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This is why smart scanner buffs and smart fire buffs dont stand too close to burning railroad cars Is it a BLEVE? Looks like a BLEVE to me. Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion. You put some heat under a tank car full of petroleum - let it cook for a while - then the metal fails - and - kabooomy. Lots of energy in there - from both the petroleum and from the exposure fire. Why do we get a mushroom cloud? I dont know - ask a MIT professor. Or look up 'mushroom cloud' at Wikipedia - the answer is probably there. It has to do with vapors, heat transfer, laws of physics, etc. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/massfire. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
