Toxic cloud, can I turn on the air conditining?

[Barnabas]

There is a toxic cloud in the area I am in, authorities are saying that people should close the windows.

Can I turn on the air conditioning or that will help the toxic cloud get into my hourse?

Answer quickly, I want to take a nap

[onodera]

AC doesn't use outdoor air.

[Barnabas]

Thanks, I am going to take a nap

[The Mad Monk]

It really depends on the design.

[Provost Harrison]

You're fine if you recirculate the internal air.

And if you lived in Beijing, every day you'd have a toxic cloud in the air

I remember once at school when a big purple cloud went past...that got everyone talking. Apparently there had been a leak of iodine at a chemical plant at the other end of Hull...it was very pretty though.

[Al B. Sure!]

All the talk on here about the 'third-worldness' of American inner-cities and ghettos and we never have anything like this (maybe in LA, though)

I mean really? Toxic cloud? How do people live under those conditions? Barnabas actually is a middle class Argentine.

[giblets]

Toxic cloud passes, residents allowed home

(CNN) -- Residents of a western Pennsylvania neighborhood can return home Sunday after a chemical leak forced them to evacuate the night before.

Authorities surveyed the neighborhood in Petrolia and determined that no traces of the toxic chemical remained, said Freda Tarbell, spokeswoman for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

A leak at the Indspec Chemical Corp. plant in Petrolia on Saturday formed a cloud affecting at least 2,000 residents -- some of whom fled their homes. Others huddled indoors with their windows shut, authorities said.

Three people were taken to hospitals, but officials could not immediately say why.

It was not immediately clear how many people were injured, though plant manager Dave Dorko said all employees and inspectors at the plant were safe and accounted for.

Tarbell described the chemical as fuming sulfuric acid, which is also known as oleum.

The plant uses the chemical during its production process, she said. The plant produces a chemical called Resorcinol -- essentially a strong glue used in the tire industry.

The leak affected between 2,000 and 2,500 residents, Tarbell said. Some stayed the night with friends and relatives and some sought refuge in shelters. Others opted to stay indoors and "shut their windows and doors to make sure the acid cloud was not entering their home," she said.

Ed Schrecengost, a former Indspec employee, said firefighters showed up at his son's wedding reception, urging the guests to leave.

"It's about as dangerous as you can get," Schrecengost told CNN affiliate WPXI. "It's a very fuming acid. A quart bottle of this material could fill a household in two seconds."

Dorko said the leak was caused by an overflow from a tank. The material, he said, evaporates easily, creating a toxic cloud.

What a ****ty state

[Al B. Sure!]

That's not inner-city. That's hickville.

Petrolia is a borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 218 at the 2000 census.

218 people

[Dauphin]

Ah, so it's alright then.

[Barnabas]

All the talk on here about the 'third-worldness' of American inner-cities and ghettos and we never have anything like this (maybe in LA, though)

I mean really? Toxic cloud? How do people live under those conditions? Barnabas actually is a middle class Argentine.

A factory that worked recycling tyres burned down like 7 kilometers away from my house.

[Hauldren Collider]

Crap happens. Sometimes crap happens in Argentina.

[Docfeelgood]

All the talk on here about the 'third-worldness' of American inner-cities and ghettos and we never have anything like this (maybe in LA, though)

I mean really? Toxic cloud? How do people live under those conditions? Barnabas actually is a middle class Argentine.

Come to Houston

[Kuciwalker]

All the talk on here about the 'third-worldness' of American inner-cities and ghettos and we never have anything like this (maybe in LA, though)

Because our 'third-world' inner cities are like that largely because we exported all our dirty manufacturing to countries like Argentina, duh.

[Al B. Sure!]

Because our 'third-world' inner cities are like that largely because we exported all our dirty manufacturing to countries like Argentina, duh.

America

[dannubis]

Since these jobs probably will be the only type of jobs you will ever have a chance of getting, I wouldn't put my thumbs up too much.