[Ansteorra] gulf wars idea

[Keyna]

I agree with Aurora I have also seen hay go up like a bomb and it was
raining.
Keyna

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From: "Richard Flickinger" <brotherkris at hotmail.com>
To: <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 10:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] gulf wars idea


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> >From: David Hughes
> >Reply-To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
> >To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
> >Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] gulf wars idea
> >Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 20:53:28 -0600
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> >
> >Aurore Gaudin wrote:
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> > > I don't mean to rain on the parade for this idea, but another thought
is
> wet hay can go up in smoke just as well as dry hay. Spontanous combunstion
has
> been known to start in wet hay. I've seen it happen. Lampasas River
flooded
> and the barn and winter hay was close enough to go underwater. Water went
down
> and 3 days later, its on fire. I won't believe wet hay catching fire if I
> hadn't seen it for myself. From my understanding, the wall will only be
one
> bale thick, that alone shouldn't be enough to worry about, but this maybe
> something to watch out for just in case. Just two cents worth of thought.
> Aurore
> >
>
> >The joys of composting
>
>
>
> David, my Plant Science and Horticultural Thereapy professors, as well as
my Master
> Gardener mentor, could not have explained the compost process and
potential
> spontaneous combustion better!  When the silo blew it looked like napalm
in
> the morning.
>
> Brother Kris
> >Anaerobic bacteria start working, producing heat, enough to dry the
> >center of the bales.
> >
> >Insulation factor of the hay is high enough to contain the heat, as
> >the anaerobic decomposition continues at the outer edge of the growing
> >sphere of dry, powdered hay and accelerates due to the elevated
> >temperature. Process also produced methane. After awhile, the center
> >of the sphere reaches the auto ignition point (possibly as low as 200
> >F, depending on fuel/air mixture, and starts to smolder, producing
> >charcoal powder. Flame front finally reaches open air, and you have
> >flaming "wet" hay.
> >
> >David Gallowglass
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