Molasses. That sweet, brown, viscous liquid. Harmless enough when you buy a jar at the store, but destructive and damaging when hundreds of thousand of gallons come rushing at you at 35 miles per hour. A cold January day in Boston sets the scene for an unlikely flood.

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