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>>Daleel seems to show his/her true colors by occasionally posting what sounds quite a bit like DNC talking point<<

Having grown up on a farm and having friends who had one of the largest farms in the county(Portage County Ohio), I've had some experience with Anhydrous Ammonia. When it was getting sprayed, we steered clear by a long fat margin. My worst experience was when the tractor driver stopped at the end of the field he was turning around in and was waving us over(he wanted the water jug). The sprayer was still going and we knew enough not to get close until he turned it off. We were a good 75 yards away and this big gust of wind kicked up and we were down wind. Within a few moments we were gagging and choking, eyes watering, you name it(and beating feet the other way fast as we could). The white cloud had dissapated prolly 25 feet from the sprayer. Nasty Nasty Nasty. Won't ever forget it.

I was sitting up in the crow's nest on a tuna seiner one afternoon when a white cloud wafted across the main deck. I had a decision to make. If fire, get down ASAP. If ammonia, stay put. It was fire, so I left immediately.

Another day did not turn out so nice. I had just finished the public address system work on the Rosalie Marie. The cook spotted my truck as I was enroute back to the office. He decided to do a check on all the PA stations to report back to the captain. By the time I had returned to my office, an emergency call on marine VHF channel 16 was calling for an ambulance to come to the Rosalie Marie. The cook was testing the PA station in the shaft alley (between the fish wells) when an ammonia line blew. He died immediately. I missed sharing his fate by about 10 minutes.