On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:09:03 -0800 (PST), cast forth
these pearls of wisdom...:

On Feb 24, 8:44*am, "Leon" wrote:

BAH! *If you do a Google search on this news group you will find that there
are numerous individual posters that have never witnessed this happening or
know any one that this has happened to. *Therefore it is imposable for it to
happen until it does happen to them or some one that they know personally,
and then it would only be considered a "freak accident" and freak accidents
simply do not happen to some individuals because they know that they are
being plenty careful. *;~)

Well said, Leon. All too true.

Anyone that has ever worked, lived, or been around grain silos know
for sure that there is no such thing as as dust ignition. Uh - huh.

Besides, when I DAGS Images for "grain silo explosion", it only came
back with a few hundred over 16,000 hits. Not nearly enough proof for
the fine minds of this venue to prove that fine organic dust can
ignite.

Robert

yeah - but to be fair, there is a huge difference between a grain silo and
a woodworking shop. In the world of grain silos, the potential for an
explosion is very expected. It's not a freak accident. There is a lot
published on the mixture required for different materials to become
explosive, and grain silos can much more easily hit the right mixture for
grain. Or at least they used to. I'm sure they are more controlled now.

I'm not an advocate of relying upon freak accident excuses, but I'm
equally no advocate of ignoring the probabilities of things either.

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-Mike-