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Nesgroup address: rec.travel.europe - Date & Time for the message: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 12:03:52 -0700
/ Author of the message: "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" |
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Re: Man's static jacket sparks alert
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michaelnewport@yahoo.com wrote: > An Australian man built up so much static electricity in his clothes as > he walked that he burned carpets, melted plastic and sparked a mass > evacuation. > Frank Clewer, of the western Victorian city of Warrnambool, was wearing > a synthetic nylon jacket and a woollen shirt when he went for a job > interview. > > As he walked into the building, the carpet ignited from the 40,000 > volts of static electricity that had built up. > > "It sounded almost like a firecracker or something like that," he said. > > > "Within about five minutes, the carpet started to erupt," he told > Australian radio. > > Considerable current > > Perplexed firemen evacuated the building and cut its electricity > supply, thinking the burns could have been caused by a power surge. > > "There were several scorch marks in the carpet, and we could hear a > cracking noise - a bit like a whip - both inside and outside the |
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