According to “Foster Fuels . Com” propane can heat up in as little as 20 minutes and the gas in it never expires.  So, why in the world did the propane tank that when shaken leveraged itself as if it had a great amount of liquid but did not go capooey when it was in the blazing fire of July 2022 pool burn?  Grace of God? We honestly think so.I’ve always told my children they are worth a million to me and I certainly stand by that. 

First of all, we did not realize the tank was in the deep part of the 20 x 40 swimming pool that we were about the use for an incinerator.  We had been clearing the family property and had used the 3 foot area to burn limbs, brush and small items.  At some point, the tree limbs became bigger and more so we extended the burn toward the 6 foot end of the brick pool.  

It would seem that with the amount of heat surrounding the old 1960’s gas propane tank that it would have gone “Capooey” and more than likely no one would be able to really tell this story because it could not have been explained.

Who even knew the tank was at the bottom of the pool?  How did it get there? Who put it there and how long ago had it found it’s home at the bottom?  We do not know the answers to those questions.  What we do know is that after that July day’s burn, we looked the next day to see what had been accomplished and to our surprise, our lives had all been spared from an explosion.  The tank was half buried in the wall of a sand pile near the bottom of the old brick swimming pool and still in tact.  While it looked burned and charred, it was whole and leaning.

Propane was basically founded around the 1850’s by chemist Dr. Edmond Ronalds.  By 1920, the old Ford Model T began leaking and the vapours brought about the possible uses of this volatile gas called propane, thus becoming a mainstay in the home and by 1927 came the first gas-powered cooking appliances. 

The industry today is valued in worth at $34.2 billion. To us, this failure of this tank not to blow up is certainly a miracle in our mind and worth a million, per person in lives. We’re thankful today for God’s grace. We can’t answer why that either, except for by His goodness.

See you tomorrow,