[jonKranked]

A few years ago, several people required medical attention after going to a local swimming pool. Apparently, there was a problem with the chemicals used to clean the waters (can't remember if it was a matter of proportions, wrong labels or both), but people had to be taken to the hospital to recover.

The incident gained some notoriety because of the weird explanation given to the news by the young pool watcher (perhaps a teenager) that did the mixture, not by the fact that she probably was a minimum-wage worker without any knowledge or experience to do such things.

some larger public pools actually use a gas based chlorination system.

also, large public pools that still use solid or liquid chlorination are required to have oxygen tank nearby because of the large volumes of the chemical.

 

[eaterofdog]

Being around a chlorinated indoor pool damages your lungs as much a smoking. Pro swimmers have lungs like a pack a day smoker.

 

[jonKranked]

Being around a chlorinated indoor pool damages your lungs as much a smoking. Pro swimmers have lungs like a pack a day smoker.

this is the dumbest thing you've ever said. i'm talking mooshoo stupid territory.

 

[eaterofdog]

A bit of hyperbole, but it's a known thing.

 

[jonKranked]

A bit of hyperbole, but it's a known thing.

i swam competitively year round for nearly a decade. zero lung issues.

 

[eaterofdog]

I'm not sure if that is the dumbest thing you have said. Could be.

 

[jonKranked]

I'm not sure if that is the dumbest thing you have said. Could be.

i don't though...

you get the ass hat award here. go back and look at your comparison. seriously. look.

 

[eaterofdog]

Ok, Mr. Sample-Size-Of-1. Don't come wheezing to me later.

 

[jonKranked]

Ok, Mr. Sample-Size-Of-1. Don't come wheezing to me later.

even more stupid in this statement. the effects are related to exposure, and diminish with time. didn't have issues when i was in the water year round. and here i am, a decade later, still no issues.

 

[eaterofdog]

I'm really better with English. All I'm getting is clicking noises.

 

[jonKranked]

I'm really better with English. All I'm getting is clicking noises.

JTFC you backwoods swampwater drinking gator fvcker. I never said that exposure to chlorinated water and chlorine byproducts had no health effects. Your analogy comparing it to something carcinogenic like smoking is what's retarded.

 

[Pesqueeb]

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

I was behind a masonry truck this morning and the slogan on the tailgate said "Concrete: Gets hard and stays up longer"

 

[eaterofdog]

JTFC you backwoods swampwater drinking gator fvcker. I never said that exposure to chlorinated water and chlorine byproducts had no health effects. Your analogy comparing it to something carcinogenic like smoking is what's retarded.

I trolled Jon. I win an internet.

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

I trolled Jon. I win an internet.

Did you really though? Did you really?

 

[DirtyMike]

Yeah, and what happens when you're in a bad wreck and those batteries get all busted up? Do they still function? Cover you with acid? Light on fire? Honest question here...

Absolutely nothing. The hi voltage battery pack is nothing more than a ****-ton of c cell batteries ran in a combination of series parallel configurations to give Hi amperage and voltage, usually a NiMh for a base, unlike your lead acid batteries, there is no fluid inside of them. Its a dry cell battery.

Although firefighters are being trained what to look for when responding to an accident now.

If you know how to shut the system down then it becomes safe to work on, but if its orange..... DONT touch it.

 

[MarkDH]

This thread has just made me even more glad that today is my last day in an organic chemistry lab.

Bad news for that guy, although 9 days of suffering before you go and see a doctor, don't understand.

 

[4130biker]

Absolutely nothing. The hi voltage battery pack is nothing more than a ****-ton of c cell batteries ran in a combination of series parallel configurations to give Hi amperage and voltage, usually a NiMh for a base, unlike your lead acid batteries, there is no fluid inside of them. Its a dry cell battery.

Although firefighters are being trained what to look for when responding to an accident now.

If you know how to shut the system down then it becomes safe to work on, but if its orange..... DONT touch it.

Alright, good to know! Thanks for the explanation, and I won't touch the orange one!!!

 

[IH8Rice]

I'm really better with English. All I'm getting is clicking noises.

clicking??

 

[Whoops]

That dude didn't go to the hospital till day 9? wtf?