Bill, Is it true that if a tank catches fire, the flames go straight up? Betsy At 09:17 AM 1/15/2010, you wrote: > > >A couple of the guys I went to college with were >basically controled pyromaniacs. They were >forever building pipe boms and concocting >various exploding chemical devices. One guy >actually had a fire control panel he liberated >from an abandoned missile silo in his room that >was really cool. Anyway, we used to fill >balloons with propane and throw them into >bonfires on occasion, and the explosions were >pretty spectacular. Later in my life, as part of >a safety program I had to attend, I got to >witness a deliberately-set bleve fire, where >they basically just propped an oxy-asetelene >torch next to a 200 gallon propane tank and let >it blow. Bleve is an acronym for boiling liquid >expanding vapor explosion and that kind of says >it all. The demonstration was intended to impart >a high level of respect and awe for propane, and >it really worked in my case. Obviously I misssed >the visual stuff, but the heat and explosion were really something. >Bill Stephan >Kansas Citty MO >Email: <mailto:wstephan%40everestkc.net>wstep...@everestkc.net >Phone: (816)803-2469 > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Bob Kennedy <<mailto:intheshop%40att.net>inthes...@att.net> >Date: Friday, January 15, 2010 11:32 am >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Propane gas. > > Some time Google propane explosion Buffalo 1985. 5 fireman were > > killed in that explosion. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Lee A. Stone > > To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 11:55 AM > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Propane gas. > > > > > > > > > > I am told the new tanks cannot be over filled but when we first > > moved > > here in the middle 80's we had two propane tanks with thehigh > > collar on > > them. and on a very hot day all of a sudden we smelled the > > propane . > > a neighbor who is a fireman said to open the valve and to shut > > it back > > off and we connected it to the grill. that way we could safely > > burn off > > the excess. I am also told that propane is heavy enough that if > > it > > was in a closed rom you could move it around with a broom. . . Lee > > > > On > > Fri, Jan 15, > > 2010 at 08:58:25AM -0500, Lenny McHugh wrote: > > > since it boils at such a low temperature, I wonder how much > > pressure builds > > > up in the 20 lb tank for a gas grill. In the hot sun the tanks > > do get warm. > > > I persume that why the instructions are to turn thetank off > > when not in use. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Joe Plummer" <<mailto:joeplummer%40tds.net>joeplum...@tds.net> > > > To: > <<mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> > > > Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 8:16 AM > > > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Propane gas. > > > > > > > > > Well here in Florida a lot of people use it for heating. They > > also use > > > Kerosene for heating. > > > > > > > > > Sign, > > > JP ( Joe Plummer) > > > <mailto:joeplummer%40tds.net>joeplum...@tds.net > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > > [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of Art Rizzino > > > Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 10:28 PM > > > To: > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] wireless bad thing detectors. > > > > > > > > > > > > Regarding Propane, it is often used in rural areas where > > Natural Gas service > > > is not available in place of electric or oil. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Dan Rossi > > > To: > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, > > January 13, 2010 10:06 PM > > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] wireless bad thing detectors. > > > > > > Bob, > > > > > > Very good point about the propane. I've read that as well, but > > forget > about it, since I've never known anyone to heat with > > propane. I think > > > that is because I've typically lived in cold climates. I think > > propane > heat is more common in places where heat is not a > > necessity. I could be > > > wrong there though. > > > > > > -- > > > Blue skies. > > > Dan Rossi > > > Carnegie Mellon University. > > > E-Mail: > <mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu>d...@andrew.cmu.ed > u <mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu> > > > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > > > > <mailto:blindhandyman-owner%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com > > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > > > > > > <http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29>http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > > > Or > > > > <ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/>ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > > > > > > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > > > > <http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday>http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > > > > > > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions > > From Various > > > List Members At The Following address: > > > > <http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/>http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > > > > > > > Visit the archives page at the following address > > > > <http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/>http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > > > > > > > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the > > following > > > address for more information: > > > <http://www.jaws-users.com/>http://www.jaws-users.com/ > > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind > > Handy Man list > > > just send a blank message to: > > > > <mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.comYahoo>blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! > > Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________ NOD32 4774 (20100115) Information __________ > > > > > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > > > <http://www.eset.com>http://www.eset.com > > > > > > > > > > -- > > There's no use in having a dog and doing your own barking. > > . > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > >
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