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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2016
LOCAL NEWS
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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
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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´
$Gam &ole was one of
four ¿re¿Jhters with the
BoarGman 5ural )ire 3ro-
tection 'istrict who helSeG
out on the SroMect +e saiG
he’s been a fan of Myth-
Busters for years
³1one of us eYen Nnew
it was their last season,´ he
saiG ³That maGe it really
sSecial´
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$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
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