Stan 386 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 UPDATE - Newark explosion not caused by gas supply. Now here`s a mystery. Other than gas,what can produce enough force to destroy 2 houses completely? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nnsc 131 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 Maybe another type of gas i.e hydrogen! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted May 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 Why would a family home contain hydrogen, nnsc? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,654 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 Un exploded bomb? Rog (from near Newark) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 Natural Gas. Petroleum vapour Leaking gas cylinders I have known the front of a house blown out by build up of gas from one of those automatic air freshener sprays. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 Drug Lab Al Quada Methane in the sewers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,878 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 Distillery? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,497 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 Stupidity. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted May 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 Number 3 may have applied, but we do not know at present. These are Cipolla's five fundamental laws of stupidity: 1.Always and inevitably each of us underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation. 2.The probability that a given person is stupid is independent of any other characteristic possessed by that person. 3.A person is stupid if they cause damage to another person or group of people without experiencing personal gain, or even worse causing damage to themselves in the process. 4.Non-stupid people always underestimate the harmful potential of stupid people; they constantly forget that at any time anywhere, and in any circumstance, dealing with or associating themselves with stupid individuals invariably constitutes a costly error. 5.A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person there is. We have a House of Commons full then? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nnsc 131 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 Why would a family home contain hydrogen, nnsc? I don't know, my answer was maybe and I did state another type of gas of which hydrogen just happened to be the first gas that came into my head - if that explains it Stan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,654 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 Probably making moonshine, similar problem last year in Boston Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 Well I've tried my hardest and can't find anything to suggest something else !! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-22600294 So can you show us mere mortals, in this septic isle, where you got that story from ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,497 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 Probably making moonshine, similar problem last year in Boston Rog This one, I guess http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8636424/Boston-explosion-five-dead-in-huge-fireball-during-illegal-vodka-brewing-operation.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 Excess Methane from eating too many beans by the campfire! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 5.A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person there is. We have a House of Commons full then? Well, best to have them all coralled in one place eh? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 Beefy your report is dated 20/05, yesterday the emergency services declared that it was not a natural gas explosion. There was no escape either internally or on the service pipework. The report was on BBC midlands. Funnily enough I had the same conversation with the wife when we both heard the report. I personally can't think of anything that could cause that amount of damage that would be legally in a domestic property. Unless someone had a gas welding kit in there. Colin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 Don't forget "sewer gas" - typically mostly methane. It can escape from a very small hole or crack in a sewer line, and could easily accumulate in a basement or enclosed area. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 Calor Gas maybe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 Insurance will say 'act of god' anyway Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 Another update authorities now say it could have been an escape on the internal gas carcass, wish they would make their mind up. And now another one in Tinsley Yorkshire. Colin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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