AI6YR Ben

"...The crisis at a Garden Grove aerospace firm that required the evacuation of 50,000 people was probably caused by the failure of a cooling system designed to regulate the temperature of chemical tanks, interim Orange County Fire Authority Chief TJ McGovern told The Times on Tuesday...."

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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-26/chemical-tank-cooling-system-likely-failed

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Cooling system at chemical tanks likely failed, forcing mass O.C. evacuations, fire officials say

The crisis at a Garden Grove aerospace firm that required the evacuation of 50,000 people was likely caused by the failure of a cooling system designed to regulate the temperature of the chemical tanks, officials told The Times.

Los Angeles Times
May 26 at 11:31pmWeb
Show threadAI6YR BenMay 26
***wonder what the heck would happen for a long term power outage in LA's various industrial areas... i.e. where backup power systems went offline, etc. etc. and all these kinds of cooling systems everywhere fail. i.e. major earthquake, heatwave, etc. 🤔
Show threadSam LevineMay 26
@ai6yr I assumed places like this had large backup generators for that reason? But the bigger issue might if they are driven by running water (rather than static) and if water mains break, because unless you have a system that can switch to a closed internal loop that's going to fail really fast.
Show threadDarth OslerMay 26
@SRLevine @ai6yr they have ginormous supplies of liquid nitrogen and liquid CO2 to quench things and shut down reactions -- sometimes
Show threadRue MohrMay 27
@ai6yr So, I presume thats staff having to live in motorhomes on site due to not being paid properly?
Show threadAI6YR BenMay 27
@RueNahcMohr LOL it's a motor home storage facility next door
Show threadRue MohrMay 27
@ai6yr good! so, I wonder how far the temp went before an alarm went off.