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by daheza 26 days ago
They were taking readings of the outside of the container thinking everything was okay but this morning they got to see the gauge on the internal temp reading showing a jump from 77 yesterday to 90 today. That’s why the had the evacuation rescinded and now extended it again.

Lots of cool drone usage happening

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I can already hear commentary in the USCSB video, "... at approximately 3:42pm the pressure release valve failed, releasing 150,000 pounds of MMA...".

Well, unless Trump has abolished it in the meantime.

Update: Unfknblvbl! He did actually try and abolish it. The safety authority that was created to prevent situations exactly like this one. https://www.thechemicalengineer.com/news/us-chemical-safety-..., and then Congress gave it a one-year lifeline, https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/congress-rescues-industr....