Bet you never realized that a wet dishcloth can be a one size fits all lid to
cover a fire in a pan!
This is a dramatic video (30-second, very short) about how to deal with
a common kitchen fire … Oil in a frying pan.
Read this following introduction, then watch the show … It’s a real
eye-opener!!
At the Fire Fighting Training school they would demonstrate this with a
deep fat fryer set on the fire field. An instructor would don a fire
suit and using an 8 oz cup at the end of a 10 foot pole toss water onto
the grease fire. The results got the attention of the students.
The water, being heavier than oil, sinks to the bottom where it
instantly becomes superheated. The explosive force of the steam blows
the burning oil up and out. On the open field, it became a thirty foot
high fireball that resembled a nuclear blast. Inside the confines of a
kitchen, the fire ball hits the ceiling and fills the entire room. Also,
do not throw sugar or flour on a grease fire. One cup creates the
explosive force of two sticks of dynamite.
Tell your whole family about this video or better yet, send this to them.
I had forgotten that this year the Olympics are going to be held in London England. Now I am not a hard core Olympic fan, although I do watch some of the sporting events when I get the chance and if it is a sport that I can tolerate watching on the TV rather then seeing live and in person, which is so much more exciting. I don’t think anyone could argue that point.
Anyway, one of the guys I work with is all excited about his vacation time being spent this year at the Olympics, which is what prompted me to even remember that the Olympics were coming up. He and a couple of his buddies from college are chipping in, going over there together, staying in one of the better London Apartments and getting experience all that the Olympics have to offer the world. I can just imagine all the crazy fun these guys are going to have during their stay at London Apartments for the 2 full weeks that they are planning on staying there. None of them are married, actually I think all four of them are completely single. Watch out London and let the games begin.