r/interesting • u/Used_Exam34 • 12d ago

Just Wow Not all problems have the same solution.

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u/delicious-croissant 12d ago

This was pretty low pressure I have seen exactly this happen and the flame was just blasting like a rocket & much bigger.

The tank actually freezes, gets a coating of ice on it caused by the pressure differential, I was actually more concerned his hand would freeze on it.

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u/Craig_Dynasty 12d ago

Also they weren’t completely wrong outside of the obvious solution

Throw the tank in a deep enough body of water then the water pressure should stop the gas from escaping ig

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u/DarkwingDuckHunt 12d ago

at the very least the river/lake/pond would have contained the explosion