Hello all, My parents sent me the following e-mail and link about why
you shouldn't throw water on a grease fire...but it pertains to not
throwing water on molten metal too.

Be careful,
Thanksgiving Blessings to all..


Dave Drescher
http://metalshop.homestead.com

Forwarded e-mail:


30 second video....Important
Please read this, turn on your sound and watch the video.
This is so important ... as old as I am I never heard of doing the
wet towel thing... but I will remember it after seeing this.
Kitchen Fire Safety -
This is a powerful message----watch the video and don't forget what
you see. Tell your whole family about this video. Or better yet, send
this to them. This is a dramatic video (30-second, very short) about
how to deal with a common kitchen fire... oil in a frying pan. Please
read the following introduction and then watch the show .. It's a
real eye-opener!
At the Fire Fighting Training school they would demonstrate this with
a deep fat fryer set on the fire field. An instructor would don a fire
suit and using an 8 oz cup at the end of a 10 foot pole toss water
onto the grease fire. The results got the attention of the students.
The water, being heavier than the oil, sinks to the bottom where it
instantly becomes superheated. The explosive force of the steam blows
the burning oil up and out. On the open field, it became a thirty foot
high fireball that resembled a nuclear blast. Inside the confines of a
kitchen, the fire ball hits the ceiling and fills the entire room.
*****Also, do not throw sugar or flour on a grease fire. One cup
creates the explosive force of two sticks of dynamite.
Please view this video clip:
(http://WWW.ranaldofamily.com/SWF/KitchenOilFire.wmv )