Unleaded Gasoline Fire

Fire, originally uploaded by gwENvision.

Not that I expect that anyone actually reads this blog but I guess I should make myself post occasionally to keep of the appearance that I do actually blog.

Once again, our area is the home of "Biblical" weather as a friend of mine likes to remark. Last night's storm produced a lightning strike on this tank of 1.2 million gallons of unleaded gasoline that is still burning nearly 24 hours later. I swear I could see flaming dollar bills rising in the sooty smoke. The tank farm is located in the Fairfax industrial district of Kansas City, Kansas.

Other victims of lightning strikes including a couple of houses, an apartment building and a church. As you can see here in the foreground, the Missouri River is pretty full as well. If rain continues here and upstream I expect to be posting flood pictures soon.