Comment by mrami
8 hours ago
Reminiscent of the Molasses Flood, though that was more tragic. Scale is a double-edged sword. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Molasses_Flood
8 hours ago
Reminiscent of the Molasses Flood, though that was more tragic. Scale is a double-edged sword. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Molasses_Flood
> the resultant wave of molasses rushed through the streets at an estimated 35 miles per hour (56 kilometers per hour), killing 21 and injuring 150 people.
That sounds truly horrifying. My intuition about molasses at that volume is all wrong.
And it even happened in January at that.
That's shear-thinning non-Newtonian fluids for you.
Also see the Dublin Whiskey Fire[0] and the London Beer Flood[1] and maybe the Kentucky Meat Shower[2] as an honorable mention.
[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_whiskey_fire
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood
[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_meat_shower