Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpfcso!hpfcbig!jenings From: jenings@hpfcbig.SDE.HP.COM (Byron Jenings) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: oil well fires and shuttle tiles Message-ID: <6530004@hpfcbig.SDE.HP.COM> Date: 22 Mar 91 23:58:29 GMT References: <1991Mar14.151130.3822@welch.jhu.edu> Organization: HP SESD, Fort Collins, CO Lines: 14 Barbara R. Tysinger writes: |There's a movie from the 1960's called _Hellfighters_ about a company that |goes around putting out oilwell fires. Granted it's about 30 years old, |(and drama too) but the basic technology probably hasn't changed that much, |and I think it may give the layman a pretty good idea of what will be involved |in putting out these fires. Also, the story is true, the guy it's based on really exists, he appears in the movie, and he still runs a company that puts out oil-well fires. I read an article recently that quoted how many millions you had to pay him just to *look* at the fire, before even discussing putting it out. He's still considered one of the best in the business.