Pete, have you ever driven by a coal plant and seen the coal piles being watered down?
The same threat there is what happens in grain elevators and yes, in silos. (Sil probably knows this.)
DLS
· 1 month ago
(and in coal mines! Methane is NOT the only hazard in there)
Silhouette
· 1 month ago
Yes. Stack a wet/damp stack of hay bales and your barn might be up in flames the next day or so. And no, this wouldn't be related to the Texas incident either.
DLS
· 1 month ago
And you thought composting was all nice and fuzzy-wuzzy and touchy-feely.
Farm life has all kinds of fun hazards and potential for fun, like big propane-tank shrapnel (when an end doesn't rupture and turn the tank into a rocket, that is)...
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Pete, have you ever driven by a coal plant and seen the coal piles being watered down?
The same threat there is what happens in grain elevators and yes, in silos. (Sil probably knows this.)
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/S...
http://cahnrsnews.wsu.edu/flood/hay-combustion....
Farm life has all kinds of fun hazards and potential for fun, like big propane-tank shrapnel (when an end doesn't rupture and turn the tank into a rocket, that is)...
http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files/pdf/Haysville.PDF
http://www.lni.wa.gov/WISHA/hazalerts/SiloHazar...
http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten/ageng/resource/bins...
http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files/pdf/Haysville.PDF
[BOOM!]
http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files/PDF/AlbertCity...
http://www.aristatek.com/Newsletter/JAN09/TechS...
http://ncsp.tamu.edu/reports/CSB/csb_4.pdf
And pour some hydrogen peroxide solution on it, "to keep it wet" [grin]