tank
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A failing tank in Garden Grove holding toxic chemicals has prompted major evacuations covering four Orange County cities, and officials are not sure when the orders will be lifted.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Analysts use satellite images to measure the rise and fall of floating tank roofs, estimating from the size of the shadows they cast how full they are.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
After leaving the central bank in 2011, Warsh, among other things, served as a lecturer at Stanford University’s business school and as a visiting fellow at the university’s Hoover Institution, a conservative think tank.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
Several blocks in Garden Grove were evacuated Thursday afternoon as toxic chemicals spewed into the air from a leaking storage tank at an aerospace company, authorities said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
She stared at the tank, wondering why it leaked so much.
From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis
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