WayOfTheBern

WayOfTheBern

FThumbStay thirsty, my friends[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun 9 months ago

Years ago I lost a Porsche to an engine fire. When the flames reached the gas tank, it didn't explode (because the tank was full), but it did turn the car into a ball of fire so intense you couldn't see the car through the flames. Burned this way for 15-20 minutes, with a fire crew standing by waiting for the fuel to be exhausted. The tires exploded, but the rims remained intact. The front hood, at the center of the fire-ball, was cut with giant fire-crew sheers so they could douse the tank and smoking wreckage. Meaning, even in that intense, sustained heat, no metal parts anywhere melted and had to be cut away.

In the linked video, entire vehicles, to the rims, had melted. That's not a normal fire.

NetweaselContinuing the struggle 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun 9 months ago

Years ago I lost a Porsche to an engine fire.

The way the conversation is going, I have to ask....
How windy was it during the Porsche fire?

FThumbStay thirsty, my friends[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun 8 months ago

There was a wind from behind, and the rear bumper looked untouched, but it also likely fed the fire that engulfed the rest.

Which is why I discounted the images of half burned cars. What remains suspicious are homes reduced to ash while the trees surrounding them retained their needles and small branches. Or the blue umbrellas fully intact next to the charred remains of the building. Or the intact and unmarked wood landing adjacent to the burned shell of the mobile home.

NetweaselContinuing the struggle 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun 8 months ago

What remains suspicious are homes reduced to ash while the trees surrounding them retained their needles and small branches. Or the blue umbrellas fully intact next to the charred remains of the building. Or the intact and unmarked wood landing adjacent to the burned shell of the mobile home.

With enough wind in enough different directions, and with enough data available to pick and choose specific fire weirdnesses...
It's not really that suspicious. After almost any major hurricane, reporters will go and find that one weird thing the hurricane did or didn't do.

Demolished doublewide no longer attached to untouched deck? Check. Demolished deck no longer attached to untouched doublewide? Check.

How much of that stuff didn't happen?