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We have bhopal disaster at home (thelemmy.club)

submitted 4 days ago by Assian_Candor@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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https://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

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[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 52 points 4 days ago

[-] WokePalpatine@hexbear.net 24 points 4 days ago

Wife said I can't buy an Ayn Thor for my go bag. Asked if I can get more AAs for it at least. She said "are you gunna' use thise for your game boy?" I said no. She said okay. The fool.

[-] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 11 points 4 days ago

I snuck my Odin 3 into my bag on the sly.

Cant stay bored when the apocalypse comes.

[-] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 41 points 4 days ago

"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

[-] ziggurter@hexbear.net 7 points 4 days ago

Wait. There's something in Disneyland that isn't already 120% plastic?

[-] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 6 points 4 days ago

Not anymore.

[-] take_five_moments@hexbear.net 37 points 4 days ago

stormfront link cw: reddit-logo 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

[-] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 26 points 4 days ago

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

[-] peeonyou@hexbear.net 2 points 13 hours ago

just put a big ol garbage bag over it, that way when it pops it goes in the bag, badabing badaboom

[-] take_five_moments@hexbear.net 19 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

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/

[-] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 33 points 4 days ago

i-cant

[-] AstroStelar@hexbear.net 27 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

In case you're wondering:

The aerospace facility in the town of Garden Grove is about 5 miles (8km) from the Disneyland theme park, which is outside the evacuation zone and is open as normal. The facility is about 35 miles southeast of Los Angeles.

So far the evacuation zone is a 1-mile radius

[-] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 33 points 4 days ago

There's another comment in that thread that "the air smells weird at Disneyland"

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 22 points 4 days ago

M'lord, a foul wind blows at Toon Town, this be a bad omen...

[-] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 14 points 4 days ago

We have the Sierra Madre at home

[-] Boise_Idaho@hexbear.net 11 points 4 days ago

So far the evacuation zone is a 1-mile radius

so-far

[-] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 27 points 4 days ago

Treatlerites so committed to their ideology that they yearn for their own taste of Zyklon B.

[-] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 7 points 4 days ago

Hell hath no fury like a Disney Adult deprived of their quality time creeping on the park cast members.

[-] take_five_moments@hexbear.net 13 points 4 days ago

WHAT OF THE CHURROS?

[-] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 32 points 4 days ago

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)