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Lightning has struck a whiskey factory, sparking a firenado of flaming alcohol to be sucked up into the sky.
The Kentucky warehouse, which produces Jim Beam bourbon, was battered by lightning, heavy rain and strong winds simultaneously. AOL reports that the combination of all three meant that water laced with alcohol was whipped into a funnel- sparking the fire which tore through the factory.
It is believed that 800,000 gallons of alcohol spilled into a retention pond, causing the factory to be engulfed in a fire ball.
more
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jim-beam-explosion-lightning-strikes-whiskey-factory-making-rivers-flow-with-fire-and-alcohol-10487977.html
underpants
(182,830 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)ion_theory
(235 posts)MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)brush
(53,791 posts)That is if she gets the news from her jail cell.
Probably holier than thou pronouncements with phrases like "the wages of sin" and "thou shall suffer retribution" or some such.
But seriously, 800,000 gallons? That's a lot of spilled booze.
MADem
(135,425 posts)Zap! Zap!!!
Or maybe, just maybe...
"Shit happens!"
brush
(53,791 posts)Autumn
(45,107 posts)bottled.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,330 posts)Autumn
(45,107 posts)and I don't even drink Jim Beam.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,330 posts)Mmmm
I keep it around for a buddy who likes jack and coke. But ive been having a few snifters lately. I skip the mixers anymore.
Autumn
(45,107 posts)That coke will kill you, I like mine on ice.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)Smoooooooooth. I wish I could afford to buy it more often.
Autumn
(45,107 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)I think it may have been, at most, $15 more than black label. But it is way smoother, and is actually 92 proof.
Autumn
(45,107 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)on edit: If you happen to remember, shoot me a PM with your impressions.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)JohnnyLib2
(11,212 posts)The video looks a lot like a 2003 incident. No dates on story.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,322 posts)It stems from this on the Weather Channel:
weather.com
Posted: Sep 3 2015 12:45 PM EDT
Updated: Sep 5 2015 10:24 AM EDT
In 2003 it took a lot of precise conditions to create this firenado. Matt Sampson explains how at a Jim Beam warehouse in Kentucky, lightning, wind, water and booze came together to create this incredible fire tornado.
http://www.weather.com/series/great-outdoors/video/firenado-after-lightning-strike-at-jim-beam-warehouse
That has then spawned this, with no indication it wasn't this month: http://www.wcpo.com/news/state/state-kentucky/the-weather-channel-reports-on-firenado-on-lake-brimming-with-bourbon
And:
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/09/a-jim-beam-warehouse-was-struck-by-lightning-and-started-a-firenado-which-is-as-terrifying-as-it-sounds
http://www.aol.co.uk/news/2015/09/04/firenado-hits-jim-beam-warehouse-as-lake-fils-with-bourbon/
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/amazing-footage-shows-jim-beam-6385839
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2015/09/04/Video-shows-bourbon-fired-firenado-after-Jim-Beam-lightning-strike/2071441384745/
(which does say 'in 2003', but it's still under 'odd news')
and more.
Crappy 21st century media - they just watch for trending things on the web, and rewrite them without actually reading them carefully enough to understand them. Most of those stories are written as if it just happened.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)pintobean
(18,101 posts)It was a 2003 story, but TWC just posted the video on Facebook on Thursday, and to YouTube yesterday. Several news sites are currently reporting it.
But, this is GD, not LBN, so no problem.
Blecht
(3,803 posts)And they posted a link to the video on Facebook about the "firenado".
http://www.weather.com/series/great-outdoors/video/5-facts-about-your-rainbows-that-will-blow-your-mind
That's why this is back in the news.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,322 posts)and too eager to post things without attribution, to make it look as though they have a skill at finding news, rather than monitoring what people are tweeting.
The Independent has now updated the story to say it was in 2003, and linked to the Weather Channel, rather than AOL (AOL? LOL!). But they dare not point out they got it wrong at first, because that would alert their readers to their fraudulent claim to be reporting news.
