Does this look like a gas explosion?

Homeslice · 11-14-2012, 06:54 PM

Indianapolis 3 days ago....
Up to 30 homes may need to be demolished
http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...3ac_story.html

udman · 11-14-2012, 06:58 PM

No. That looks like RACER X's neighborhood after he asked for the fire department to come out and unlock his doors for the 35th time.

Homeslice · 11-14-2012, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by udman

No. That looks like RACER X's neighborhood after he asked for the fire department to come out and unlock his doors for the 35th time.

Nah, he probably gets invited to their holiday party as a thank you for keeping them employed.

fatbuckRTO · 11-14-2012, 07:18 PM

30 homes need to be demolished? Doesn't look that widespread in the picture.

Homeslice · 11-14-2012, 08:49 PM

Quote:

leveled two homes and left dozens more uninhabitable.

whatever "uninhabitable" means...

Homeslice · 11-14-2012, 08:51 PM

Here is where it says 31 homes...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...486_story.html

fasternyou929 · 11-14-2012, 09:04 PM

It all depends where the rupture was (line pressure) and how much gas was built up at the time of ignition.

Have to agree with fatbuck though, having 31 homes deemed uninhabitable after that seems like a stretch. Does a cracked window or debris on the room constitute a teardown and rebuild in Indiana?

CasterTroy · 11-15-2012, 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fasternyou929

Does a cracked window or debris on the room constitute a teardown and rebuild in Indiana?

No. But having the pressure wave from an explosion twist a structure without seismic restraints (not required per IBC for residential single family in IN) like I'm sure it did, I would imagine it wouldn't take MUCH to condemn a house without it really "looking" damaged.

I'm sure there are several houses that are "OK" but would YOU sign your name on a house (as a federal disaster inspector) anywhere near the explosion and allow a family to live there, and there be even a slight possibility that the baseplates cracked at the foundation anchorbolts behind the sheetrock?

Hell knowing the way these crackerboxes were slapped together on a slab to BEGIN with I'm not sure I'd clear a house 20 miles AWAY for habitation given the potential for high winds in Indiana!

fasternyou929 · 11-15-2012, 10:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CasterTroy

No. But having the pressure wave from an explosion twist a structure without seismic restraints (not required per IBC for residential single family in IN) like I'm sure it did, I would imagine it wouldn't take MUCH to condemn a house without it really "looking" damaged.

I'm sure there are several houses that are "OK" but would YOU sign your name on a house (as a federal disaster inspector) anywhere near the explosion and allow a family to live there, and there be even a slight possibility that the baseplates cracked at the foundation anchorbolts behind the sheetrock?

Hell knowing the way these crackerboxes were slapped together on a slab to BEGIN with I'm not sure I'd clear a house 20 miles AWAY for habitation given the potential for high winds in Indiana!

Leave it to someone that knows what they're talking about to kill a good "the media is exaggerating!" thread.

Papa_Complex · 11-15-2012, 12:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CasterTroy

No. But having the pressure wave from an explosion twist a structure without seismic restraints (not required per IBC for residential single family in IN) like I'm sure it did, I would imagine it wouldn't take MUCH to condemn a house without it really "looking" damaged.

I'm sure there are several houses that are "OK" but would YOU sign your name on a house (as a federal disaster inspector) anywhere near the explosion and allow a family to live there, and there be even a slight possibility that the baseplates cracked at the foundation anchorbolts behind the sheetrock?

Hell knowing the way these crackerboxes were slapped together on a slab to BEGIN with I'm not sure I'd clear a house 20 miles AWAY for habitation given the potential for high winds in Indiana!

Just having all of the windows blown into the house by the pressure wave would also likely result in a house being deemed "uninhabitable."

11-14-2012, 06:58 PM	#2
udman You are not the Man!! Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Austin TX Moto: Hawk GT Posts: 750	No. That looks like RACER X's neighborhood after he asked for the fire department to come out and unlock his doors for the 35th time. __________________ You can put lipstick on a VS Forum, but it's still a VS Forum...

11-14-2012, 07:18 PM	#4
fatbuckRTO This is not the sig line. Join Date: Dec 2008 Moto: Be prepared. What? Oh, moto... Posts: 1,279	30 homes need to be demolished? Doesn't look that widespread in the picture. __________________ This was no time for half measures. He was a captain, godsdammit. An officer. Things like this didn't present a problem for an officer. Officers had a tried and tested way of solving problems like this. It was called a sergeant. -Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

11-14-2012, 08:51 PM	#6
Homeslice Elitist Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area Moto: Gix 750 Posts: 11,351	Here is where it says 31 homes... http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...486_story.html

11-14-2012, 09:04 PM	#7
fasternyou929 SFL Expatriate #2 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Raleigh, NC Moto: CBR1000 Posts: 2,043	It all depends where the rupture was (line pressure) and how much gas was built up at the time of ignition. Have to agree with fatbuck though, having 31 homes deemed uninhabitable after that seems like a stretch. Does a cracked window or debris on the room constitute a teardown and rebuild in Indiana?