Boston Molasses Flood | 100 Wonders | Atlas Obscura
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Guess "slow as molasses" doesn't really apply here...
But being slowed by molasses do instead.
LOL. I believe the full saying is, “As slow as molasses in February.”
The Molassacre!
hahahahahahhahahahahahaha
Good one!
That's the name for a movie they should make about this real life horror
i feel bad for laughing at this
Did anybody else read I survived the molasses flood of 1919 it was a good book
yea, i read it last year.
I can attest that on a hot summers day in Boston you will only smell garbage lol Maybe some restaurant vents but mostly stinky garbage (like any city of course)
The horror and anguish of this event do not sit lightly on me, but somehow...
Your description of it left me giggling.
Avery Milieu I felt the same. I'm from Boston, born and raised and I worked in the north end. I've never heard of this bit of history, or even noticed the plaque on my way to work. I am shooketh!
i want Roland Emerich or Michael Bay to make this into a movie
If Bay made it there would be a transformer or two and about 400 explosions and a bodycount of like 500.
it would make a great movie
An actual FLOOD of molasses. Maybe the filmmakers could elaborate on what happens to the rest of the moles.
You should do an episode about the Elephant's Foot at Chernobyl.
What is that?
Fascinating, and the book sounds really good.
2.3 million gallons of anything would have tremendous force, and then for it to be heavy and sticky : 0 And then there's this:
"The cleanup in the rest of Greater Boston and its suburbs would take an indefinably longer time (than 3 weeks). Rescue workers, cleanup crews and sight-seers had tracked molasses through the streets and spread it to subway platforms, the seats inside trains and streetcars, to pay telephone handsets, into homes and countless other places. 'Everything a Bostonian touched was sticky.' "
Good thing it wasn't summer, or the smell would have been abominable. It was probably bad enough. I can believe they still smell molasses; it's got to still be in crevices that heat up and expand on hot days : p
I find all of these videos interesting. I love watching them and learning about new places. You should consider doing a video on the Superstition mountain and the Lost Dutchman mine, which is rumored to have a great gold vein, but the miner died before mining it. so many fake maps come up regarding it. there are also weird occurances and legends about the superstition mountains.
+martianbunny Oh wow, I had not heard of that! That sounds fascinating!
+Atlas Obscura here is a link about the superstition mountains legends. www.lostdutchmandays.org/legend.htm
That's insane! Who would ever think that molasses could be that deadly!?!
I agree! If there weren't dead and wounded people, I would kill myself laughing by now!
ScrabbleDiva my great grandpa had been in the disaster as a baby and survived!
Btw I’m from boston
@@johnwilliams8045 we know where you're from lol. You're probably the most important composer in the history of Hollywood, and you're easily top 3 conductors the BSO has ever had. Hope you're doing well
Good thing the molasses wasn’t heated!
WHY AREN'T YOU MAKING NEW VIDEOS?? :((((
My wife lived in Boston for a majority of her life and never new this. She never knew about the Mapparium either! We now consider ourselves members of Atlas Obscura and we are seeking out local weirdness in the Denver area. We've watched every video so far. Thank you for this wonderful creation!
Modern Mouse, I myself grew up in Denver, CO. If you want strange Denver pasts look into Cheeseman park.
I learned about this in school in 20th century history and I live in Canada.
Goes to show the difference in education systems
They should make a movie
The Molasses Flood is pretty bizarre, but to me the most interesting disaster was the Halifax Explosion of 1917. 2000 people killed as they basically watched a burning munitions vessel slowly float into the harbor. The ship caught fire, the crew abandoned it, and the townspeople thought the spectacle was something to see...until they couldn't.
Bugs Bunny "I didn't think molasses would run in January."
dude ,you told the shit out of that story.
I just finished reading Dark Tide. What a crazy tragedy in our country.
Read the book he was referencing...fascinating. Grew up in Boston and new virtually nothing about the incident until I read of it a few of years ago.
yawhause me too! Why isn't this something we were taught in school?
I wonder if that's how ants feel when on water....
Another question i don't want answered
Great videos! So interesting... Another story of interest is the Halifax explosion of 1917
i still cant picture this mollasses spill... like... its very very thick.. its like honey.. imagine a building full of liquid honey burst.. would be hard to picture a wave of honey traveling 30km/h looooool. how could you even escape from such a thing, you cant swim in it thats for sure lol
How about the Halifax Explosion, a maritime disaster in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, on the morning of 6 December 1917... Just up the coast from Boston too.
The Simpson’s brought me here just saw a frame on an episode said “molasses flood 22” thought it might be another future prediction
I very much enjoy these videos and find it shocking you guys don't have a million subscribers. I hope to see more an more aaaand THANK YOU!
i was reading "I survived the great molasses flood, 1919" and i was wondering how the heck a bunch of syrup killed like 30 people and now I know that people nuked Boston with SYRUP
Vayden Gaming same lol
Sun Hat idk
Reading the book right now! Fascinating (disaster) history which I had never heard of before.
I actually did a project on this in elementary school!
+who-what-videos-maybe Dunno why, but that made me laugh : )
Binge watching all The Wonders!
If you're still looking for places to do stories on: Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester NY is the first Victorian Municipal cemetery in the United States. It's also the final resting place for Susan B. Anthony Elisha Keeney, and Frederick Douglass, as well as Hiram Sibley, John Jacob Bausch and Henry Lomb, Frank Gannett, and Margaret Woodbury Strong, just to name a few.
