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Ellsworth AFB foam test(humour break your tax dollars at work)
http://cellar.org/ ^ | 4 12 06 | Thickstringer

Posted on 04/16/2006 9:30:47 AM PDT by freepatriot32

How do you figure out whether a foam firefighting system in an air force hangar is set up correctly and works? Well you turn it on for a few seconds, to make sure it's got pressure and everything. First you set up a scaffolding so you can record the event and show the flow coming out of all nozzles.

And then you let 'er rip. After 15 seconds you can see foam is covering all areas it has to, so the test is successful. Shut 'er off.

Uh, guys? Shut 'er off?

Aw crap. Whatever was meant to shut off the system after 15 seconds, did NOT shut it off and the foam continued to flow. After a few minutes...

The foam is a story high and still flowing!

Uh, Joe? you can climb the scaffolding ladder now...

Two stories high.

This is the guy standing on top of the scaffolding.

So they just let it go.



TOPICS: Political Humor/Cartoons; US: South Dakota
KEYWORDS: afb; airfarce; airforcehangar; ellsworth; ellsworthafb; firedrill; firefightingsystem; foam; funny; humor; humorbreak; humourbreak; itworks; juuuustchecking; libertarians; lol; southdakota; test; tinybubbles; wherestheoffswitch
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To: freepatriot32

Wonder what the total cost, including clean up, was and why no one was fired?


21 posted on 04/16/2006 9:47:28 AM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: Doogle

I like the way you think...


22 posted on 04/16/2006 9:48:34 AM PDT by null and void (Pay no attention to the imam behind the curtain...)
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To: JRandomFreeper

ping


23 posted on 04/16/2006 9:49:37 AM PDT by kayak (Praying for MozartLover's son, Jemian's son, all our military, and our President every day!)
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To: staytrue

They left out the picture of the pickup truck that was parked nearby with it's windows down. I was full of foam...


24 posted on 04/16/2006 9:49:57 AM PDT by Taylor42
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To: Taylor42

It was - not I was... dumb


25 posted on 04/16/2006 9:50:51 AM PDT by Taylor42
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To: ncountylee
Wonder what the total cost, including clean up, was and why no one was fired?

No fire after that...

26 posted on 04/16/2006 9:51:15 AM PDT by null and void (Pay no attention to the imam behind the curtain...)
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To: freepatriot32
I saw a foam system like this at a dance club on some island (on TV). At a certain time they turn on the foam generators until it's about neck deep.

Then you have a bunch of wet, soapy, drunken yoots. No telling what might go on or come off under the foam...

27 posted on 04/16/2006 9:52:28 AM PDT by Sender (“The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.” – Old Chinese proverb)
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To: freepatriot32

A little aqueous film forming foam feau paux?


28 posted on 04/16/2006 9:52:30 AM PDT by kerryusama04 (Isa 8:20)
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To: ncountylee

It's only soap. The cost of the foam is minimal, and the contractor most likely had to eat any cleanup cost.

How do you know nobody was fired?


29 posted on 04/16/2006 9:52:49 AM PDT by Toby06 (Make illegal immigration illegal!)
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To: freepatriot32

I would say that a flame wouldn’t stand a chance in that hanger.


30 posted on 04/16/2006 9:53:30 AM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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To: kayak
Thanks for the ping, Kay. I had already seen the thread, and was still rolling on the floor.

I'll be making some calls tomorrow, to get the details.

/johnny

31 posted on 04/16/2006 9:56:17 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (D@mit! I'm just a cook. Don't make me come over there and prove it!)
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To: freepatriot32

Bookmarked


32 posted on 04/16/2006 9:56:54 AM PDT by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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ping


33 posted on 04/16/2006 10:06:09 AM PDT by HawaiianGecko (Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.)
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To: Flyer; humblegunner; Allegra; TheMom; Xenalyte; thackney; Eaker; stevie_d_64; TXBSAFH; ...

Hugh and Series Research Ping!


34 posted on 04/16/2006 10:06:15 AM PDT by pax_et_bonum
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To: freepatriot32

Was Lucy anywhere in the area?


35 posted on 04/16/2006 10:09:18 AM PDT by SaveTheChief ("This one goes to eleven.")
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To: Waverunner

Alaka may have actually been right!
http://www.multimap.com/wi/196738.htm


36 posted on 04/16/2006 10:09:36 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: Billthedrill

Well, y'know, the turny-on thingie and the turny-off thingie had to come from the lowest bidder...

If you think it was bad coming from the lowest bidder, just imagine a thingie made by a government worker.


37 posted on 04/16/2006 10:14:38 AM PDT by hdstmf
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To: freepatriot32

Hi, freepatriot:

The A-Triple F systems we have on the east (Reserve) side Hangars and Fuel Cell at Andrews AFB malfunction and spew about three times a year.

Though nowhere near as badly as Ellsworth AFB.

The foam is very slippery and stinks to High Heaven, btw.

Jack.


38 posted on 04/16/2006 10:16:52 AM PDT by Jack Deth (Knight Errant and Disemboweler of the WFTD Thread)
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To: freepatriot32; albertp; Allosaurs_r_us; Abram; Americanwolfsbrother; AlexandriaDuke; ...
lol, not really a Libertarian ping, well I guess it sort of is... :)





Libertarian ping! To be added or removed from my ping list freepmail me or post a message here.
39 posted on 04/16/2006 10:29:58 AM PDT by traviskicks (http://www.neoperspectives.com/israel_palestine_conflict.htm)
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To: freepatriot32

I think the buttons right over here Sarg, should I push it?


40 posted on 04/16/2006 10:32:39 AM PDT by strange1 ("Show the enemy harm so he shall not advance" Sun Tzu The Art of War)
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