A Sticky Disaster: The 1919 Molasses Flood

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[00:00:00]In 1919, Boston is hit by one of the strangest disasters in American history, and it wasn't fire or water or wind.

[00:00:09]It was molasses.

[00:00:12]A giant storage tank holding more than 2 million gallons suddenly burst.

[00:00:17]And when that 15-ft high wave of thick, sticky molasses came roaring through the streets at over 30 mph.

[00:00:27]People said it sounded like a machine gun as the rivets shot out of the tank.

[00:00:31]Buildings were crushed, horses were trapped, streets were buried, and the city was left covered in a dark, sugary mess that took weeks to clean up.

[00:00:42]For years afterward, locals swore that on hot summer days, you could still smell molasses in the air.

[00:00:49]It sounds unbelievable, but it's one of the strangest true disasters in American history.

[00:00:56]And that's the story of the Great Molasses Flood, and now you know the rest of the story.