I used to read that rag.
rug
(82,333 posts)LiberalArkie
(15,719 posts)malaise
(269,056 posts)brimstone - and a possible fifth husband
MiniMe
(21,717 posts)He is not happy with her!
malaise
(269,056 posts)that's gotta be a DUzy!
tabasco
(22,974 posts)$50 a half.
packman
(16,296 posts)[URL=.html][IMG][/IMG][/URL]
And charged a premium price for it
MADem
(135,425 posts)brush
(53,791 posts)DashOneBravo
(2,679 posts)Because I saw that video on The Weather Channel earlier this week.
DirkGently
(12,151 posts)Perhaps God prefers Jack Daniels?
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,444 posts)Not all whiskies and whiskeys are equal.
LiberalArkie
(15,719 posts)JunkYardDogg
(873 posts)from Traditional (meaning lyrics' original writer can't be ID'ed) Blues Songs,
so traditional, that every blues singer worth their salt, no make that their whiskey,
has sung these lyrics, :
from Muddy Waters (my main man) -"Rollin' & Tumblin' :
"...
Well, if the river was whiskey, and I was a divin' duck
Well, if the river was whiskey, and I was a divin' duck
Well, I would dive to the bottom, never would I come up"
sung & done by da best, especially the Cream version
and there is :
"If the River was Whiskey" by Charlie Poole
"If the river was whiskey and I was a duck
I'd dive to the bottom and I'd never come up
Oh, tell me how long have I got to wait?
Oh, can I get you now, must I hesitate?
If the river was whiskey and the branch was wine
You would see me in bathing just any old time
..."
and then there is the Taj Mahal song: "Divin' Duck Blues " :
"If the river was whiskey
I would be a diving duck
If the river was whiskey
I would be a diving duck
I would swim to the bottom, but I would drink my way up"
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)What great lyrics!
rogerashton
(3,920 posts)rye whiskey I cry;
if I don't get rye whiskey,
I surely will die.
If the ocean was whiskey
and I was a duck
I'd dive to the bottom
and never come up
Rye whiskey, rye whiskey
rye whiskey I cry;
if I don't get rye whiskey,
I surely will die.
My granny, who was tea-total, would sing that, accompanying herself on an odd rectangular piano (not an upright) that had been shipped up Red River by paddlewheel steamer.
And it must have influenced Brecht's English words for Mahagonny.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)she would occasionally sing
She drinks and she smoke
and she tells dirty jokes
she's the girlfriend of Sigma Tau
Then she would laugh her ass off. I miss that old bird. Or should I say bat? She got the nickname "Bat Woman" because, once, a bat got in the house and she went after that thing with a broom and more fury than you would think possible out of a woman lucky to have weighed 90 lbs soaking wet
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)1939
(1,683 posts)JunkYardDogg
(873 posts)Mostly true
Great in sauces & marinades
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)To see some recipes.
underahedgerow
(1,232 posts)I do like me fancy whiskey.....
mak3cats
(1,573 posts)...and each bottled our own Knob Creek, including putting our thumb prints in the melted wax on the top. (Unfortunately, my SO is so sentimental, we'll never actually open them and drink it!)
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)even though I don't believe in god?
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)all got beamed up in time.
We used to drink Beam, and say, "Beam me up," while drinking it!
cloudbase
(5,520 posts)Of course, he did get out three times to take a leak.
Iggo
(47,558 posts)Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)But it was totally drunk space aliens looking for more booze.
Coventina
(27,121 posts)Shall we gather at the river,
Where bright angel feet have trod,
With its crystal tide forever
Flowing by the throne of God?
Refrain:
Yes, well gather at the river,
The beautiful, the beautiful river;
Gather with the saints at the river
That flows by the throne of God.
On the margin of the river,
Washing up its silver spray,
We will talk and worship ever,
All the happy golden day.
Ere we reach the shining river,
Lay we every burden down;
Grace our spirits will deliver,
And provide a robe and crown.
At the smiling of the river,
Mirror of the Saviors face,
Saints, whom death will never sever,
Lift their songs of saving grace.
Soon well reach the silver river,
Soon our pilgrimage will cease;
Soon our happy hearts will quiver
With the melody of peace.
Historic NY
(37,451 posts)800000 gallons