orcusomega
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OK, I am rarely the one do to PSA's (Public Service Announcements) but yesterday, this hit home and I wanted to pass it along to you all, just as a friendly warning.
As some of you know, I am a volunteer fireman. Yesterday here in the Philly area we had cold weather + tons of snow, and as you might imagine that drives most folks indoors to stay warm.
LESSON #1 - don't OVERLOAD RECEPTICLES!!!!
A family innocently added brand new, extra heaters in their home to fight off the cold. This is what they got:
House was a total loss - just as the blizzard was starting to set in. Thank god no one got hurt, either the occupants or the firemen. BE CAREFUL! Don't overload your outlets, pay attention when breakers pop, and don't put stuff in front of/on top of heaters!
LESSON #2 - IF YOU STORE AMMO, DO IT SAFELY!!!
As you might imagine, the fire above got pretty hot. While we were fighting the fire, we kept hearing loud pops, but could not identify the source, until after the fire was under control. Turns out that the owner was also a avid gun collector. We pulled all these out:
At least he was smart enough to store his ammo in army surplus ammo cans. The popping we heard was from rounds cooking off in the ammo cans. We were 10 ft from these when we started hearing them going off.
The ammo in the can in the top pic, as we were told, was 9mm, and the can held everything in. The other cans had other various sized rounds in them, and they were NOT able to hold the contents in - bullets were literally flying right around us, but we didn't know it at the time. The icing on the cake is that all these guns and ammo were stored in the house right behind this:
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if they had flown just the wrong way, they could have punctured the tank, and dumped heating oil into a working house fire. Imagine what that would look like.
So please, use common sense and be careful. Don't overload your power with things that draw a lot of juice like compressors, heaters, etc! And please store your guns and ammo safely - even if you live alone, there is the chance that someone else may benefit from your practical application of safety!
Thanks for listening to my soap-box rant 🙂
Bob
As some of you know, I am a volunteer fireman. Yesterday here in the Philly area we had cold weather + tons of snow, and as you might imagine that drives most folks indoors to stay warm.
LESSON #1 - don't OVERLOAD RECEPTICLES!!!!
A family innocently added brand new, extra heaters in their home to fight off the cold. This is what they got:
House was a total loss - just as the blizzard was starting to set in. Thank god no one got hurt, either the occupants or the firemen. BE CAREFUL! Don't overload your outlets, pay attention when breakers pop, and don't put stuff in front of/on top of heaters!
LESSON #2 - IF YOU STORE AMMO, DO IT SAFELY!!!
As you might imagine, the fire above got pretty hot. While we were fighting the fire, we kept hearing loud pops, but could not identify the source, until after the fire was under control. Turns out that the owner was also a avid gun collector. We pulled all these out:
At least he was smart enough to store his ammo in army surplus ammo cans. The popping we heard was from rounds cooking off in the ammo cans. We were 10 ft from these when we started hearing them going off.
The ammo in the can in the top pic, as we were told, was 9mm, and the can held everything in. The other cans had other various sized rounds in them, and they were NOT able to hold the contents in - bullets were literally flying right around us, but we didn't know it at the time. The icing on the cake is that all these guns and ammo were stored in the house right behind this:
if they had flown just the wrong way, they could have punctured the tank, and dumped heating oil into a working house fire. Imagine what that would look like.
So please, use common sense and be careful. Don't overload your power with things that draw a lot of juice like compressors, heaters, etc! And please store your guns and ammo safely - even if you live alone, there is the chance that someone else may benefit from your practical application of safety!
Thanks for listening to my soap-box rant 🙂
Bob
