Molasses Flood
By Rhonda S.
@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
United States
June 30, 2023 9:04pm CST
If someone were to ask us what we fear that could kill us, I don't think a flood of molasses would be in anyone's answer, but that's what happened in 1919.
In Boston, people were going about their business when a large storage tank disentagred leaving a giant wall of molasses spreading throughout the town.
Sadly, 21 people died. People were stuck in it and could not free themselves.
Wikkipedia states there was a class action suit against the company and they won 7,000 dollars per person.
This is what happens when people in charge let soddy workmanship be the norm.
I'm adding a link to a short video but there are longer ones that explain it in detail.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Molasses_Flood
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
1 Jul 23
I had no idea this was on Mythbusters. I will have to look that up because I don't know how they could have recreated this large amount of syrup. Maybe, they used a miniture town.
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@AmbiePam (93882)
• United States
1 Jul 23
@misunderstood_zombie No, the story came up on Mythbusters, they didn't recreate it. They were testing how a human could swim in syrup. They then brought up if swimming in syrup had any real life relevance, which led to the story you mentioned. The story itself wasn't a myth they were disputing.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
1 Jul 23
@AmbiePam Oh, I thought that's all they did was bust myths true or false. lol
My husband loved this show and I watched it occasionally. I liked those two guys, one was always cheerful and the other grumpy.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
1 Jul 23
It would not be fun to clean. I can't even imagine what they used at the time to clean it.
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@marguicha (223776)
• Chile
1 Jul 23
I didn´t know that I guess that that is a worse way of dying than in a normal flood.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
1 Jul 23
I think so too, and the ones who had to wait for rescue were probalby not very happy.
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@LeaPea2417 (37379)
• Toccoa, Georgia
1 Jul 23
I learned about that story around five years ago. That shocked me.
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@LadyDuck (472081)
• Switzerland
2 Jul 23
@misunderstood_zombie - I have been at one step from dying more than once. It was not my time to go, I am still here.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
2 Jul 23
It's crazy how unsafe we are at any minute, and it's a wonder any of us get out of bed. I always put my trust in Christ and that helps me through the day.
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@RasmaSandra (80736)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2 Jul 23
I remember reading about this, I was a terrible thing and who would have thought there would be a molasses flood,
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@Deepizzaguy (104150)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
1 Jul 23
Dying being struck by a wall of molasses overtaking them is a terrible way to die.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
1 Jul 23
First time every hearing about this. A tsunami of molasses. What a sticky situation that would be.
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