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A8 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2016 LOCAL NEWS 5XPRUFRQ¿UPHGEXWP\WKEXVWHGDW3RUWRI0RUURZ MythBusters episode filmed near Boardman, aired this month on Discovery Channel By GEORGE PLAVEN Staff Writer Six months after the fact, the one myth has been con- ¿rmeG anG another one of¿- ciaOOy bXsteG It is true that the TV show MythBusters was, in- GeeG, in (astern 2reJon Oast year $nG the resuOt was one of the show¶s biJJest exSer- iments yet +osts $Gam SaYaJe anG -amie +yneman sSent four Gays in -uOy at the 3ort of Morrow in BoarGman, test- inJ whether a raiOroaG tanN- er can actuaOOy imSOoGe if it¶s ¿OOeG with steam The eSisoGe aireG SaturGay, -an , on the 'iscoYery &han- neO The story Joes that enJi- neers were steam cOeaninJ a freiJht train tanN car when it starteG to rain They seaOeG the car anG went home for the Gay, but as the rain cooOeG the tanNer, it causeG the steam insiGe to conGense anG contract ² creatinJ a Yacuum that crusheG the massiYe steeO car 3roGucers for the show Jot in touch with $OOTransteN, the OarJest commerciaO raiOroaG man- aJement anG consuOtinJ comSany in 1orth $merica, to Sut the myth to the test But ¿rst, they neeGeG some- where remote to ¿Om the seJment Gino Smith, a quality assurance anG ha]arGous materials sSecialist with $llTransteN, Goes traininJs with 3aci¿c (thanol at the 3ort of Morrow Smith rec- ommenGeG the site, anG Sut the MythBusters crew in touch with /ynGon -ones, the Slant manaJer -ones saiG he GiGn¶t thinN twice about welcominJ the show anG its crew to Scott Stanton Fire Chief Glen Phillips Division Chief BoarGman :ith the Sort¶s aSSroYal, the MythBusters arriYeG on MonGay, -uly , anG wraSSeG uS the eYeninJ of ThursGay, -uly ³They were Jreat Juys,´ -ones saiG ³It was a JooG exSerience oYerall´ 1ow in its th anG ¿nal season, MythBusters has been one of 'iscoYery¶s lonJest runninJ anG most SoSular SroJrams The show stars SaYaJe anG +yneman, two sSecial effects exSerts, who use science to SroYe or GisSroYe SoSular myths, aG- aJes, rumors anG eYen moY- ie scenes MythBusters touteG the eSisoGe, ³TanNer &rush,´ as their biJJest eYer loJistical oSeration )or the exSeri- ment, $llTransteN coorGi- nateG not one, but two Ge- commissioneG tanNer cars feet lonJ anG feet in Giameter, with half-inch thicN steel walls The cars were brouJht to the Sort anG onto a rail looS near 3aci¿c (thanol¶s facility, in Yiew of the &olumbia 5iYer ³The riYer¶s a real Sretty settinJ,´ -ones saiG ³They loYeG it´ -ones saiG he checNeG in on the set SerioGically, anG haG two emSloyees sSenG all weeN with the crew BoarGman 3olice &hief 5icN StoNoe anG seYeral Yolunteers from the rural ¿re GeSartment were also calleG in to helS )ire¿Jhters were initial- ly brouJht in Must for emer- Jency meGical serYices, but ultimately tooN Sart in the ¿lminJ In orGer to simulate the ³rain´ Sortion of the ex- Seriment, they useG a Sorta- ble ¿re monitor to Gouse the ¿rst tanNer after it was ¿lleG with steam $fter sSrayinJ close to Jeff Adkins Battalion Chief JW Roberts Captain PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY LYNDON JONES 0\WK%XVWHUVLPSORGHGDQRLOWDQNHUDVSDUWRIDQH[SHULPHQWÀOPHGDWWKH3RUWRI0RUURZLQ%RDUGPDQ7KHHSLVRGHDLUHG-DQ RQ'LVFRYHU\ Jallons Ser minute for oYer an hour, the car neY- er bucNleG It wasn¶t until the next Gay, with the sec- onG tanNer, that SaYaJe anG +yneman theori]eG internal GamaJe to the car miJht maNe a collaSse more liNely )or this, they useG a crane to GroS a ,-SounG concrete blocN onto the car anG lowereG the Sressure in- siGe with an inGustrial Yac- uum This time, it