Imagine for a moment 2.3 million gallons of molasses rushing through the streets. It seems like a scene from a Roald Dahl story. But, in Boston in 1919, it happened. And, it was bad. Moving at high speeds, the molasses spread throughout the town. People were dragged under. Buildings were damaged. Once the molasses began to cool, it became difficult to navigate. People actually died. It’s one of the wilder incidents I remember us discussing on Phone It In in our 81-episode history. In a particularly off-the-rails episode, Rooster and I try to comprehend what this flood looked like, from visualizing 2.3 million gallons of molasses to trying to determine whether or not you could eat your way out of the flood. They say that certain parts of Boston still smell like molasses on hot summer days. If that’s not a tourism draw, I don’t know what is.
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Stoney Keeley is the Editor in Chief of The SoBros Network, third on Football & Other F Words, co-host of The Hot Read Podcast, analyst for Stacking The Inbox, and a Dogs Playing Poker on velvet connoisseur. He is a strong supporter of Team GSD, #BeBetter, and ‘Minds right, asses tight.’ “Big Natural” covers the Tennessee Titans, the NFL Draft, Nashville, Yankee Candle, and a whole wealth of nonsense. Follow on Twitter @StoneyKeeley.
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