[ale] Fire down on Williams street...

[kilpatms at speakeasy.net (Sean)]

On Monday 12 May 2008 05:26:29 pm Robert Reese wrote:
> I hope they have a HALON system!

Halon.
Wonderful stuff. 
Fill a barrel full of the stuff and drop in a live, armed grenade and it
goes <pop>  and not <KERPOW!!!!!>.
Unfortunately it has been illegal to manufacture/use the stuff in the USA
for probably the last 10 years as the manufacturing process is alleged to
generate ozone-depleting chemicals.
There is no other fire-suppressing chemical anywhere near as good as Halon.
It's a gas and won't damage valuable electronics (or any other valuable
items for that matter.)

Sean