ITC terminal fire

[joeycovers 391]

16 minutes ago, tokamak said:

Apparently two additional tanks caught fire overnight. This thing is going to burn for weeks, isn't it?

Ya pretty much 

[Scraps 13566]

From Fred Hartman bridge

[cactusflinthead 27601]

Damn

[phdhorn 6224]

looks like a giant vagina.
Know how I'm not gay?

[Liquor and Poker 3659]

43 minutes ago, tokamak said:

Apparently two additional tanks caught fire overnight. This thing is going to burn for weeks, isn't it?

The Chronicle said until Thursday, so probably.  

[Llano Estacado 1257]

Took my first breath, where the muddy Brazos spills into the Gulf of Mexico.
Where the skyline’s colored by chemical plants to put bread on the table of the working man.
Where the working man does his best to provide safety and shelter for kids and a wife.
Given little love and soul every day. Making overtime to keep the wolves away.











(Enjoy whistling the hook that’ll now be in your head all day)

[Dennis Taylor 18839]

[DaggerHorns 3085]

46 minutes ago, phdhorn said:

looks like a giant vagina.
Know how I'm not gay?

Know how I know you’ve got and STD?

[joeycovers 391]

Hearing reports of a Benzene leak and they are evacuating personnel. Word of mouth rumor at this point. 

[Trey3216 15349]

Just now, joeycovers said:

Hearing reports of a Benzene leak and they are evacuating personnel. Word of mouth rumor at this point. 

That ain't good 

[Telegraph_it 3358]

 

lol spirit. 

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1ZkJzkjwgeLxv

Edited March 19, 2019 by Telegraph_it

[clapclapclap 9000]

5 minutes ago, Telegraph_it said:

 

Looks like the Iraqi army is retreating, Deer Park will soon be liberated.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Hearing reports of a Benzene leak and they are evacuating personnel. Word of mouth rumor at this point. 

That’s just lovely.

[Rip76 4946]

Live presser starting on KHOU.

[Telegraph_it 3358]

Damn train is ruining the shot of the fire. 

 

Edited March 19, 2019 by Telegraph_it

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Live presser starting on KHOU.

Please post updates if you can.

[royiv 9326]

18 minutes ago, Telegraph_it said:

 

lol spirit. 

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1ZkJzkjwgeLxv

If I was Darren, I would be pissed at my friend Lindsey for outing me flying Spirit. That’s cold.

[Etexhorn13 3052]

My brother works over on the east side of town and rumor around his office is that the dikes are on fire and the plant is gonna blow. 

[Telegraph_it 3358]

Two pyrolysis gasoline containers caught fire last night.

The fire intensified due to lack of water pressure. Unconfirmed if silt, zebra mussels, or expensive library caused the pressure issue. 

[Trey3216 15349]

2 PyGas tanks confirmed on fire in addition to the bunch that were already going (8 or 9)  2 empty tanks collapsed.  

[clapclapclap 9000]

Flare up last night when they temp lost water pressure because pumps went out on a fireboat.  2 tanks containing pie gas now burning.  Also burning are tanks 80-3, 80-5, 80-6, 80-9, 80-11, 80-12, Bingo!

Edited March 19, 2019 by clapclapclap
I can vouch that pie gas is explosive.

[Trey3216 15349]

So 5 on fire right now, 3 burned out completely, 2 collapsed that were empty due to heat.  

[Scraps 13566]

Update: everything is still fucked

[Telegraph_it 3358]

3 minutes ago, Etexhorn13 said:

My brother works over on the east side of town and rumor around his office is that the dikes are on fire and the plant is gonna blow. 

 

Confirmed by Ashley J. Legit source. 

 

 

[Lobwedgephil 1139]

5 minutes ago, Etexhorn13 said:

My brother works over on the east side of town and rumor around his office is that the dikes are on fire and the plant is gonna blow. 

 

Lol. 

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

As an aside, this is also my industry and I am on two projects now where we are building 10 tanks in two tank farms (not in Houston but close by). I sit a couple doors down from one of our terminal managers and of course he has been following all the news as it’s relevant to his interest. Better get his comments in on foam and fire suppression documents out for review!

[Telegraph_it 3358]

Pushing the timetable now. 

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

My brother works over on the east side of town and rumor around his office is that the dikes are on fire and the plant is gonna blow. 

Hold up. You mean if they scissor enough and there is enough friction, lesbians will get hot enough to give blowjobs? Fascinating.

[LonghornJones 837]

I can't believe no one has mentioned that this looks like a giant vagina yet.

