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Re: Never push the Big Red Button (New York City subway failure)
From: Sabri Berisha <sabri () cluecentral net>
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 22:25:54 -0700 (PDT)
----- On Sep 15, 2021, at 9:08 PM, bzs bzs () theworld com wrote: Hi,
People don't suffocate from Halon dumps, I've been thru a couple (not me personally but staff, I was in my office but arrived quickly.) What is somewhat dangerous about Halon (or likely more modern) fire suppression dumps is they create like 90mph winds so you're in some danger from something like a pencil nearby. Hence, cover your face with your arms or a coat or similar if one is imminent.
I can speak from experience. Back in the early 2000s I was working for a small regional ISP that provided colocation services in the same building as the office was. We had an Inergen system and I had the honor of being in the room when it suddenly went off without warning. The noise and air movement was similar to the one time I rode a motorcycle on the autobahn and hit 200mph. Not fun. Afterwards I felt slightly lightheaded, but was otherwise ok. Not that my boss cared, he lighted a piece of paper outside of the room, walked in, and noted that, after the flames died out, "hey, it works". Thanks, Sabri
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