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Reply to: RE>Compressed Air warning stic
As a former fireman, I'll state what the feelings helpd by myself and my
compatriots.
Knowledge of a container holding compressed gas in a fire was a large concern
of ourselves. We knew that one of the first things that we had to do was to
_cool_that_baby_down_. As someone else said, that's a potential bomb sitting
there. Knowing that there's a compressed air cylinder on board a vehicle would
be important to us.
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Anecdote about a car accident with a compressed air cylnder...
A car was traveling down the freeway, minding it's own business as cars are
wont to do. It happily was carrying a SCUBA diver who had just had his tank
over-filled at a dive store (about 3300 psi indicated at time of filling,
somewhat less after it had cooled down). Another automobile under the nominal
control of one who had been partaking of the liquid of the grape or other some
such, decided to get to know our innocent car on a more intimate basis.
Snuggling up behind the diver's car, they met with somewhat more force than,
perhaps, is wise for the mating habits of automobiles.
The valve of the air tank was sheared off along with part of the neck of the
tank, and the tank became a missle. It went through the side of the car,
through the grill of the inebriated's car, and began to move the engine out of
its way. The SCUBA driver was quite pleased that the tank had been pointed in
the direction it was rather than at _him_.
-- Kevin --
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