[Scraps 13566]

My brother works over on the east side of town and rumor around his office is that the dikes are on fire and the plant is gonna blow. 

So you're saying I'm gonna die?

[clapclapclap 9000]

If the plant blows and takes out these grandstanding moronic reporters, that may be a net plus.

[Rip76 4946]

Yes.

Are you kidding me?  "Are you going to apologize to the people of Deer Park?"

[Trey3216 15349]

Just now, Rip76 said:

Yes.

Are you kidding me?  "Are you going to apologize to the people of Deer Park?"

What a fuckface 

[Pato del Muerto 52530]

9 minutes ago, Telegraph_it said:

 

Confirmed by Ashley J. Legit source. 

 

 

Um one thing the foam does is get rid of the surface tension and polarity of the water, so these organics shouldn’t be floating on it. 

And  benzene wouldn’t behave any differently than toluene or xylene. 

[Telegraph_it 3358]

1 minute ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Um one thing the foam does is get rid of the surface tension and polarity of the water, so these organics shouldn’t be floating on it. 

And  benzene wouldn’t behave any differently than toluene or xylene. 

I left off the /sarcasm. 

[Fuck Tim Beck 3834]

10 minutes ago, Patricio Swayze said:

Hold up. You mean if they scissor enough and there is enough friction, lesbians will get hot enough to give blowjobs? Fascinating.

More importantly, we may finally get rid of plonsky 

[Telegraph_it 3358]

1 minute ago, thestud said:

 

This makes no sense, pyrolysis isn’t a material/substance but rather the degradation process of a material at high temps. Not giving you shit, it’s clear from the multiple posts after yours that this is something that was pushed out on the news. Still doesn’t make any sense.

 

Yes, it was said by the ITC comms person. 

 

 

[Trey3216 15349]

1 minute ago, thestud said:

 

This makes no sense, pyrolysis isn’t a material/substance but rather the degradation process of a material at high temps. Not giving you shit, it’s clear from the multiple posts after yours that this is something that was pushed out on the news. Still doesn’t make any sense.

 

Well, when the company rep is out there speaking to the media, and they said Pyrolysis Gas or PyGas, that's what we typed out. 

[Telegraph_it 3358]

Some good fireballs going now in the periscope link I posted earlier. 

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1ZkJzkjwgeLxv

 

[Rip76 4946]

From the looks of the live feed, it seems they may be making a little progress on the fires.

 

Welp, never mind.

Edited March 19, 2019 by Rip76

[tokamak 6432]

3 minutes ago, thestud said:

 

This makes no sense, pyrolysis isn’t a material/substance but rather the degradation process of a material at high temps. Not giving you shit, it’s clear from the multiple posts after yours that this is something that was pushed out on the news. Still doesn’t make any sense.

 

I'm not in the industry, but it seems from a bit of Googling that pyrolysis gas or pygas is an industry term for a specific byproduct of cracking.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrolysis_gasoline

https://www.shell.com/business-customers/global-solutions/petrochemicals-technologies-licensing/pyrolysis-gasoline-processing.html

From that 2nd link:

Quote

Ethylene production through pyrolysis (steam cracking) produces several by-products, including a heavy C5+ stream. The C5+ cut is referred to in the industry as pyrolysis gasoline or pygas. Left in its raw form, the stream has little commercial value owing to its high reactivity and low stability. However, the stream contains many high-value components, such as isoprene, benzene, toluene and xylenes.

 

[Pato del Muerto 52530]

Sounds like they refine the pygas into its pure constituents. 

[relapse98 634]

10 minutes ago, tokamak said:

"high reactivity and low stability"

Well that much is obvious.

[Telegraph_it 3358]

The Woodlands' bubble is holding for now. 

 

 

[tejas60 3533]

where's a damn disaster scientist when you need one?

[Rip76 4946]

Maybe they are making some progress looking at Ch2 Live.

[deadshank 24653]

1 hour ago, Etexhorn13 said:

My brother works over on the east side of town and rumor around his office is that the dikes are on fire and the plant is gonna blow. 

[GreenspointTexas 9662]

8 minutes ago, Telegraph_it said:

The Woodlands' bubble is holding for now. 

 

 

Right up the heights ass

 

furk

[Moby Ric 2058]

Are they emptying out tanks and dumping it in the ship channel to avoid this spreading?  Kind of looks like it from he CH2 feed but I am an idiot so it could be Mr. Bubble for all I know.

[Updawg 2274]

How has art Acevedo not been front and center during all this. Is he on vacation or something?