JT or Dave,,, just said he was told there is a large (he just now said,,
600,isn't it?) number of dead.(Mississippi Gulf Coast areas)
www.supertalkms.com
cuhulin

I don't remember how much money it amounted to (about two hundred
million dollars,I think,but I could be way off on that) but about a year
or so ago,Mississippi spent a lot of money for some new technology so
that the Police and Sheriff's Department's radio communications will
work seameslessly together.The technology is for in case of bad weather
such as "Katrinas" and it helps communication in evacuating people down
South to further up North in Mississippi.It used to be that the Police
and Sheriff's Department's had their own seperate radio communications
systems and communicating between one and the other was sort of
difficult and created confusion between the Departments.Mississippi
spent that money very wisely.
cuhulin

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In emergencies,They could use Airplanes that have communicating
equipment or Blimps.In World War Two,some of the Swiss people used big
balloons that had their antennas mounted onto the balloons. (or maybe
the lines were the antennas) I don't remember if they used helium or
hydrogen to get the balloons up into the air.They had the lines of the
balloons attached to big wooden homemade reels.They would let the
balloons go up into the air and when they were through doing their
transmitting or receiving of broadcast,they would reel the balloons back
down.I read about that in a Saga or Bluebook for Men or a True magazine
(I don't remember which magazine it was) back in the 1950's so I might
not have all of the details of the article in the magazine exactly
right.It has been about 55 years ago since I read that article in the
magazine.
cuhulin

Had to be Hydrogen (or Hot air) The USA had the sole sources of
Comercail Helium and we would not seel it much abroad after all it was
clear airship were going to be vital in the next big war The result was
of Hidenburg burned because it used Hydrogen

I don't think anybody really knew why the Hindenburg really caught on
fire and exploded.I haven't ever seen or read anything about that before
that convinced me one way or the other.
cuhulin

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I don't think anybody really knew why the Hindenburg really caught on
fire and exploded.I haven't ever seen or read anything about that before
that convinced me one way or the other.
cuhulin

Not that you'll bother reading it...or the myriad of others on the net
similar to it:

http://www.hydrogenus.com/advocate/ad22zepp.htm

This article is pretty neat, too:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/769642.stm

Interesting articles.So perhaps it was the fabric covering of the
Hindenburg that caught fire.
cuhulin

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Interesting articles.So perhaps it was the fabric covering of the
Hindenburg that caught fire.

It sure looks that way.

an_old_friend wrote:

Had to be Hydrogen (or Hot air) The USA had the sole sources of
Comercail Helium and we would not seel it much abroad after all it was
clear airship were going to be vital in the next big war The result was
of Hidenburg burned because it used Hydrogen


Helium is a trace element in the atmosphere. It is recovered when
air is compressed to a liquid, and the individual gases are boiled off
into separate storage tanks. The US government had a strategic reserve
of helium for military use, but anyone with enough money was able to
produce usable quantities of it. Air Products in the US operates these
"Air reduction plants". They have one in Middletown Ohio. The liquid
oxygen is sold to AK Steel for their bessimer converters that make pig
iron and iron slag out of raw materials.

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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida