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Old June 13th, 2009, 10:24 PM   #1
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PCDC Storage bottle blows

Buddies and I were having lunch at Scampis a couple blocks over after a dive, when we heard a thump. After finishing and driving by PCDC, we saw all sorts of emergency vehicles, and this:



It appears a bank tank blew and slammed a hole in the wall and a couple in the roof. Dive Locker said no one was hurt, so thats good.
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Old June 13th, 2009, 10:28 PM   #2
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Buddies and I were having lunch at Scampis a couple blocks over after a dive, when we heard a thump. After finishing and driving by PCDC, we saw all sorts of emergency vehicles, and this:



It appears a bank tank blew and slammed a hole in the wall and a couple in the roof. Dive Locker said no one was hurt, so thats good.
Holy Crap John!

I'll call you when I get to tally, probably in 3 weeks...we can do efr than?
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Old June 13th, 2009, 10:34 PM   #3
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This was at Panama City Dive Locker?
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Since I fill at my LDS, I will be interested to learn the facts about what happened. We take filling very seriously and it is a dangerous thing to do. I am glad no one was injured or killed.

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Old June 13th, 2009, 10:41 PM   #5
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This was at Panama City Dive Locker?
Looks like the Panama City Dive Center.

Glad everyone was alright. Was in there just today getting fills. Bet the it came as quite a surpirse to the adjoining wind surf shop it ripped through.

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The News Herald has a brief write up:

http://www.newsherald.com/news/shop-...ach-takes.html
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Wow!

The parts of an exploded AL80 are mounted on the wall at my LDS to show everyone what can happen. Pretty scary stuff.......
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A loud thump!? We heard it at the Bay Point Marina and were pretty sure people died it was so loud! There is alot of question as to why the steel flask blew given that the burst disk was intact.... I'm just happy Joe, Mike and everyone else were fine. Google Earth puts the distance from their shop to my boat at 1.4 miles, and it was scary loud.
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A loud thump!? We heard it at the Bay Point Marina and were pretty sure people died it was so loud! Everyone is fine and grateful. There is alot of question as to why the steel flask blew given that the burst disk was intact.... I'm just happy Joe, Mike and everyone else were fine. Google Earth puts the distance from their shop to my boat at 1.4 miles, and it was scary loud.
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It wasn't just one tank there were several and it completely destroyed their bank and part of tghe building. One cylinder landed in the rinse tank with the end blown off. Another was completely split open. Rest of the bank is scattered about and the front window is out but the retail part seems unscathed. thank God no one was hurt. We left the store ten minutes before it happened and heard the noise at the boats.
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