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I believe moisture will play a major role on spontaneous combustion....
Yanni Marinated
S/V Princess Thalia
Hamilton-Fifty Point @H3
www.yannismarine.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pascal Gademer" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: lv-ab: charcoal instead of gas
> Mythbusters did a segment on that, showing no risk under normal
> circumstances. i forgot the details but it took some specific conditions
> and a HUGE amount of charcoal for it to self ingnite.
>
> Pascal
> miami,fl
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Norm of Bandersnatch" <>
> To: "Larry DeMers" <>; "Bob Clinkenbeard"
> <>
> Cc: <>
> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 11:19 AM
> Subject: Re: lv-ab: charcoal instead of gas
>
>
>>
>> One cargo APL would not carry on their container ships was charcoal.
>>
>> The story I heard was that one dark night the lookout on the bridge wing
>> asked the mate on watch to step out side with him for a moment.
>> Indicating
>> the stack of containers nearby the lookout asked the mate if he saw
>> anything unusual. He did. One of the containers was glowing red. It
>> contained charcoal. They rigged fire hoses to keep the adjacent
>> containers
>> cool until they could remove it.
>>
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