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Posted by Cindy Hamilton on October 1, 2009, 4:31 pm
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> On Oct 1, 10:18 am, "Stormin Mormon"
> > "Call the gas supplier from a neighbor's phone". Isn't that
> > totally dated? Now days we go outside, get upwind of the
> > building, and call from a cell phone. I mean, like, retro,
> > dude!
> Not everyone has a cell phone, you know. =A0Plus, when I'm at
> home I shut my cell phone off and leave it on the dining table.
> If I detect a gas leak while I'm in the basement, for example,
> I'm not going to root around the house to get my cell phone.
> Cindy Hamilton
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> When your house blows up, you might want that cell phone so you can call
> your insurance agent, whose number probably isn't in the cell phone anywa=
> but I'm just sayin'.
When my house blows up, I'll call you first. ;)
The only numbers in my cell phone are my home number and my husband's
cell phone. He's the only person with my cell number.
I'll call my insurance agent from my office. There's a phone book
there.
Of course, it might take me a while to find my car keys. My car might
be ok, depending on the size of the explosion. The house is concrete
block with a very flimsy wooden roof, and the detached garage is also
concrete block.
Or, possibly, I could just keep from having a gas leak. So far, so
good.
Millions of houses with natural gas have never blown up in--what--100
years?
Cindy Hamilton
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Posted by HeyBub on October 1, 2009, 4:58 pm
Cindy Hamilton wrote:
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> When my house blows up, I'll call you first. ;)
> The only numbers in my cell phone are my home number and my husband's
> cell phone. He's the only person with my cell number.
> I'll call my insurance agent from my office. There's a phone book
> there.
Phone book? How quaint!
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> Of course, it might take me a while to find my car keys. My car might
> be ok, depending on the size of the explosion. The house is concrete
> block with a very flimsy wooden roof, and the detached garage is also
> concrete block.
Natural gas explosions blow the bottom of the structure outward then the
room comes straight down.
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Posted by Tom Horne on October 2, 2009, 9:59 am
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> Natural gas explosions blow the bottom of the structure outward then the
> room comes straight down.
That scenario used to be taught as the way manufactured gasses like
propane behaved but experience has shown that is too simplistic a
view. Too much depends on the concentration, point of ignition,
construction type and quality, and more to make such blanket
assertions.
Tom Horne
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Posted by DerbyDad03 on October 2, 2009, 1:07 pm
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> > Natural gas explosions blow the bottom of the structure outward then th=
> > room comes straight down.
> That scenario used to be taught as the way manufactured gasses like
> propane behaved but experience has shown that is too simplistic a
> view. =A0Too much depends on the concentration, point of ignition,
> construction type and quality, and more to make such blanket
> assertions.
> --
> Tom Horne
re: point of ignition
I watched a movie where the bad guy placed a lit candle on top of the
fridge and then loosened the hose to the gas range just a little bit.
He was long, long gone before the gas reached the level of the candle
and ignited.
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Posted by JoeSpareBedroom on October 2, 2009, 1:17 pm
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> > Natural gas explosions blow the bottom of the structure outward then the
> > room comes straight down.
> That scenario used to be taught as the way manufactured gasses like
> propane behaved but experience has shown that is too simplistic a
> view. Too much depends on the concentration, point of ignition,
> construction type and quality, and more to make such blanket
> assertions.
> --
> Tom Horne
re: point of ignition
I watched a movie where the bad guy placed a lit candle on top of the
fridge and then loosened the hose to the gas range just a little bit.
He was long, long gone before the gas reached the level of the candle
and ignited.
====================
Feh. Sounds like an amateur. :-) Not enough drama. This is the right way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdmRcgjN1m0
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> > "Call the gas supplier from a neighbor's phone". Isn't that
> > totally dated? Now days we go outside, get upwind of the
> > building, and call from a cell phone. I mean, like, retro,
> > dude!
> Not everyone has a cell phone, you know. =A0Plus, when I'm at
> home I shut my cell phone off and leave it on the dining table.
> If I detect a gas leak while I'm in the basement, for example,
> I'm not going to root around the house to get my cell phone.
> Cindy Hamilton
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> When your house blows up, you might want that cell phone so you can call
> your insurance agent, whose number probably isn't in the cell phone anywa=
> but I'm just sayin'.