Just in case you always wanted to know about standoff distances for a spill of methylethylbadstuff....
http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/staticfiles/PHMSA/DownloadableFiles/Files/Hazmat/ERG2016.pdf (http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/staticfiles/PHMSA/DownloadableFiles/Files/Hazmat/ERG2016.pdf)
Go that way.
How far?
Just... keep going that way.
About 2 years ago we had a truck at the state border that started leaking Bad Stuff. The rerouting directive kept everyone several MILES away.
Quote from: Starfleet Auxiliary on July 06, 2016, 04:02:09 PM
Go that way.
How far?
Just... keep going that way.
About 2 years ago we had a truck at the state border that started leaking Bad Stuff. The rerouting directive kept everyone several MILES away.
Pretty common. Those tank sleds hold a lot of goo. The more they carry, the greater the stand off. Few years back there was a derailment that upset the entire region's daily commute for a few days and the clean up, what little there was, took months. Better living through chemistry...
Ah, found it:
anhydrous trimethylamine.
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2014/09/i-90_shut_down_at_washington-i.html (http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2014/09/i-90_shut_down_at_washington-i.html)
Quote from: Starfleet Auxiliary on July 06, 2016, 04:07:58 PM
Ah, found it:
anhydrous trimethylamine.
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2014/09/i-90_shut_down_at_washington-i.html (http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2014/09/i-90_shut_down_at_washington-i.html)
Nasty....
The one reader comment on the article did give me a laugh.