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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Important Stuff

My nephew is a student at Mary Honeywell Elementary School in Barrhaven.  They are trying to get a new play structure through www.AvivaCommunityFund.org.  They are a semi finalist so on Dec 5th remember to vote.  Search Mary Honeywell and you should get them and then VOTE!  I will remind you:)



On a very serious note:  Read the words 1st then watch the video!
This has been going around for years.. I hope it keeps going until every cook in the world has seen it.
Refresher course!*The Key here is to use a towel that is not dripping wet...  wring it out first!!!!


*Let your kids know too!Friends and loved ones...This is the first time I heard of this simple fire prevention idea...It's so simple and effective, that I'm forwarding it to all my family and friends. Kitchen Fire - Read first then watch...*READ  THIS  BEFORE  YOU  WATCH  THE  VIDEO!* Dear Friends,
I was Executive Director of the Institute for Burn Medicine for San Diego and Imperial Counties when we lived in California . Besides raising the  money to establish a Burn Treatment Center at the University   Hospital    there, I conducted extensive public education campaigns in Burn Prevention.A friend recently sent me the attached short video - and like an old fire-horse, I heard the bell ring and am rushing to send this excellent  prevention piece to each of you. It is well worth watching! And it could  save your life.This is very stunning - please read first and then watch the very short clip.I 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 the 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 to toss water onto the  grease fire.The results got the attention of the students. The water, being heavier thanoil, 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 of either creates the explosive force of two sticks of dynamite.This is a powerful message...watch the video and don't forget what you see.Tell your whole family about this video. Or better yet, send this to them.

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