Tanker spillage
Monday, 12th May 2008 by Rob
Just outside of Lebanon, Oregon, it appears that a lorry has shed its load of white liquid all over the road.
This could however be foam from the nearby fire engine, which may have been used to douse flames, or perhaps toxic or flammable substances. After all the spillage has been deemed serious enough to require the attention of multiple fire units, police cars and ambulances.
The road has been closed by the scene, and looking a few kilometres down the road, they've closed it off fully there as well.
To me the liquid looks like paint, or something else that would leave that sort of puddle. Any ideas?
See our previous post Truck Spillage. Thanks to Michael L for finding this one.
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Milk? Cream?
Judging from where this is my first guess is milk.
Roads are designed with a crown so that rain runs off instead of pooling. This mess, however, looks like it is isn’t going anywhere. It is even sticking to the grassy slope on the north side of the road. Since milk does tend to flow – it is a liquid, after all – I would say this isn’t milk. Also, I’ve never seen milk carried in a hopper, which I think this trailer is.
The red thing from the truck appears to be a hose, so I vote for the white stuff being foam.
It doesn’t appear to be a tanker, so I would say that the white mess is foam, not milk.
If you turn the street labels on, you’ll see “Fur Road” just a little to the east. On Fur Road is Slack’s Fur Farm. The buildings house mink.
https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=44.534114,-122.946357&z=17
Looks like it was a fertilizer truck carrying lime, March 9, 2005.
http://www.dhonline.com/articles/2005/03/09/news/local/news09.txt
The link includes a ground level photo.
Hey nice find Mike Wheeler – that’s it for sure!
Great Googling Mike! Lime was one of my ideas but I didn’t think it would spread like that. So we have narrowed this picture down to Tuesday 8th March 2005!
About this same time (2005) in Lebanon, the town’s drive-in movie theater was torn down and replaced by a Wal-Mart. The Wal-Mart is clearly there when the pictures were taken. https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=1920&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=44.536408,-122.953967&z=21
I live about 40 miles away and saw a horrible double feature of Legally Blonde 2 and Charlies Angels 2 there. With that drive-in gone there are no drive-ins left anaywhere near this part of Oregon.
Oops, wrong link for the former drive-in, current Wal-Mart, you can even read the sign from the aerial photo…. https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=44.51876,-122.903599&z=20
Rob, based on the shadows and time of the crash I’d say we’ve narrowed it down to 10:30-11:00 AM Tuesday March 8, 2005.
The name of the road he was on before turning onto Oak St, Denny School Road, made the Googling pretty easy. Not many truck accidents related to streets named “Denny School Road” out there.
Mike, that’s the old Wal-Mart. A little to the south on 20 you can see they’re building the new one though. I live in Albany, which is reasonably close to the Dallas drive-in. Not sure from which direction you’re taking the 40 mile trip to Lebanon, but if you’re craving a drive-in experience, try Dallas.
The old WalMart is now one of those mega churches where they have headsets for the minister, etc.
Kjerstin, that explains why the Wal-Mart is complete (and the parking lot paint looks worn) considering the timeline. I’d have much rather they kept the Drive-In than built a new Wal-Mart. Oh well. I’m in Eugene, so Dallas is about 80 miles away.
PEACE! https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=44.529746,-122.955666&z=20
At the Wall Mart – what’s the blue truck transporting – outdoor barbecues???
Fortunately the site of the accident is easy to find as it is marked with an “X” in the neighbouring field: https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=44.538703,-122.951088&z=17
I think the blue truck is hauling yard tractors or riding lawn mowers. It looks like there are flowers coming out from the Wal-Mart, riding lawn mowers with yellow seats along the storefront. Many Wal-Marts at this time of year would be setting up their spring flower and outdoor displays.
Mike, how did you find that article about the accident? I look on dhonline for an hour trying to find it. I figured it was lime or fertilizer though. There’s not many other white substances that would be transported around lebanon. Especially in an open container.
@ Michael L. – if you pull up google search and enter:
truck “Denny School Road”
A link to the article is on page 2 of the results. The article looks shorter than what I remember from when this post was first made, but I might be just remembering it being a longer article.
That’s a bulk hauler.. they only haul things in a powder like form.
This was a 10 ton load of 40-0-6 fertilizer! It was loaded in a tender and was being trucked to a grass seed field!