Thread: Complain or ignore it? Borderline situations.
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Old 08-22-2007, 08:36 PM
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Default Re: Complain or ignore it? Borderline situations.
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1. Is this actually dangerous?

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He's smoking three feet away from a hose full of flammable liquid, which hooks up to an underground tank with thousands of gallons of it. I would say that's fairly dangerous, even with the hose and tank containing everything.

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But that's the thing... can you actually ignite the gas even if you tried?

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Sure--there are plenty of cases of gasoline getting lit with just static electricity.
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