vapor. the lng expands 600 times, as it vaporizes. wind carries the vast vapor cloud towards downtown boston. the cloud erupts in a fireball 1,000 feet high. a vast thermal radiation wave pulses through the city. this isn t fire but heat from the explosion, so hot that it ignites anything in its path. that circle identifies the region within which there would be harmful radiation to anyone on the shore. the gas would only burn for 15 minutes, but would be long enough to devastate the city. that s an enormous fire. we ve never seen anything like that. and i hope we never do. but as long as lng is shipped into harbors like boston, the threat remains all too real. trying to run this kind of
downtown boston. the cloud erupts in a fireball 1,000 feet high. that s thermal radiation wave pulses through the city. this isn t fire, but heat from the explosion so hot that it ignites anything in its path. that circle identifies the region within which there would be harmful radiation to anyone on the shore. the gas would burn for 50 minutes and it would be long enough to devastate the city. it s an enormous fire. we ve never seen anything like that, i hope we never do. as long as lmg is shipped into harbors like in boston, the threat remains all too real. trying to run this kind of business and all crowded ports where a lot of people live nearby has got to go. we ve got to get the danger