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2 technicians killed at Antarctica science station
APNews ^
| December 12, 2018
Posted on 12/13/2018 9:45:33 AM PST by SMGFan
Edited on 12/13/2018 11:40:40 AM PST by Jim Robinson.
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The National Science Foundation says two technicians working on a fire-suppression system at an Antarctica scientific station were found unconscious and died.
The foundation said Wednesday the two had been working in a building at McMurdo Station, which is on Ross Island. It says they were found on the floor by a helicopter pilot who had landed after spotting what appeared to be smoke from the building.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: accident; antarctica; fire; mcmurdo; mcmurdostation; rossisland; science; scientists
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and then there were none?
were they there alone?
too fast to use "killed" AP
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posted on
12/13/2018 9:45:33 AM PST
by
SMGFan
To: SMGFan
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posted on
12/13/2018 9:46:03 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: SMGFan
They got a little too close to the Nazi base.
To: SMGFan
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posted on
12/13/2018 9:47:10 AM PST
by
ltc8k6
To: SMGFan
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posted on
12/13/2018 9:47:23 AM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Democracy dies when Democrats refuse to accept the result of a democratic election they didn't win.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
12/13/2018 9:48:22 AM PST
by
SMGFan
To: SMGFan
Ithought the same.
Killed?
Why do they say “killed” instead of “found dead”?
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posted on
12/13/2018 9:48:27 AM PST
by
Mrs. Don-o
(If it bleeds, it leads.)
To: cuban leaf
They had been At the Mountains of Madness ... their doom was inescapable.
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posted on
12/13/2018 9:48:51 AM PST
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: SMGFan
Riiiight before the election, Biden went down there.
They say the Pope did, too.
......????
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posted on
12/13/2018 9:49:00 AM PST
by
gaijin
To: SMGFan
Mummy from Antarctic pyramid got them
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posted on
12/13/2018 9:51:04 AM PST
by
pangaea6
To: SMGFan
Killed by Gorebull warming no doubt.
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posted on
12/13/2018 9:51:13 AM PST
by
Beagle8U
(Beto went to Liz Warren's genealogist to prove that he was 1/1000 Hispanic.)
To: SMGFan
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posted on
12/13/2018 9:54:22 AM PST
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: NorthMountain
They had been At the Mountains of Madness ... their doom was inescapable.
I’ll say! Just to get there you have to scale the cliffs of despair. Most don’t even recover from that.
To: SMGFan
Working on a fire suppression system, and die from smoke inhalation? SMH.
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posted on
12/13/2018 9:54:44 AM PST
by
Bommer
(Help 2ndDivisionVet - https://www.gofundme.com/mvc.php?route=category&term=married-recent-amputee)
To: ltc8k6
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posted on
12/13/2018 9:55:57 AM PST
by
Mouton
(The media is the enemy of the people.)
To: ltc8k6
That would be my guess too... Inadvertent Halon discharge in a closed space is deadly. We had Halon fire suppression systems in some spaces in Navy facilities I was assigned to way back when. If ANY Halon discharge took place, even a small leak, sensors would detect the system pressure drop and trigger flashing lights and klaxons to get the heck out of the space. It displaces O2, after all. And it’s very effective at it.
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posted on
12/13/2018 9:56:22 AM PST
by
Afterguard
(Deplorable me!)
To: ltc8k6
My first guess .. or an equivalent.
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posted on
12/13/2018 9:57:18 AM PST
by
reed13k
To: SMGFan
"It says they were found on the floor by a helicopter pilot who had landed after spotting what appeared to be smoke from the building."
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posted on
12/13/2018 9:57:51 AM PST
by
Flag_This
(Liberals are locusts.)
To: NorthMountain
Giant Cave Dwelling Penguins!
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posted on
12/13/2018 9:57:53 AM PST
by
Conan the Librarian
(The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
To: SMGFan
Meanwhile, they had to phone it in:
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posted on
12/13/2018 9:58:10 AM PST
by
DCBryan1
(Quit calling them liberals, progs, socialists, or democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!!!!)
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