- April 18, 2025
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Dear Editor:
I'm a retired mechanical design engineer who worked for a major chemical company for over 40 years designing facilities with similar large volume storage tanks that contained flammable materials.
It would appear to me that most people for and against this project do not have any knowledge about such a facility. There are existing storage tank farms all along the Gulf Coast. If I remember, the weather is somewhat worse there than here.
The articles written in the April 3 Observer and April 6 Sunday Journal were very good. They talked about security, fire protection, environmental abatement system and others.
When was the last time you read or saw on TV anything about a major incident?
Let me say, incidents do happen, but I would say from experience that the facility design as written in the paper took into account my personal concerns. Would I like to see this kind of a facility in my back yard? No, but remember the builder of the proposed homes knew he was building close to land that is zoned for industrial development.
I would suggest that people take a breath. I think the proposal has been well described and should be a good fit for the proposed land. If a better piece of land is available that would be good.
Personally, I'm more afraid of being injured or killed on our highways than a tank farm incident.
Robert Branin
Palm Coast
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