This week's instalment of the always thrilling FFF is some what of a sad story, but interesting at the same time. On this day in 1814 in London, England, there was a beer flood that killed nine people. A BEER FLOOD! The Meaux and Company Brewery had a vat break spilling about 135,000 gallons of beer, that took out other vats adding up to a total of 323,000 gallons of beer that flooded the brewery. It all eventually flowed out of the building, and destroyed two homes as well. Eight of the deaths were because of drowning, and the ninth was because of alcohol poisoning. And to top it all off, the brewery wasn't criminally charged because the judge and jury saw it as "An Act of God."
Well, that's about the craziest thing I've heard in a while. Here's hoping to everyone to have a safe weekend, and that no one is involved with any beer floods.
Proust!
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