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Message no. 1
From: Mike Elkins <MikeE@*********.COM>
Subject: Industrial Accidents (Was Re: New Seattle Sourcebook?)
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 10:01:09 -0500
<Snip Paul Adam's comments on how accidents
couldn't kill 70k people>

It is difficult to imagine a plant in Brittan being
run with the kind of engineering oversite the
Union Carbide plant had (i.e. people without a
knowledge of the reactions they were
overseeing, in WAY over their heads) and I don't
know anything about the terrain or prevailing
winds or anything about the area in question, but
I can think of some disasters which are quite
possible with just a few simultaneous human
errors (in other words, more likely than
Chernobyl). My favorite involves a tanker or two
of chlorine gas being rammed by a frieght train
on the outskirts of a major city. More plausable
than you might think...

Double-Domed Mike
Message no. 2
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowrn@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Industrial Accidents (Was Re: New Seattle Sourcebook?)
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 17:35:06 +0100
In message <s3f42793.036@********.dragonsys.com>, Mike Elkins
<MikeE@*********.COM> writes
>I can think of some disasters which are quite
>possible with just a few simultaneous human
>errors (in other words, more likely than
>Chernobyl). My favorite involves a tanker or two
>of chlorine gas being rammed by a frieght train
>on the outskirts of a major city. More plausable
>than you might think...

Sure, but chlorine isn't toxic enough to kill that many people (else you
wouldn't move it around in road tankers...)

--
There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable and
praiseworthy...

Paul J. Adam paul@********.demon.co.uk
Message no. 3
From: George Metz <W0lfstar@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Industrial Accidents (Was Re: New Seattle Sourcebook?)
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 15:16:34 -0400
In a message dated 97-08-15 15:03:36 EDT, you write:

> >My favorite involves a tanker or two
> >of chlorine gas being rammed by a frieght train
> >on the outskirts of a major city. More plausable
> >than you might think...
>
> Sure, but chlorine isn't toxic enough to kill that many people (else you
> wouldn't move it around in road tankers...)

Of course it isn't. But if that train is carrying ammonia, and it derails(as
it most likely would), when the ammonia and chlorine mix, you have Mustard
Gas a la WWI. Enjoy!

Wolfstar
Message no. 4
From: "MARTIN E. GOTTHARD" <s457033@*******.GU.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Industrial Accidents (Was Re: New Seattle Sourcebook?)
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 09:35:03 +1000
> >I can think of some disasters which are quite
> >possible with just a few simultaneous human
> >errors (in other words, more likely than
> >Chernobyl). My favorite involves a tanker or two
> >of chlorine gas being rammed by a frieght train
> >on the outskirts of a major city. More plausable
> >than you might think...
>
> Sure, but chlorine isn't toxic enough to kill that many people (else you
> wouldn't move it around in road tankers...)
>

It is if the wind conditions and placement are right..... Hell, why not
just drop the "Big One" on San Fran. and/or Tokyo and really go to town.
(That's a 10-Richter earthquake, BTW).

Hell, even better... drop a 7-Richter earthquake on Sydney, it'd probably
kill just as many people.

Marty
Message no. 5
From: Jaymz <justin@******.NET>
Subject: Re: Industrial Accidents (Was Re: New Seattle Sourcebook?)
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 11:21:12 -0500
At 09:35 AM 8/16/97 +1000, MARTIN E. GOTTHARD wrote:
#Hell, even better... drop a 7-Richter earthquake on Sydney, it'd probably
#kill just as many people.

No, how about we do that on Melbourne instead, after all, they're victorians.
;)

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Message no. 6
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Industrial Accidents (Was Re: New Seattle Sourcebook?)
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 19:10:50 +0100
|No, how about we do that on Melbourne instead, after all, they're victorians.
|;)

TES!
Get rid of Neighbours once and for all!!!!

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Message no. 7
From: Jaymz <justin@******.NET>
Subject: Re: Industrial Accidents (Was Re: New Seattle Sourcebook?)
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 19:51:13 -0500
At 07:10 PM 8/16/97 +0100, Spike wrote:
#|No, how about we do that on Melbourne instead, after all, they're
victorians.
#|;)
#
#TES!
#Get rid of Neighbours once and for all!!!!
are they still making that show???

I could do /o home & away also
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/--justin@****.mcp.com----------------------justin@******.net--\
|Justin Bell NIC:JB3084| Time and rules are changing. |
|Simon & Schuster | Attention span is quickening. |
|Programmer | Welcome to the Information Age. |
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Message no. 8
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Industrial Accidents (Was Re: New Seattle Sourcebook?)
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 1997 14:21:29 +0100
|#TES!
|#Get rid of Neighbours once and for all!!!!

|are they still making that show???
|
|I could do /o home & away also

I think so....
At least, we're still being inflicted with it....

I just hope I never meet Tony Hatch face to face.
(I couldn't be held responsible for my actions)
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|u5a77@*****.cs.keele.ac.uk| "Are you pondering what I'm pondering Pinky?" |
|Andrew Halliwell | |
|Principal subjects in:- | "I think so brain, but this time, you control |
|Comp Sci & Electronics | the Encounter suit, and I'll do the voice..." |
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|5++ X+/++ R+ tv+ b+ D G e>PhD h/h+ !r! !y-|I can't say F**K either now! :( |
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