Exploding whales? How about a Boston catastrophe involving a flood of molasses?
It REALLY happened!
I don't have the URL offhand, but I do recall
reading a thread on Google.com about a large storage-tank
containing molasses that burst sometime around 1920-21
in Boston.
The resulting flood of molasses actually smothered and suffocated
20 or so victims.
Odd.
Jacob
"This planet has a 100 percent mortality rate."
Jacob Samorodin