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Re: Dublin Whiskey Fire

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Post by messe »

altacc wrote: post #24
matthewmorgan wrote: post #2

Got to love the anachronistic use of euros. No doubt any attempt to correct it would be rapidly suppressed

How come? It gives modern context to the amount lost, in the currency that country now uses. Surely as long as you follow the conversion rates between currencies when they changed, then it's possible to provide an approximate current value in a relatable currency. The confusing bit for me is "equivalent to £5.45 million in 2019" as it is not clear why it would be a value in £, being in Euro using Ireland (and pedanti…

I would lean toward the £ means sterling, as Ireland used that from 1868 - 1928, the period in question (and the punt was de-facto pegged to it until the 70s).

Re: Dublin Whiskey Fire

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Post by iammjm »

This makes me think about a pipeline leakage somewhere in South-America a couple of years ago. People flocked with vessels of all sorts to fill them up, until the leakage ignited and exploded at some point incinerating the people... there are some horrific videos of the said event. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tlahuelilpan_pipeline_explosio...

Re: Dublin Whiskey Fire

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Post by lambda_dn »

weberer wrote: post #30
bilekas wrote: post #27

> None of the fatalities suffered during the fire were due to smoke inhalation, burns, or any other form of direct contact with the fire itself; all of them were attributed to alcohol poisoning. As an Irish person myself I've always felt the stereotype was a little overblown.. It seems I'm completely wrong. We will literally drink until we die if there is a literal river of whiskey. I don't know whether to laugh or c…

They most likely breathed in the vapor.

"People drank from the 6 inches (150 mm) deep river of whiskey that is said to have flowed as far as the Coombe"

That's a lot of whisky

Re: Dublin Whiskey Fire

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Post by rory_isAdonk »

bilekas wrote: post #27

> None of the fatalities suffered during the fire were due to smoke inhalation, burns, or any other form of direct contact with the fire itself; all of them were attributed to alcohol poisoning. As an Irish person myself I've always felt the stereotype was a little overblown.. It seems I'm completely wrong. We will literally drink until we die if there is a literal river of whiskey. I don't know whether to laugh or c…

The big rocky candy mountain would be our downfall for sure.

Re: Dublin Whiskey Fire

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Post by OJFord »

weberer wrote: post #30
bilekas wrote: post #27

> None of the fatalities suffered during the fire were due to smoke inhalation, burns, or any other form of direct contact with the fire itself; all of them were attributed to alcohol poisoning. As an Irish person myself I've always felt the stereotype was a little overblown.. It seems I'm completely wrong. We will literally drink until we die if there is a literal river of whiskey. I don't know whether to laugh or c…

They most likely breathed in the vapor.

Sure, that too I suppose.

> During the evacuation many people gathered by the streams of whiskey, filling any vessel at hand with the substance. “Caps, porringers, and other vessels" were all gathered to lap up the burning liquid, resulting in 24 hospitalisations due to alcohol poisoning and 13 subsequent fatalities.

Re: Dublin Whiskey Fire

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Post by olddustytrail »

bilekas wrote: post #27

> None of the fatalities suffered during the fire were due to smoke inhalation, burns, or any other form of direct contact with the fire itself; all of them were attributed to alcohol poisoning. As an Irish person myself I've always felt the stereotype was a little overblown.. It seems I'm completely wrong. We will literally drink until we die if there is a literal river of whiskey. I don't know whether to laugh or c…

No, a grand total of 13 people out of an entire city population overdosed to death when given access to unlimited alcohol.

I doubt any other city would do better. London sure as hell wouldn't.

Re: Dublin Whiskey Fire

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Post by cerved »

iammjm wrote: post #34

This makes me think about a pipeline leakage somewhere in South-America a couple of years ago. People flocked with vessels of all sorts to fill them up, until the leakage ignited and exploded at some point incinerating the people... there are some horrific videos of the said event. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tlahuelilpan_pipeline_explosio...

Mexico is in North America

Re: Dublin Whiskey Fire

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Post by pavlov »

rob74 wrote: post #33

And of course Wikipedia loves lists, so there is also a "list of non-water floods": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_non-water_floods The most recent of which being https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsi_fruit_juice_flood from 2017 - thankfully no victims.

I wonder if there's a definition of a non-water fluid in this context.

Would zero-calories lightly flavored seltzer count? Most people probably consider that water... But presumably hard seltzer would definitely count, as would Pepsi Max. So maybe it's a combination of factors like energy content, flavor, aroma, color, etc.

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