Oh wow. About to get some unwelcome publicity.
Nat
http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/what-are-pressure-cooker-bombs-and
-why-do-terrorists-use-them/
Forensic experts described the pressure cookers used in the Boston marathon
blasts as generic, but noted the marking 6L, indicating six
Sorry, Remek, I see you did mention the 180 slip. But it's still sad that
predictions seem to exclude the notion of a totally metric planet.
Paul Trusten, Reg. Pharmacist
Vice President
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
Midland, Texas USA
www.metric.org
+1(432)528-7724
trus...@grandecom.net
But, Remek, the announcer said that the 10-kilometer-high building was built to
withstand wind speeds of 180 MILES per hour. Oops!
Seems that futurists from countries still struggling with metrication even have
difficulty (or is it reluctance?) predicting a fully metric future. I suppose
it's
Pressure cookers should have safety devices to prevent them from exploding.
Although we do not have a pressure cooker at home, I remember that my
mother's pressure cooker had a rubber stopper that would dislodge should the
pressure rise too much.
On reading the account, it occurred to me that
Ok, let's get the record straight here! I've used pressure cookers a lot and
they have safety values, but they only allow the pressure to release fast
enough to avoid normal overheating. An aunt of mine actually had her pressure
valve blow and it plastered the ceiling above the stove with the
Agreed. I have never activated the safety in mine but it is a frangible
section in a replacable screw-in fitting. I estimate the failure section to be
some 3-5 mm in diameter (not exactly clear where it would fail). It would
release steam as fast as a stove could form it. I'm not sure it
My mother used pressure cookers all the time when I was little, to pre-cook
spare ribs for barbeque on the grill. She said it made them less greasy.
Yes, they all had rubber relief valves, but I'm sure a terrorist could weld
that over.
Nat
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