane in it.I'm guessing from the presence of the boom lift, the welding was being done above the water level. I don't know how flammable gases became concentrated in the void space, but it's pretty clear that's what happened.
Could you have purged the tank with Argon?It doesn't take much to blow up a tank. I blew up a gas tank in my face that had been empty for 3-4 months. Previous day I drilled and tapped the fuel outlet bigger. Next day installed the tank and took one 10/32 screw out of the sending unit to hook up a ground wire. Bbq lighter to the shrink tube and we had a big bang. No fire just kaboom. Blew the t-bucket body into pieces and I went to the er for some stitches. Fill the fucking things to the top with water now. No more boom,
Could you have purged the tank with Argon?
Actually after rereading that I guess I wouldn’t of thought any better just melting some shrink tube damn.
ThisI first thought it was waste water and maybe they had methane explode. But it sounds like it was fresh water in all the articles I saw, which confuses my small brain
This is what im going to go with also. I know that some shallow wells pull methane from the ground (well house explosions). This may have been an accumulation of naturally occurring methane.It's not unheard of for water that's pumped out of the ground to have methane in it.
I'm going to guess that's a 3 -5 million gal. tank, not likely to have any kind of bladder, still it obviously had some kind of gas build-up.It kinda looks like the tank has a bladder inside it for the water (not unheard of in smaller tanks and I'd imagine has a lot of advantages to having such). If that's the case, it really makes you wonder how gas was in between the tank and bladder and how did it get there....
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Actually when I posted that I didn't know anyone died. I'll fix it.So this is how you your Post Count is so High?
So this is how you your Post Count is so High?
You have been here 6 months and have 3600... He's been here approaching 5 years with 16.5K. Do the = MATHS as to who astually posts more on a daily basis.
You actually post more than I do.
Actually when I posted that I didn't know anyone died. I'll fix it.
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You have your Hands Full Posting in every other Thread Out There.
Rumor I heard was the water in the area when treated with chlorine off gassed hydrogen sulphide which is flammable. Which has a very rotten egg smell in large PPM.
So this is how you your Post Count is so High?
Actually when I posted that I didn't know anyone died. I'll fix it.
I wasn't worried but you know how callouts goHe's a shit poster, who gives a fuck what he thinks.
Fucker is nothing but insults, accusations, and I believe he's confused about everything.
I wasn't worried but you know how callouts go
Said Olson: “I can’t talk about what the welder did or didn’t do. That’s part of their investigation, but (the tank) definitely had some type of gas buildup.”
Olson added that city officials are now monitoring a nearby tank, but have not discovered any gas in that structure, although it held “the same water from the same well.”
what the welder did or didnt do? He is a welder, not a safety manager. It should say what the contractor did or did not do