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Old 11-14-2012, 06:54 PM   #1
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Default Does this look like a gas explosion?

Indianapolis 3 days ago....
Up to 30 homes may need to be demolished
http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...3ac_story.html
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Old 11-14-2012, 06:58 PM   #2
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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.
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Old 11-14-2012, 07:08 PM   #3
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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.
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Old 11-14-2012, 07:18 PM   #4
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30 homes need to be demolished? Doesn't look that widespread in the picture.
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Old 11-14-2012, 08:49 PM   #5
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leveled two homes and left dozens more uninhabitable.
whatever "uninhabitable" means...
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Old 11-14-2012, 08:51 PM   #6
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Here is where it says 31 homes...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...486_story.html
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Old 11-14-2012, 09:04 PM   #7
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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?
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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!
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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.
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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."
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