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Near miss!

Heh Heh Heh...
  We use Halon in the Navy for main space engine fires. We flood the whole 
room. It doesn't matter if you have a 50 gallon drum of oil on fire in 
there. When that stuff hits flame it reacts and becomes some nasty stuff. 
Chemically breaks the fire triangle. Not like CO2 that physically displaces 
oxygen. If you aren't wearing some kind of breathing set up--OBA or self 
contained oxygen, you will NOT be walking out of a Halon flooded space. So 
when I hear that someone has HALON in their car my first thought is...
 MY GOD that's cool! Followed by...
 MY GOD, be careful. Followed by...
 MY GOD, that had to be expensive!!!
  Sorry more mindless drivel.
Chris

 On 6/16/05, Dick Y Wong <sailingfc@dslextreme.com> wrote: 
> 
> I have a small Halon type and although I've never had to use it yet, I 
> would
> go for a Halon type. Effective and clean.
> 
> -Dick-
> 78 Scirocco
> Original Owner
> 95 Passat GLX
> Second Owner
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-bounces+sailingfc=dslextreme.com@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces+sailingfc=dslextreme.com@scirocco.org]On
> Behalf Of Don Walter
> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 8:20 PM
> To: Dan Bubb
> Cc: Scirocco List
> Subject: Re: Near miss!
> 
> 
> Rubber Hoses? Mine are all Braided Stainless Steel! But I need to run out
> and get a fire extinguisher just then same. Any one have a suggestion for 
> a
> good extingisher, mounting braket and a good handy place to put it?
> 
> 
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