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Laurie,

My DH is a retired EPA chemist. He said Chlorine gas
is quite deadly and you are right, when it mixes with
water, it becomes hydrochloric acid. It happens in
your lungs too. That's what kills people.. if they
inhale the gas, it mixes with the moisture in your
lungs and becomes hydrochloric acic.

What a horrible way to die.

I'm so sorry for the people who are dealing with this.

chris
--- Laurie Underwood <laurieunderwood@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi Steven:
>
> I'm the original poster for this since I live in the
> area.  I believe
> the reason that they haven't actually reported on
> the number of critters
> who perished in this accident is that they cannot
> get in to check.
> Flyovers have revealed numerous pets dead in
> backyards, but last I heard
> (and I haven't logged on in a couple of hours) is
> that they were still
> trying to patch the ruptured tanker and had not been
> able to check
> surrounding homes and the mills.
>
> The cause of at least three of the deaths is
> exposure to chlorine gas.
> Two of the men killed went back into the mill to
> find one of their
> coworkers.  The man they sought is still missing as
> well.  I believe the
> conductor and/or the engineer of the moving train
> were killed by the
> impact.
>
> The only good news I can see in this is that
> according to Ed (and he
> should know!) there should be no long-term effects. 
> One life lost is
> one too many, be it human or animal.
>
> Laurie Underwood
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Steven Proe
> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 2:07 PM
> To: Sisu West Ranch; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [RC] Graniteville train wreck.
>
> Hi All: The news states that 8 people died and there
> is still a Fist
> sized
> hole in the railroad car and people may be out of
> their homes for up to
> a
> week. Now I don't know the cause of the 8 souls
> dead, but dead is dead.
>
> To me this not harmless and they didn't mention how
> many critters may
> have
> been killed or injured only humans doesn't sound to
> me as "GOOD
> NEWS".(Now
> for the good news.  The chemical released was
> Chlorine gas.  Chlorine
> > quickly reacts with whatever is in the
> envirornment and becomes
> harmless.
> > There will be no long term effects on the area).
> This sounds like a press release for the railroad
> and chemical
> industries in
> the WORLD which obviously have little love for.
>
> This reply is not meant to "kill" the messengers
> that posted this
> information.
>
> thx.
>
> Steven Proe
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sisu West Ranch" <ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 9:50 AM
> Subject: [RC] Graniteville train wreck.
>
>
> > I just pulled up some newspaper articles on this
> accident.
> > First, the bad news.  The chemical released was
> Chlorine gas.
> Chlorine
> > forms a pale yellow/green cloud.  It huggs the
> ground and kills or
> injures
> > all living things.  That is the reason it was used
> as a war gas in
> WWI.
> It
> > produces burns to the eyes, skin and lungs.  If
> you survive the
> initial
> > effects you will have chemical pneumonia and
> possible long term
> scaring to
> > the lungs.
> >
> > Now for the good news.  The chemical released was
> Chlorine gas.
> Chlorine
> > quickly reacts with whatever is in the
> envirornment and becomes
> harmless.
> > There will be no long term effects on the area.
> >
> > Ed
> > Ed & Wendy Hauser
> > 2994 Mittower Road
> > Victor, MT 59875
> >
> > (406) 642-9640
> >
> > ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx
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