crumSleG liNe a crusheG soGa can +oweYer, since rail tanN- ers are GesiJneG to withstanG seYere conGitions anG are only susceStible if they¶re baGly GamaJeG, SaYaJe anG +yneman GeclareG the myth ³busteG´ ³:e Jot it a little bit on the thirG try after some ma- niSulation,´ -ones saiG ³It was Gramatic´ $Gam &ole was one of four ¿re¿Jhters with the BoarGman 5ural )ire 3ro- tection 'istrict who helSeG out on the SroMect +e saiG he’s been a fan of Myth- Busters for years ³1one of us eYen Nnew it was their last season,´ he saiG ³That maGe it really sSecial´ PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY LYNDON JONES 0\WK%XVWHUVKRVWV-DPLH+\QHPDQOHIWDQG$GDP6DYDJHULJKWSRVHZLWK3DFLÀF(WKDQRO HPSOR\HH'DYLG5LFKDUGVGXULQJÀOPLQJLQ-XO\DWWKH3RUWRI0RUURZ $s exciteG as he was, &ole saiG he anG others were requireG to siJn a con- ¿Gentiality aJreement anG were forbiGGen from talNinJ about the eSisoGe before it went to air That GiGn’t stoS the rumor mill from swirl- inJ, esSecially after some locals recoJni]eG SaYaJe anG +yneman eatinJ at +ale’s 5estaurant in +erm- iston Gary 1eal, Jeneral man- aJer at the 3ort of Morrow, saiG there was sSeculation that SaYaJe anG +yneman were in the community, but by the time worG Jot arounG they haG alreaGy left ³They were tryinJ to be low Ney,´ 1eal saiG ³There weren’t a lot of SeoSle GriY- inJ by anG JawNinJ´ 1eal saiG he wanteG to brinJ in school classes for ¿elG triSs to learn about the science behinG the SroMect, but was tolG no +e saiG they’re hoSinJ to Jet a coSy of the eSisoGe to show at the S$G( &enter &ole GescribeG SaYaJe anG +yneman as Gown-to- earth Juys who loYe their Mobs +e saiG it was a once- in-a-lifetime oSSortunity to worN on the show ³:ho thinNs of BoarG- man, 2reJon beinJ on MythBusters, let alone the biJJest SroGuction they’Ye eYer haG"´ he saiG ³It’s ama]inJ what they can Go´ Tom Bohm Fire Marshall Ed Clark Lieutenant Terry Cummings Chaplain Jimmy Davis Battalion Chief Corey Gorham Battalion Chief Reta Larson Exec. Assistant Dennis McCLure Lieutenant Candice Slagel-Osborne Billing Clerk Nate Stephens Lieutenant Jim Whelan Division Chief Mike Bozeman Gretchen Erickson Jeff Armstrong Sean Basford Dan Hinton Bryon Demos Jess Cooper Matt Hodge Jeremy Grazier Kirt Hickey Raymond Harris Josh Gustafson James Franz Mark Johnson Carry Munro Matt Lewis Our Guardians - Hermiston Fire & Rescue Service FIREMAN’S PRAYER Jaclyn Berentsen Matt Fisher Jeremy Gillette Jesse Brown James Cordon Scott Goff When I am called to duty, God whenever flames may rage, Give me the strength to save some life Whatever be its age. Help me to embrace a little child Before it’s too late, Or some older person from the horror of that fate. Enable me to be alert And hear the weakest shout, And quickly and efficiently to put the fire out. I want to fill my calling and give the best in me, To guard my neighbor And protect his property. And if according to Your will I have to lose my life, Please bless with Your protecting hand My children and my wife. Thank you! Cody Marcum Jessica Marcum Kari Markoff Sponsored By: The Hermiston Fire Board & The Simmons Financial Group Trevor Phillips Tom Ramsey Jesse Reagan Josh Smith Dylan Spence Dave Stewart Destry Stewart Kevin Tassie Chris Wrathall Brian Washburn Chandra Walker Stephanie Spence Ryan Campbell Hunter Eynon Richard Hernandez Josh Simmons DeAnna McClatchy Gaige Phillips Chance Mikaelson Dan Shult Randall Rystrom Not Pictured: Kinda Arbogast; Dylan Enright; Aldo Escamilla; Gaylin Griffitts; Robert Gunderson; Mar c Matlack; Steven Potts; Tyler Rock; Lee Salvador; Emanual Suarez; Robert Tooley; Sarah Jackson; Tyler Carlson;
