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Date: Thu, 23 May 91 15:58:10 GMT
From: Kral <braun@dri.com>
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Subject: Re: Cellular 911 Calls
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In article <telecom11.369.5@eecs.nwu.edu> kaufman@neon.stanford.edu
(Marc T. Kaufman) writes:

> Halon is not "deadly".  It is a nice clean chlorofluorocarbon.
> However, it works by displacing the oxygen in the air, which makes
> breathing somewhat more difficult.  A more rational reason for leaving
> is to avoid breathing the smoke from the fire that caused the system
> to activate.

While the guy who pushes the stuff likes to demo it by having it dump
on him in a booth (to demonstrate its safety), I know a computer
operator and a DEC FE who suffered from slightly bruised lungs after
being dumped on.  It comes out with enough force to knock you down, if
you're near a nozzle.


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