Drowned in Ale: The London Beer Flood
Added 2023-09-12 10:15:00 +0000 UTCI’ve now covered three different unusual floods – the other two I have in mind are the Boston Molasses Flood and the Dublin Whiskey Flood/Fire. As I was researching this one, it occurred to me to have a look and see if there were any more non-water floods that I wasn’t aware of.
As it turns out, this kind of thing happens often enough that it has its own list page on Wikipedia… and some of the floods listed there are quite alarming.
There’s one where the substance which spilled is recorded as “molten chocolate and butter”. Thankfully, nobody died in that particular flood… drowning in boiling chocolate would be both a terrible and a remarkable way to go.
Comments
Thanks! Will give it a read
Fascinating Horror
2023-09-22 17:08:51 +0000 UTCOh, and there are for sure more stories about non-water floods in the pipeline, so to speak!
Fascinating Horror
2023-09-22 17:08:31 +0000 UTCHere's an article related to the Gotthard road tunnel: https://www.thelocal.ch/20230911/switzerlands-gotthard-tunnel-hit-by-more-traffic-disruption
Michael Rutherford
2023-09-12 20:00:06 +0000 UTCThat Wikipedia page certainly is interesting. The entry about the Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill is particularly fascinating. Definitely would be interested in seeing a video about that one, just saying.
Michael Rutherford
2023-09-12 19:57:51 +0000 UTC
