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RE: [RC] Graniteville train wreck. - Chris Paus

Laurie,

My DH is a retired EPA chemist. He said Chlorine gas
is quite deadly and you are right, when it mixes with
water, it becomes hydrochloric acid. It happens in
your lungs too. That's what kills people.. if they
inhale the gas, it mixes with the moisture in your
lungs and becomes hydrochloric acic.

What a horrible way to die.

I'm so sorry for the people who are dealing with this.

chris
--- Laurie Underwood <laurieunderwood@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Hi Steven:

I'm the original poster for this since I live in the
area.  I believe
the reason that they haven't actually reported on
the number of critters
who perished in this accident is that they cannot
get in to check.
Flyovers have revealed numerous pets dead in
backyards, but last I heard
(and I haven't logged on in a couple of hours) is
that they were still
trying to patch the ruptured tanker and had not been
able to check
surrounding homes and the mills.

The cause of at least three of the deaths is
exposure to chlorine gas.
Two of the men killed went back into the mill to
find one of their
coworkers.  The man they sought is still missing as
well.  I believe the
conductor and/or the engineer of the moving train
were killed by the
impact.

The only good news I can see in this is that
according to Ed (and he
should know!) there should be no long-term effects. 
One life lost is
one too many, be it human or animal.

Laurie Underwood

-----Original Message-----
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Steven Proe
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 2:07 PM
To: Sisu West Ranch; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC] Graniteville train wreck.

Hi All: The news states that 8 people died and there
is still a Fist
sized
hole in the railroad car and people may be out of
their homes for up to
a
week. Now I don't know the cause of the 8 souls
dead, but dead is dead.

To me this not harmless and they didn't mention how
many critters may
have
been killed or injured only humans doesn't sound to
me as "GOOD
NEWS".(Now
for the good news.  The chemical released was
Chlorine gas.  Chlorine
quickly reacts with whatever is in the
envirornment and becomes
harmless.
There will be no long term effects on the area).

This sounds like a press release for the railroad
and chemical
industries in
the WORLD which obviously have little love for.

This reply is not meant to "kill" the messengers
that posted this
information.

thx.

Steven Proe



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sisu West Ranch" <ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 9:50 AM
Subject: [RC] Graniteville train wreck.


I just pulled up some newspaper articles on this
accident.

First, the bad news.  The chemical released was
Chlorine gas.
Chlorine
forms a pale yellow/green cloud.  It huggs the
ground and kills or
injures
all living things.  That is the reason it was used
as a war gas in
WWI.
It
produces burns to the eyes, skin and lungs.  If
you survive the
initial
effects you will have chemical pneumonia and
possible long term
scaring to
the lungs.

Now for the good news.  The chemical released was
Chlorine gas.
Chlorine
quickly reacts with whatever is in the
envirornment and becomes
harmless.
There will be no long term effects on the area.

Ed
Ed & Wendy Hauser
2994 Mittower Road
Victor, MT 59875

(406) 642-9640

ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx




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