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Re: In the Last 24 Hours …

DLS — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:44:48 -0000

"Stack a wet/damp stack of hay bales"

And pour some hydrogen peroxide solution on it, "to keep it wet" [grin]

Re: In the Last 24 Hours …

DLS — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:40:10 -0000

And you thought composting was all nice and fuzzy-wuzzy and touchy-feely.

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&#39t 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

Re: In the Last 24 Hours …

Silhouette — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:57:27 -0000

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&#39t be related to the Texas incident either.

Re: In the Last 24 Hours …

DLS — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:53:23 -0000

(and in coal mines! Methane is NOT the only hazard in there)

Re: In the Last 24 Hours …

DLS — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:53:06 -0000

Unrelated.

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.)

Re: In the Last 24 Hours …

Silhouette — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:33:53 -0000

No, they are not related.

Re: In the Last 24 Hours …

DLS — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:44:48 -0000

"Stack a wet/damp stack of hay bales"

And pour some hydrogen peroxide solution on it, "to keep it wet" [grin]

Re: In the Last 24 Hours …

DLS — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:40:10 -0000

And you thought composting was all nice and fuzzy-wuzzy and touchy-feely.

http://www.extension.iastat...

http://cahnrsnews.wsu.edu/f...

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/...

http://www.lni.wa.gov/WISHA...

http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten...

http://www.nfpa.org/assets/...

[BOOM!]

http://www.nfpa.org/assets/...

http://www.aristatek.com/Ne...

http://ncsp.tamu.edu/report...

Re: In the Last 24 Hours …

Silhouette — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:57:27 -0000

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.

Re: In the Last 24 Hours …

DLS — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:53:23 -0000

(and in coal mines! Methane is NOT the only hazard in there)

Re: In the Last 24 Hours …

DLS — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:53:06 -0000

Unrelated.

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.)

Re: In the Last 24 Hours …

Silhouette — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:33:53 -0000

No, they are not related.