Kentucky Bourbon crashes 5

[hokie66]

Now this is bad news.

http://www.wlky.com/article/collaps...s-bourbon-barrels-crashing-to-ground/21769369

 

[JoshPlumSE]

Very funny Hokie!

Seriously though does that structure look crazy flimsy. That's a lot of heavy barrels and not much structure to hold them.

 

[JohnRBaker]

Here are some better pictures showing the extent of the 'tragedy':

John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
EX-Product 'Evangelist'
Irvine, CA
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[BUGGAR]

I always wondered why the wineries in California never figured it out, until an earthquake came along. Maybe they all get too wrapped up in their product.

 

[Compositepro]

I took a tour of that distillery last year and this looks like one of the buildings we went through. I was interesting that they used coal to power their boilers.

 

[hokie66]

This says that the storage building was built in the 1940's. It also says that some of the product will be recoverable, and that there is a basement which serves as a spill containment.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-22/portion-of-kentucky-bourbon-warehouse-collapses

 

[JohnRBaker]

Note that some of the pictures shows that this particular structure was built near were the ground started to sloop downward, as seen below:

There has been some very heavy rains in that part of the country this past week. Could it be that there might have been some soil slippage that could have undermined the foundation?

John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
EX-Product 'Evangelist'
Irvine, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

The secret of life is not finding someone to live with
It's finding someone you can't live without

 

[Ron]

Bourbon leaking into the water supply? What's the problem?

 

[dik]

Ron:

When you water the lawn, the grass comes up half cut...

Dik

 

[dik]

With the new tariffs coming in place, you, likely didn't need all that bourbon, anyway...

Dik

 

[Ron]

dik....so no more Canadian Club?

 

[dik]

Ron: sad, almost drives you to drink...

Dik

 

[dik]

Ron... I like Old Forrester... after Canadian Club it's my favourite. I'm not partial to Crown Royal... over blended... but I do like CC. Like the seal that walks into a bar, and says, "Anything, but a Canadian Club."

Dik

 

[Ron]

dik...

 

[byrdj]

ahort drone vid that shows the facility and other similiar storage buildings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTlLQQKQWZE&feature=youtu.be

 

[GeoPaveTraffic]

I've been in several of these structures over the years, born and raised in Kentucky.

From an engineering standpoint, these are scary structures. Wood frames with sheet metal walls and roof. Barrels on horizontal racks with 4 or 5 racks per floor and the warehouses are 4 or 5 floors tall. Very little cross bracing. Most of the buildings have been around for decades, but the newer ones are built the same way.

Got to say that I never feel completely comfortable when I'm in one of the these warehouses.

Mike Lambert

 

[MacGyverS2000]

Curious as to why these structures are not held to the same building code as any other structure that requires human occupancy...

Dan - Owner

http://www.Hi-TecDesigns.com

 

[msquared48]

I tried to come up with a spiked punch line, but couldn't find the bourbon.

Mike McCann, PE, SE (WA)

 

[Spartan5]

♪♫♬♪ ♫♬♪♫ ♬♪♫♬♪♫ ♬♪♫♬ ♪♫♬♪♫♬ ♪♫♬ ♪♫♬
3629 barrels of bourbon on the wall, 3629 barrels of bourbon.
Break one support then they all fall down.
3629 barrels of bourbon on the ground.
♪♫♬♪ ♫♬♪♫ ♬♪ ♫♬♪♫ ♬♪♫♬ ♪♫♬♪♫♬♪ ♫♬♪♫♬

 

[SkipVought]

When you water the lawn, the grass comes up half cut...

Do you have proof of that?

Skip,

_{Just traded in my OLD subtlety...
for a NUance!}