A block away is Highland Park, one of several Frederick Law Olmstead parks in Rochester. He also designed Central Park in NYC.
Then, there's also the Erie Canal, The Genesee River (the only river to cross NY state completely and it runs North), The abandoned Subway tunnels that were once a waterway bridge for the Erie Canal, and the George Eastman house (and his grave, which is at Kodak park). And, that's a small sampling of what this city offers. It's full of history.
Oh, and the bike trails are frikkin' awesome. The Lehigh Valley trail especially. It was an old rail route that they converted.
+ManicMetals Thanks so much for the wonderful suggestion! Will keep these in mind!
Thank you great video, I am hazmat tech student and a fire fighter, a disaster can happen anywhere at anytime.
bhopal gas tragedy in INDIA strangest incident killing thousands :( you should cover it..
We were in Boston (from MN) last summer and made SURE we made it to see the plaque! The next time someone says something about Molasses in February...
+briedank It's funny, it's such a lame little plastic plaque but for the right kind of nerd it is really a must to go and see it!
+Atlas Obscura Got that one right! If you ever need a conversation starter, this seriously works every time. Uh...yeah, like you need suggestions for conversation starters.
No one me telling my family this fact them not believe me and then showing them this vid them -_- me :3
Happy 100 Years Molasses Flood!
1928 St. Frances Dam. Los Angeles, CA Killed 600 people. Sad story and barely known about.
I have a book on this. It was so horrific!
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Two children under the age 10, two teens, age 17, 18 and a 21 yr old lost their lives. Dozens of horses, many dogs, cats, chickens were also lost. The tank had boilers attached, the molasses was kept near boiling, (so it wouldn’t solidify), to pipe it out of the tank. I feel most for the children and animals, but all lost were totally helpless. The Purity Co., knew the tank construction was sub pa, leakier, groaning night and day, the audacity of Purity to ignore safety concerns. Residents and workers lived within feet of the tank, imagine the suffering by all of a 25’ tidal wave of boiling hot molasses.
That’s terrifying
You seem very moved by this one... Will read more about it.
There was a massive disaster (dam failed) in Los Angeles that killed 600 people. Can't remember exactly when.
I lived in the North End of Boston for about 8 years in the 1970s. The North End is the Italian section of Boston, and the only thing I ever smelled there was Italian food.
You do a great job of delivering the story, but make sure to blink a lot. Why? Because otherwise, it's pretty obvious that you are reading from a teleprompter. Blinking a lot it's a trick newscasters use and it works.
I’m from Boston and this is just horrible to see where I was standing was like that back then
anyone else doing this for a school project?
I have to do this for school this is so boring
How did they clean all that molasses lol
Centenary today!
My 8 year old just told about this and I had to find out for myself it was a fictional book she saw it in. WOW 🤯
Why the guy talks in this strange way? looks like cramps and tics.
Anyway: interesting story
Let me guess, Sam O’Nella academy?
those couple people that died to it willl be in heaven (or hell idk what they did in their life) and someone will ask them "how'd you die?" *"i got killed by a wave of molasses"*
Sweet story bro. In 1919 Boston ws definitly the sweet spot.
building 7 please
Very Cool! Fantastic Video! Thanks For Sharing!
do one on the D-day
Have you heard of the Russian Sleep Experiment? I feel like it would make a great horror movie
The Boston Molasses Massacre. What a horrific way to die. Someone should make this into a movie, starring Harrison Ford. He's good in all his movies.
Wow! That's crazy.
I know of another Molasses spill actually, not to this level, of course, but it happened in my hometown in 1990, two blocks of the town were closed off and an elementary school was closed. No one was hurt thank goodness. Many puns were made as the town is known as the 'Sweetheart City'.
I consider myself a history buff but I never heard of this. Interesting.
What the fuck is molasses? We don't have that in the UK
It is this brown liquid sugar, it is also known as black treacle. It's a sugar byproduct that is used for things like gingerbread, molasses cookies and much more. It is really tasty and sweet, perfect for baking.
I wish there were go pros back in the day so people could record the wave of molasses. XD
I don't care how many people died, this story still makes me laugh whenever I hear it.
Prediction: the same thing will happen at Lil Pump's house within the next few years but with lean instead of molasses
+Atlas Obscura Thank you for your enthusiasm, it really makes these worth watching!
You should do a video on the Texas City disaster.
Why am I not surprised that that happened in the land of 'regulations are bad'?
you mean the one from the 40s?
Galveston hurricane
Would be great to see something about the "Yellow Rain" in Laos.
The poor horses. Heartbreaking.
I feel bad for the 21 people who died there
OMG i am glad i was not involved in thus thz god
I live outside of Boston. The North End is not industrial. There are homes there. In Boston itself, there are a lot of businesses because everyone commutes to Boston to work.
It isn't now, but it was apparently both industrial and residential then
The Flame in the Flood
great day to be an ant.
Wikibear anyone?
not yes
cool
MOLASSES DESTROYS STEEL BEAMS!!!
imagine what would happen if the planes were full of it...
Jet fuel can't metal steal beams lol but molasses can destroy em lol
i thought molasses was slow
Only if it is cold.
Are you even aware that whenever you say a word with 's' followed by 't' (as in 'street') you pronounce it "shtreet"?
Whats wrong with that?
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Perhaps the narrator should look more presentable and groomed. And articulate his words.
laine wow. very unnecessary of you to say.
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tripjet999 really? That's what you take from this?
That isn't necessary at all