There were two incidents with high pressure ammonia transmission lines (pipelines) when I was living in Tampa.
There was a line about 1/4 mile south of my house. It was buried, but they had manholes where they could access control valves and monitoring equipment. Some meth head who thought they could tap one of the valves and get some ammonia for his lab got hosed in one of the vaults. He lived, but probably wished he hadn't. He was severely burned and had major lung damage. Add to this his incarceration that was for a number of years for several charges and his life was pretty much in the tank. The second incident involved an idiot who rappelled off the side of a bridge over the Alafia River, where another ammonia transmission line was suspended under the bridge. He was successful in breaching the line with a battery powered drill, amazingly enough. The resulting plume of ammonia that blew out of the hole he drilled knocked him into the river, where he was picked up by the local gendarmes. The amount of ammonia that was released into the air caused a massive evacuation of the area. Another couple of good reasons why I am glad I don't live in Florida any more.... Dan --- On Tue, 7/21/09, Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> wrote: > From: Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] what? > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 7:28 PM > Peter T. Arnold wrote: > > Too late, any cloud that would effect a cars engine > would have kilt you a long time ago. You folks just > don't comprehend how nasty this stuff it. Minor > leak? Call out the fire department, they wear air > packs and DELUGE it with water. > > > That's why I said to throw the car in reverse as soon as > you smell it, before it kills your engine or you. Seems like > your only hope, if indeed the cloud ahead is concentrated > enough to deprive your car of oxygen. > > Mitch. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
