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Posted: 12/29/2003 10:31:48 PM EDT
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... just let it go man, let it go
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Posted: 12/29/2003 10:34:08 PM EDT
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The rain isn't helping at all.
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Posted: 12/29/2003 10:39:25 PM EDT
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Water makes the magnesium fire grow more ferocios because burning magnesium is so reactive. You need to smother those kind of metal fires with sands, foam etc. It will probably burn, until there's no fuel left.
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Posted: 12/29/2003 10:42:46 PM EDT
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Nasty stuff.
[url]www.newsnet5.com/news/2730619/detail.html[/url] |
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Posted: 12/30/2003 1:16:46 AM EDT
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I remember burning magnesium strips in Chemistry class. They would burn white-hot, literally. A one square centimeter piece would burn so bright that it could damage the vision of anyone not wearing some sort of eye protection.
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Posted: 12/30/2003 6:52:26 AM EDT
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I live in Garfield about a mile away from the fire. Last night the sky was lit up like a sunset , and there were some big flashes something must have been exploding gas tanks or something.
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Posted: 12/30/2003 6:57:09 AM EDT
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I grew up in Garfied Hts. Lived near Turney Rd. and Rockside
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Posted: 12/30/2003 10:21:50 AM EDT
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... You Southern California and Arizona sand-toy enthusiasts may remember burning magnesium VW engine blocks at Glamis or Buttercup sand dunes before the act was banned in the late 80's.
... We'd get them glowing hot in a "conventional" fire then pee on it to "go nuclear". Good for hours of laughs. We'd clean up the steel components the next day. ... Got where everyone started doing it, and many wouldn't clean up there mess so the authorities put the kibosh on it. ... [url]http://www.glamisdunes.com/[/url] |
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Posted: 12/30/2003 10:31:47 AM EDT
[#9]
I live in Maple Heights, about 2.5 miles as the crow flies from the fire.
Explosions last night at 12:30AM were amazing. Thought I was in Baghdad or something. Scott |
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Posted: 12/30/2003 10:37:25 AM EDT
[#10]
Now you know why it's used in incendaries.
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Posted: 12/30/2003 10:39:35 AM EDT
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Isn't magnesium considered a class 4 fire ( when on fire, that is )?
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Posted: 12/30/2003 10:50:46 AM EDT
[#12]
Try "Class D".
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Posted: 12/30/2003 10:53:10 AM EDT
[#13]
Oops. [:D]
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Posted: 12/30/2003 11:15:41 AM EDT
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I could hear the explosions late last night and see the sky lit up - in Lyndhurst, probably eight miles away! [flame]
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