Don't cry over spilled milk

[Firefighter57 0]

I am sorry but i couldn't resist posting this.

THAT IS ALOT OF MILK

http://www.lionvillefire.org/index.cfm?fs=...sView&News_ID=3

[ems731 0]

wow, thats a lot of milk.

how did they end up cleaning the milk outta that river?

[res6cue 67]

Oh man, the stream is white! I suspect the only reason they boomed the stream was because of the fuel. I don't really think milk would turn it into a hazmat incident, even if it was 6500 gallons of it.

I really like their website too. Nice, clean layout.

[JustSomeGuy 0]

Milk is a Haz Mat situation, I just finished my Haz Mat Tech training, this incident is dangerous to the environment and will kill nearly all wildlife living in the affected water. It is not a Haz Mat situation to waht you would normally expect but it is non-the-less.

[AS702 0]

It is not hazardous to humans but is hazardous the the ecosystem..

Edited September 13, 2006 by AS702

[res6cue 67]

Well I sure don't remember talking about milk in any hazmat classes I've ever taken, but I suppose too much of anything is hazardous, even if the substance is normally not harmful. Although seeing as how easily milk mixes with water, I imagine it would be nearly impossible to actually remove it just by putting out a few booms.

[Remember585 815]

Is it true that they used Oreos to absorb the milk?

[Guest alsfirefighter]

Milk wouldn't be any kinda hazmat incident?

Oh yeah.... ever have a milk truck overturn and rupture on a 95 degree summer day. Can you say gag city. We even had to get a spill number because of it and was declared a etiological hazard.

[IzzyEng4 427]

QUIK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NEED MORE ABSORBANT, QUIK!!!!!!!

[AS702 0]

Well I sure don't remember talking about milk in any hazmat classes I've ever taken, but I suppose too much of anything is hazardous, even if the substance is normally not harmful. Although seeing as how easily milk mixes with water, I imagine it would be nearly impossible to actually remove it just by putting out a few booms.

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Well think of it this way: can fish get oxygen out of the milk?

[VFD L29 0]

Is it true that they used Oreos to absorb the milk?

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Yea u would need alot of Oreos for that. It's like Willy Wonka with the chocolate river, just this is milk, and it goes sour.

Edited September 13, 2006 by VFD L29

[ny10570 745]

The booms are for he fuel. You're gonna need oreos and grahm crackers to contain it. Once it reaches the water, it'll just mix, as milk is mostly water.

[AFS1970 504]

I have to dispute the Oreos theory here....they would make a poor absorbant since they stay crunchy in milk. I think vanilla wafers might work much better.

[Guest]

I might deploy the giant biscotti absorbent barrier......