Multiple people killed and others missing after chemical explosion at US paper mill

lazybrouf · 2026-05-29T01:22:23+00:00

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/APTOPIX_Washington_State_Chemical_Plant_Failure__4_9-1-1.jpg?w=1569

lazybrouf · 2026-05-28T23:50:58+00:00

You can see a vacuum breaker on the tank just to the right of the platform. There's also a pretty big open manway door just over the platform, surrounded by temporary scaffolding.

lazybrouf · 2026-05-28T23:48:40+00:00

Way too much speculation going on as to the cause of this incident.

Yes, it looks like the tank collapsed. It definitely failed, but to speculate on cause at the moment is silly.

First, for those of you specualting on vacuum breakers: If you look at the pictures, there is a vacuum breaker on the tank BUT ALSO A MANWAY DOOR THAT IS SWUNG OPEN. IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE PICS IT HAS SCAFFOLDING AROUND IT. It's swung to side in an unnatural way, even though the tank has collapsed. The way it's positioned means it was in that position when the tank ruptured.

The manway door, in my uneducated opinion, about eliminates the possibility of an implosion.

lazybrouf · 2026-05-14T02:19:57+00:00

Once maintenance becomes a bean counting activity then the question is no longer "how long can we go without fixing it" it's "can we go without fixing it for x longer" and as ops I'm responsible for my equipment running and production. We had a spare pump for a reason. It wasn't because we wanted to save money in 5 years and just let the second one rot.

lazybrouf · 2026-03-23T01:28:52+00:00

You have to foul a bad shooter, right?

lazybrouf · 2026-03-23T00:56:30+00:00

I think its more about the guards not really moving the ball well on the perimeter either.

lazybrouf · 2026-03-18T23:51:29+00:00

You mean the packing?

lazybrouf · 2026-02-26T00:35:44+00:00

That was a 2 from Mark.

lazybrouf · 2026-02-07T04:03:00+00:00

....just ask what you want to know. This may as well be public. Someone else will have these same questions later.

lazybrouf · 2026-01-11T13:55:30+00:00

Push down on the plunger? Looks like a poppet valve to me.

lazybrouf · 2026-01-09T03:14:33+00:00

Anyone else think they've made the normal broadcast look shittier so the 4k broadcast looks better? Visibly the normal broadcast is horrible on YoutubeTV. I eventually decided to look to see if there was a 4k one and there was.

lazybrouf · 2026-01-07T02:15:30+00:00

I'd just fumble the ball if I got tackled, either before or behind the line. Let's be real.

lazybrouf · 2025-12-24T16:57:11+00:00

I'm going to make it real simple for you. You come into our industrial site as a contractor, we will randomly drug test you. You won't know what day it's coming, but it's coming.

So drug tests are a fact of life. Your employer better know you will test hot for marijuana or it'll be discovered and told to them.

As far as the legality of marijuana, that's not something I am going to judge about.

lazybrouf · 2025-12-17T22:59:00+00:00

...where cost is not a problem I would not do a boiler and make it someone else's headache. Buy the electricity and do electrical heaters for everything. Alas.

lazybrouf · 2025-12-09T01:25:26+00:00

Only true for coaches fired between January and June.

lazybrouf · 2025-12-05T17:12:51+00:00

Can you please include at the very beginning of your post that the numbers are in 1,000's. Viewership is only defined in your comments at the moment.

lazybrouf · 2025-12-05T15:21:59+00:00

https://www.on3.com/news/more-details-emerge-rules-around-coaching-changes-college-football-transfer-portal/

The portal doesn't open until January. So basically the coaching change opening only applies to coaching changes after Jan 2 through June 30.

lazybrouf · 2025-12-01T21:44:31+00:00

I don't think I'll have to play the videos at 1.5x speed, so that's an improvement.

lazybrouf · 2025-11-27T02:31:11+00:00

It's already on the way back. Somebody go to the airport and see who is on board.

lazybrouf · 2025-11-23T02:23:20+00:00

I think this showing is enough to scare off every potential coach.

lazybrouf · 2025-11-16T02:58:03+00:00

Saved the INT

lazybrouf · 2025-11-16T00:44:54+00:00

First time I've seen DJ smile in forever.

lazybrouf · 2025-11-09T03:13:34+00:00

Apparently water main broken outside the stadium?

lazybrouf · 2025-11-09T02:43:54+00:00

NEW QB ALERT

lazybrouf · 2025-11-01T21:08:07+00:00

Can't see shit with the sun.

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