Personal Safety.... How Much Do You Think Ahead?
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I'm very vocal when I see something I don't think is safe, at the range, at the store. Whatever. I did get my ass chewed one time by a fellow shooter because I approached my bench to get a target during a cease fire. It stung at the time, but I deserved it.
Going to work to work the dog shift I stopped at a 7-11, getting out the truck I smelled gas, old sedan Chevy had pump nozzle going full blast, gas pouring under car, I ran to the car and a baby was strapped in a car seat in the back, opened door, pulled my knife out and cut the belt and grabbed the baby, ran inside told clerk cut main breaker for pump and call the fire station turns out her husband had had a cb antenna on side of rear fender, she thought it was the gas fill, and was dumping raw gas into trunk, stupid,stupid,stupid The old cajun
TopD isn't LOX when stressed on Asphalt explosive?
I know you said it wasn't Oxygen, but...
I guess... "Stupid is as stupid does." Gump
I know you said it wasn't Oxygen, but...
I guess... "Stupid is as stupid does." Gump
Valve failure investigated in Mont Belvieu blast, fire
the above article is linked from the Houston Chronicle archives. It deals with the Warren Petroleum complex fire in Mt. Belvieu, Texas in 1985. The basic details are in the article, but in essence it deals with 2 fitters attempting to cut into a high pressure gas pipe, using pneumatic equipment. They though the pipe was valved off and de-pressurized. However, due to the error of a plant operator, the pipe was still in service.
Though both men's bodies were obviously found badly burned, the actual cause of death was essentially the cryogenic effect noted. The resulting plume of gas eventually found its way to a flare stack and set off the explosion, which took enough time that allowed for the evacuation, which is why there were so few deaths.
At the time, i was working at the DuPont LaPorte plant, which is (as the crow flies) ~15 miles from the Warren location. From LaPorte, we could see the flames from the fire.
I later ended up working at the Warren plant, doing the repairs from the fire. At one point a backhoe ruptured a steam line, and the resulting panic was incredible. We all took off running, hopping fences, and running down HWY 146. Cars going down 146 were turning around from seeing us running, and it was a total mess.
the above article is linked from the Houston Chronicle archives. It deals with the Warren Petroleum complex fire in Mt. Belvieu, Texas in 1985. The basic details are in the article, but in essence it deals with 2 fitters attempting to cut into a high pressure gas pipe, using pneumatic equipment. They though the pipe was valved off and de-pressurized. However, due to the error of a plant operator, the pipe was still in service.
Though both men's bodies were obviously found badly burned, the actual cause of death was essentially the cryogenic effect noted. The resulting plume of gas eventually found its way to a flare stack and set off the explosion, which took enough time that allowed for the evacuation, which is why there were so few deaths.
At the time, i was working at the DuPont LaPorte plant, which is (as the crow flies) ~15 miles from the Warren location. From LaPorte, we could see the flames from the fire.
I later ended up working at the Warren plant, doing the repairs from the fire. At one point a backhoe ruptured a steam line, and the resulting panic was incredible. We all took off running, hopping fences, and running down HWY 146. Cars going down 146 were turning around from seeing us running, and it was a total mess.
Pure oxygen will typically inflame petroleum products. I don't know how much volatile product that asphalt puts out.
Yes Lawrence, LOX (liquid oxygen) will explode with any contact with grease or oil. I would assume asphalt has plenty of oil in it.
Wow, that is nuts. I drive 60k per year and always keep an eagle eye for debris. Last thing I hit was a file cabinet on the PA turnike. I saw it, avoided, but it got hit by a truck who spun it back to me. (Insurance agent: you got hit by WHAT?...)
Last year, I followed a hay truck thru 20 miles of rural CT. He lost 4 bales of hay in 5 miles and I tried flashing my lights, honking, etc. to no avail. He turned off my road, hoping he didn't damage a biker or someone else.
You have to have eyes in back of your head these days...
Last year, I followed a hay truck thru 20 miles of rural CT. He lost 4 bales of hay in 5 miles and I tried flashing my lights, honking, etc. to no avail. He turned off my road, hoping he didn't damage a biker or someone else.
You have to have eyes in back of your head these days...
NOT following too closely has saved me from running over I bet 100 tire blow-outs. Truckers call them "gators"....and cars don't do well when running over big ones.
Oxygen does not burn. It is an oxidizer and supports combustion. But yeah, that guy was a moron.
-297 F. Think I've worked at that temperature :lol:
-297 F. Think I've worked at that temperature :lol:
As a woodworker, I use power tools on a regular basis. Usually I am cutting raw logs with either a chainsaw or bandsaw. Before every cut, I figure out every possible way this cut could cause bloodshed. Then adjust accordingly. Had another woodworking friend that did everything correct for 20 years, then had an odd shaped wood blank move and pulled his hand into the bandsaw.
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