Disasters Man-Made
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David White, Anton Riecher
First-hand accounts of emergency responders confronted with the worst of the worst-case scenarios that modern industry devises.
Authors David White and Anton Riecher let you experience these events on paper to avoid them at all costs: Buncefield, UK (2005); Eurotunnel Fire (1996); Pasadena, TX (1989); Baton Rouge, LA (1989); Mexico City (1984); Romeoville, IL (1984); Sunray, TX (1956); Whiting, IN (1955); plus 20 more stories.
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Contents:
I. OLD FLAMES
*Wrong Pasadena - Chemical plant explosion rocks the Houston Ship Channel
*Lost Weekend - Revisiting a 1955 refinery blast and fire in Whiting, Indiana
*Sunray - Texas town honors those lost in a 1956 refinery blast
*Magpetco - Tank fire near Beaumont, Texas, is legendary among responders
*Milford Haven - UK fire prompts tank fire protection improvements
*A Slight Defect - Refinery blast holds the record for plant firefighters killed
*Spherical Aberration - 1984 Mexico City LPG blast kills nearly 2,000 people
*Bad Santa - Christmas 1989 fire hits Baton Rouge, Louisiana, refinery
*Wait Until Dark - Responsibilities of visiting responders expand to include body recovery
II. THE PROFESSIONALS
*Big Rain, Big Fire - Responders extinguish record-setting storage tank fire
*Buncefield - Overfilled storage tank triggers worst blast in UK since World War II
*Homemade Napalm - Grounded oil freighter burned rather than pollute the shore
*Excess Acid - Capsized acid barge gives the Coast Guard a 10-day pain
*Cold Explosion - Nebraska recycling plant fire tests a small town's tenacity
*A Road Across Hell - Texas industrial firefighters beat predictions on extinguishing California tire fire
*Nighttime on the City of New Orleans - Illinois industrial responders rush to join the rescue after an Amtrak train wreck
*Be Careful What You Wish For - Experts work with local firefighters to extinguish tank fire
III. TRIAL BY FIRE
*Green Zone - Train wreck unleashes fatal chlorine in South Carolina
*Unpleasantville - Houston firefighters face repeat match with warehouse blaze
*Batch 175 - Batch reactor explodes in Florida, killing four workers
*Racked Up - High-rack storage structure collapses in Wisconsin
*Heavy Box - Explosive pressure release shatters a Houston foundry
*Bittersweet - Sugar refinery explosion brings firefighters together
*River of Fire - Volunteers battle Kentucky's worst distillery blaze
*Dust Devil - Rubber dust explosion tears apart a North Carolina factory
*Mutual Respect - Small-town firefighters battle Illinois plastics plant fire
*Witches' Brew - Responders battle an ever-expanding hazmat emergency
*Fire Bad, Water Worse - Nearly 1,000 tons of burning magnesium tests firefighters
*Knowing When to Quit - Kansas volunteers push their luck fighting an oil tank fire
*The No-Win Scenario - No water leaves firefighters with few options battling a plant fire
*Local Heroes - North Carolina responders praised for putting out tank farm fire
