An Exciting Christmas Eve

Thanks Todd for the link it reminds me of what we had here last week, I’m telling you a fire can do a lot of damage in a short time.

Fortunately for us, the smoke went another direction. We did not even smell anything from it.

But unfortunately for a lot of people on the southern part of town it went right over them.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://americancraftsmanworkshop.com

glad to hear you are safe , and your home and shop too !

have a safe christmas and a great new year .

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

yikes!
Glad that all is well—for everyone!!

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Too close for comfort I’ll bet. Thank goodness all is safe.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

Glad to hear you are OK. Looks like you got to have Christmas and a new years bang already

-- My job is to give my kids things to discuss with their therapist....medic20447@gmail.com

Geez, glad everyone is ok. Glad the firefighters were ok too. An explosion would have been tragic. I hate those kinds of fires because they are so unpredictable. Any idea what was burning? I’m assuming oil.

-- Happy woodworking! http://www.blakeweber.us

And people ask “Why should we count our Blessings” My response is “Sometimes we need to say Thanks for the things we don’t receive”. Glad to hear you and your family are well. But tell the folks at Connoco to save their fireworks for the 4th of July Holiday.
Merry Crhistmas

-- I love the smell of sawdust in the morning....

From the news accounts the storage container was storing asphalt. The tank was being removed from service so the level was somewhere between 2’ and 5’ deep. I am sure that you can realize this would be much different than having any other greater volume of material in storage such as half or full.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://americancraftsmanworkshop.com

Whew, way to close for comfort. I am glad that you are all o.k…............ It’s great that no one was hurt, I hate for these kind of things to happen, especially around the holidays.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Todd

-- Gene, Majestic Eagle Woodworks, http://majesticeagleww.etsy.com/, http://www.flickr.com/photos/majesticeagle/

Sorry to hear such new Todd, thank God you and the family are ok.

Over the past 3 years there have been a couple of incidents like that and it amazes me how well the fire departments, police and company safety handle them so that even minor injuries are seldom. Of course, the smoke and fumes are an unknown.

An engineer told me once that danger gets greater the lower the level due to vapors in an enclosed area. Like a gas tank, could catch fire at any time, but will explode if near empty.

Glad to hear you and your family are well.

Steve.

Glad to hear that nothing was damaged or no one was hurt at your home!

Horrible time to have a fire…..we had one at the Atlantic Richfield when I was on a project there (luckily not during a holiday)...lightning hit the tank and started a huge fire. We were immediately evacuated…then returned to drain the tank….It still burned for days as they could not get it put out….the fire was so hot it fuzed several of the metal plates of the tank and melted others.

Needless to say…I hope the rest of the holidays are good to you….and here’s to a more prosperous new year!

-- Woodworking.....My small slice of heaven!

I spent some time doing construction in those refineries. I know the safety levels are very high, but those are also very dangerous materials. I glad to hear you are well.

Whew is right! I’m a city boy, born and raised, and like things within walking distance, but somethings can be a bit too close. Good to hear that all is well and as an added bonus, you’ve got some interesting dinner conversation ready made.

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