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  1. 03-05-2010, 11:19 AM #1
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    Static Electricity Fire

    This is a clip of a fire at one of my conv. stores. SCAAARRRYYY.




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  3. 03-05-2010, 11:30 AM #2
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    Wow, scary is right! Though apparently not scary enough to get off the cell phone... I love the woman on the right running away, after the fire is pretty much out.
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  4. 03-05-2010, 11:31 AM #3
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    FYI: 1:40 mark, left hand bay

    What in the heck is the woman thinking after the fire starts.... I'll just stand here and see what happens?

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  5. 03-05-2010, 12:22 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cirrus2000
    I love the woman on the right running away, after the fire is pretty much out.
    There is usually an emergency shut-off on the front of the store. Right Mark?

    That is scary. Do you bill her insurance company for the damage?
    The man thong is wrong.
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  6. 03-05-2010, 12:25 PM #5
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    Zero damage lucky.
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  7. 03-05-2010, 02:31 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by Iceaxe
    What in the heck is the woman thinking after the fire starts.... I'll just stand here and see what happens?

    I kept wondering; when is she going to run?

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  8. 03-06-2010, 11:11 PM #7
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    wtf? didn't even get in the call and pull it out of the way? that's one cold biotch under pressure.
    But if I agreed with you, we would both be wrong.
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  9. 03-07-2010, 07:36 AM #8
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    Hey women! Don't get back in the car while your gas is pumping! Really? You can't just stand there for 80 seconds? Too cold? Too lazy? Too scared someone might attack you? Really!?

    Woman Driver = No Survivor





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  10. 03-07-2010, 08:12 AM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Iceaxe
    What in the heck is the woman thinking after the fire starts.... I'll just stand here and see what happens?

    No kidding
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  11. 03-08-2010, 12:59 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by James_B_Wads2000
    Hey women! Don't get back in the car while your gas is pumping! Really? You can't just stand there for 80 seconds? Too cold? Too lazy? Too scared someone might attack you? Really!?

    Woman Driver = No Survivor





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    No supposed to get back in the car?

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  12. 03-09-2010, 10:18 AM #11
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    Rubbing your ass on the seat getting in and out of your car will build up static electricity. Then when you get out and ground yourself by touching the pump handle the static arc will ignite the fumes from the gasoline. All the conditioning have to be near perfect for it to happen, but women are statistically way more likely to have it happen to them because they are way more likely to get back in the car while pumping and they have no clue about electricity.

    Myth Busters did a great episode about static car fires a couple years back..




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