-=> ROY WITT wrote to ROSS SAUER <=-

 RW> The main reason they evacuate the area after a tanker
 RW> load of chlorine gas spills is because chlorine gas is a
 RW> strong oxidizer, which may react with flammable materials.

Try breathing it and you won't much be worrying about the fire hazard. 
Google Jones Chemical Saint Petersburg Florida.
I along with tousands of others were ordered evacuated.

The only place that burned was Jones Pool Chemical supply
however near a mile away at Precisionaire we were ordered  
out of the area.
Plus the state police closed to exits of I-275 north
and south Jones Chemical due to the gas.

The interstate was never in any danger of catching fire BTW
so I do wonder why they insisted on closing those onramps
and offramps???  

 RW> "ROSS SAUER -> JOHN MASSEY"  wrote in message
 RW> news:20419$POL_INC{at}JamNNTPd...
 RS> JOHN MASSEY said to ROSS SAUER...

 RS>>> Connecting highly improvised "gas bombs" that
kill not with the
 RS>>> gas, but with the explosives to Saddam's imaginary "WMD" is
 RS>>> really a stretch.

 RS>>> In fact industrial chlorine makes a lousy
"weapon," since it
 RS>>> would only work in a small closed room.

 JM>> Yeah, that's why when a train tank car with that stuff in it derails,
 JM>> they evacuate the area for a mile or so.

 RS> Because the amount is VASTLY different, John.
 RS> Chlorine gas is heavier than air, so it settles along the ground.
 RS> A very large amount, such as in a railroad tank car, will settle in
 RS> concentrations along the ground in wide areas.

 RS> The amounts being used in those insurgent bombs isn't enough to cause
 RS> that sort of concentration, unless some insurgent bomb blows up a dozen
 RS> or more industrial use tanks.

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