Morton salt factory spill - I don't know why this is so funny

[dc007]

I laughed.

 

[gigantalor]

If you enjoyed that, then you should read up on the Boston molasses spill of 1919:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Molasses_Disaster

 

[jefferz]

http://news.yahoo.com/mounds-of-sal...-chicago-s-morton-salt-factory-225042628.html

I didn't even read the article but the picture is making me laugh my ass off for some reason. I guess because it just seems so ridiculous, like behind every brick wall is a giant mound of salt, they just keep it in piles, don't even put it in giant metal containers or anything. Just wall to wall salt, stacked 3 stories high.

Salt in metal containers? Ummm, yeah. That'll work great.

 

[Mike]

Yeah did lol at the pic.

 

[JosephDredd]

I thought Gymkata was silly when they portrayed a salt mine as people taking pick-axes to piles of salt in a warehouse. Maybe that movie was right about everything else as well.

 

[Zer]

Looks like a 187 to me. Slug life.

 

[saugeye killah]

LOL. I noticed that in the "modern marvels" about salt. They don't seem very concerned about it getting contaminated or dirty in some way. Maybe they know something I don't, but it definitely seems strange.