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Natural Gas Explosion at Potato Chip Factory Forces Evacuations Lynn, MA, United StatesInformation Added: Thursday, January 13, 2000 - 8:19 PM ----- The explosion forced the closure of the northbound lanes of the Lynnway and the evacuation of several nearby buildings as a precaution.
The blast occurred outside of the potato chip factory, according to Lynn Fire Chief Curtis Numberg.
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-- Carl Jenkins (Somewherepress@aol.com), January 14, 2000
Prediction: Out of this tragedy will many jokes arise. Pass the dip?
-- Steve (hartsman@ticon.net), January 14, 2000.
Tater Chips raining down like mana from heaven! I allways knew the lord would provide for the hungry masses that the y2k bug sought to destroy.
-- (search@here.net), January 14, 2000.
Butt Nugget?
-- Andy (2000EOD@prodigy.net), January 14, 2000.
Potato chips give me natural gas explosions, which usually results in forced evacuations.But, that happened before Y2k, too...
-- definitely not (y2k@related.nope), January 14, 2000.
No cheeps; cheesebuggas, cheesebuggas
-- (ohno@mr.bill), January 14, 2000.
and the connection (however slight) to Y2K computer data problems is.......?
-- plonk! (realaddress@hotmail.com), January 14, 2000.
Let the Chips fall where they may? LOL...
-- consumer (shh@aol.com), January 14, 2000.
Left unansewered in the mayhem and commotion:Was this because of an embedded chip problem, or was the result an embedded chip problem?
If so, what were the chips embedded into?
-- Robert A Cook, PE (Marietta, GA) (cook.r@csaatl.com), January 14, 2000.