Comments on: The Monumental Molasses Morass of 1919 https://www.damninteresting.com/the-great-molasses-flood-of-1919/ Fascinating true stories from science, history, and psychology since 2005 Sat, 16 Jan 2021 01:46:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/the-great-molasses-flood-of-1919/#comment-73655 Sat, 16 Jan 2021 01:46:36 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=51#comment-73655 One year later already? Gad.

]]> By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/the-great-molasses-flood-of-1919/#comment-73206 Thu, 16 Jan 2020 01:52:19 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=51#comment-73206 I am returned.

]]> By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/the-great-molasses-flood-of-1919/#comment-72676 Sat, 19 Jan 2019 03:59:36 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=51#comment-72676 tsblue:

I agree.

However, people have also died when everything went right.

]]> By: tsblue https://www.damninteresting.com/the-great-molasses-flood-of-1919/#comment-72359 Mon, 15 Jan 2018 17:41:04 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=51#comment-72359 This is one of several example disasters presented in civil, mechanical, and structural engineering undergraduate programs. The Tacoma Narrows bridge failure (harmonics) and WWII North Sea Liberty Ship failures (brittle steel) are commonly taught as well. The mechanisms are different, but the point is the same … you mess up and people die as a result.

]]> By: JR https://www.damninteresting.com/the-great-molasses-flood-of-1919/#comment-71669 Fri, 29 Jul 2016 22:15:32 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=51#comment-71669 Also known as The Boston Molassacre.

]]> By: Sridhar https://www.damninteresting.com/the-great-molasses-flood-of-1919/#comment-35647 Sat, 30 Nov 2013 03:08:00 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=51#comment-35647 I ran I to this while helping my sons project book report. It’s interesting but a sad historical event.

]]> By: amusia https://www.damninteresting.com/the-great-molasses-flood-of-1919/#comment-26402 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 15:39:36 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=51#comment-26402 It’s not that molasses is not slow! They pumped in, through a 200 foot pipe, molasses from the ships which had just come up through the gulfstream Therefore, the molasses was still over 50 degrees…when it mixed with the 2 degree molasses in the tank, fermentation formed gas…I’m reading “Dark Tide”. Wow. Good book!

]]> By: DanThinksDances&femaleGspot https://www.damninteresting.com/the-great-molasses-flood-of-1919/#comment-22200 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:48:51 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=51#comment-22200 Enter your reply text here. Ok

What is their to comment on. It happened. Good story. Use it to ‘flirt’ while visiting the nusing home!

]]> By: bob123 https://www.damninteresting.com/the-great-molasses-flood-of-1919/#comment-22131 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:23:00 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=51#comment-22131 [quote]kgy121 said: “Now WHERE exactly did the phrase “slow as molasses” come from?!?!?”[/quote]

Thats because its “slow as molasses in January” and it must be a reference to something about people being slower then molasses in January. Or maybe just a boreal saying thats getting filtered down… I don’t know.

]]> By: CountriKitten https://www.damninteresting.com/the-great-molasses-flood-of-1919/#comment-13081 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:33:46 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=51#comment-13081 kgy121 said: “Now WHERE exactly did the phrase “slow as molasses” come from?!?!?”

Obviously not from this incident, eh?

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