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on this would be appreciated. -ed
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- Dear Mr. Rense,
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- I visit your site twice a day, and am grateful for the
news you provide to your readers. I know you get lots of emails, so I'll
cut to the chase...
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- Today, 7/15/02, at roughly 7:30am, a bus exploded outside
my office. I work in the city of Alhambra, about 15 miles east of Los Angeles.
The police was quick to act, and I heard a helicopter overhead almost immediately.
The strange thing is, I can't find this on CNN or any other news site.
I can't even find it on the local news. I'm not blind, and I'm certainly
not deaf. My girlfriend who resides in San Diego also mentioned an explosion
just yesterday, but it was also not reported in the news. The bus was hauled
off immediately; I have not idea if there were casualties or not, but judging
from the flames--they were coming out FROM the passenger area--it would
be hard not to say there were. I wish I had my camera available, but again,
I was at work. Can you look into this, as it's eerie how no one is talking
about it. Maybe I'm mistaken, and the L.A. Times will have something to
say about it tomorrow. If not, then perhaps there's a media blackout on
this episode. Thanks for your time.
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- Joe
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- P.S. It was a very LOUD explosion. The windows to my
office are sealed, but it was unnerving still. I don't believe gasoline
is a very combustible fuel, it burns, but does not explode. My only guess
is that it could have been a compressed natural gas bus. Or a bomb.
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- Comment
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- From Jerry A. Taylor
7-16-2
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- Dear Jeff
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- In the story the writer states that "I don't believe
gasoline is a very combustible fuel, it burns, but does not explode."
He is dead wrong. Gasoline vapors are highly flammable and can ignite at
temperatures as low as -45° C. A single cup of gasoline, when vaporized
and ignited, has the explosive power of five sticks of dynamite.
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- Just wanted to clear up this little misconception.
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- Sincerely,
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- Jerry A. Taylor
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- From Lance Kenneth Shade Titchkosky
- 7-17-2
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- Hi Jeff,
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- Just a comment on Jerry's comment about how explosive
gas is. Your readers might want to take a look at http://intuitor.com/moviephysics/index.html
(See the section on 'Flaming Cars')
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- It basically goes on to say the gasoline can be explosive,
but has a very narrow flammable range (meaning there would have to be a
near perfect mixture of gasoline vapour to air for an explosion to have
the force of "5 sticks of dynamite".
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- This dept. of energy website http://www.hanford.gov/lessons/sitell/ll02/2002-22.htm
has the same information (a gallon of gas could create an explosion equal
to that of 14 sticks of dynamite), but goes on to say because of the relatively
narrow explosive range it is quite safe.
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- Lance
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- Comment From Eric Cardenas
7-18-2
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- Dear Mr. Rense,
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- The 7/15/02 bus explosion near LA was covered live on
FOX channel 11 KTTV during their morning news by Rob Bernsen, their helicopter
reporter. He reported that the bus used natural gas, not gasoline.
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- Eric
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