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Originally Posted by Los Angeles Past
 The tanks actually were quite a grand/impressive entrance to the city, just not a very attractive one.  In our post-9/11 world, though, I'm glad they're gone now. They'd be way too tempting as a terrorist target today, that's for sure... |
You wouldn't even need a deliberate act to result in a disaster, as seen in the
Pittsburgh Gasometer Explosion. I remember reading about this in "The Book of Lists" as a kid.
I found an interesting post on LA's gas tanks in
BlogDowntown, which also references the Pittsburgh disaster.