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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

bob ford wrote:
> Accident on Russian nuclear sub suffocates 20

Yes, I saw the story..breaking news last night.
Halon gas displaces oxygen.  We use it for fire suppression, and I am
quite sure the Russians do to.  In the Navy, fire is your worst enemy,
on the surface or below it, but down below, there are fewer options for
fighting it.
It is very sad, a tragedy.  My guess is that they were testing one area,
but some valve or connection was open when it should have been closed
and the gas was released in an occupied part of the boat.  Submarine
technology, like nature, is unforgiving.  Take a moment and send
positive energy for the survivors and all the families.

Bev

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