WHEN SWEET TURNED DEADLY: THE GREAT BOSTON MOLASSES FLOOD

On a sultry January afternoon in 1919, the unthinkable happened in Boston's North End. A massive tank overflowing with sweet molasses ruptured with a roar, unleashing a wall of thick, brown liquid that engulfed the streets Disaster Preparedness below. Scores of people were caught in the catastrophic flood, swept away the unexpected force of the mol