On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 12:00:27 -0400, Tom K wrote:
>"frijoli" wrote in message
>news:h2ij17$dao$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>> Dillon Pyron wrote:
>>> [Default] Thus spake "Tom K" :
>>>
>>>> "Gadget World" wrote in message
>>>> news:25883-4A4ACC0C-561@baytvnwsxa001.msntv.msn.com...
>>>>> Remember the days when the 4th of July was celebrated with a great
>>>>> fireworks show off the aft of the ship.
>>>>>
>>>>> I cannot understand why this does not happen, when seaside towns do
>>>>> their fireworks shows on the water off-shore.
>>>>>
>>>>> I can especially see a very special fireworks show on ships with a
>>>>> large
>>>>> seating area at the aft, like Princess and soon the Oasis.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think that every cruise should be celebrated with fireworks for a
>>>>> memorable experience.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Fireworks are intrinsically dangerous. They're explosives. They blow
>>>> up. They cause fires. If you were an insurance company, would you allow
>>>> it on ships that you insure? If you were a passenger on a ship hundreds
>>>> of miles away from any help... would you want dangerous fireworks
>>>> around?
>>>>
>>>> That reminds me about the time a passenger on a bridge tour asked
>>>> Captain Ioannis on Constellation why no cruise ships had nuclear
>>>> reactors. He said it's because they're VERY dangerous.
>>>
>>> I know. And look at the US Navy. They've had what, no failures?
>>>
>>>> Three Mile Island had a partial core melt down and now thousands of
>>>> people in New Jersey have thyroid cancer
>>>
>>> Umm, the incidence of thyroid cancer above average is about 2. Where
>>> did you get your statistics from? I have mine from my radiopath text.
>>>
>>>> (that's the way the wind blew the radiation... what did you think would
>>>> happen when you built a nuclear plant near a populated area and had a
>>>> melt down?).
>>>>
>>>> It's simply better to avoid dangerous things. Even if they're 99.9%
>>>> safe... that 0.1% of the time something bad happens... it's REAL bad.
>>>>
>>>> --Tom
>> I wonder if Tom has one of those dangerous things called a vehicle
>> carrying HIGHLY flammable and explosive gasoline. I'll never own one.
>> Whew.
>>
>Actually gasoline isn't that flammable at compared to other liquids (Organic
>Chem Class), which is why it's rather safe as a fuel. I think the better
>term is that it doesn't ignite that easily, or spontaneously. Ever try
>starting a snow blower in the winter?
>Want highly flammable? ... try Hydrogen Gas... try Ether. Even alcohols.
>They ignite much more easily.
Gas has to have the right fuel mixture. Toss a lit cigarette into a pool
of gasoline and the liquid gasoline will snuff it out. |